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20:22, 27 November 2007

GPO of Azerbaijan starts investigation into the death of a lady-former political prisoner

Faina Kungurova, a former activist of the Democratic Party, died on November 18 in the prison hospital of the Shuvalan SIZO. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has informed about an investigation conducted into the death at imprisonment of Faina Kungurova.

20:11, 27 November 2007

ChCNS demands release of Khidrievs accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train

On November 26, the Chechen Committee of National Salvation made a statement with a demand to immediately release Amirkhan and Maksharip Khidrievs, natives of Ingushetia, who were detained by law enforcement bodies on a charge of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train.

11:58, 26 November 2007

Ecologists: authorities have not started clearing the greater part of the coastal area of the Kerch Strait

The reports of the authorities that the emergency situation in the Kerch Strait has been eliminated have nothing to do with reality.

11:55, 26 November 2007

People in Dagestan are indignant at the murder of Academician Nariman Aliev

Residents of Dagestan are indignant at the murder of Academician, Hero of Social Labour Nariman Aliev and his wife.

11:52, 26 November 2007

Board of the "Memorial" Society has explained to its regional branches its attitude to State Duma elections

Today, the Board of the Russian Society "Memorial" has sent a letter to its regional branches, in which the Society explains its attitude to the RF State Duma elections to take place on December 2, 2007.

11:48, 26 November 2007

HRC "Memorial": people whom Farid Babaev unmasked stand behind his murder

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has published a necrology in memory of Farid Babaev, a public figure, human rights activist and candidate to the RF's State Duma from the "Yabloko" Party, who was killed on November 21, 2007, in Dagestan.

11:32, 26 November 2007

Journalists of "Ren-TV" kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia return to Moscow

Journalists of the "24" news group of the "Ren-TV" Channel - Artyom Vysotskiy, Stanislav Goryachev and Karen Sakhinov, who had been detained in Nazran, have arrived to Moscow.

11:25, 26 November 2007

Public Chamber dissatisfied with State Duma's little attention to NCOs

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (RF) is dissatisfied with the State Duma: during the recent four years the legislators have failed to pass at least a law in support of the activities of non-commercial organizations and patrons of art.

11:19, 26 November 2007

Chechnya's Government opens a campaign of population's moral upbringing

The Government of Chechnya has developed a project of spiritual and moral education of the Republic's population. From this month on, students of higher schools of the Chechen Republic will wear special uniform, and girls will wear headscarves.

11:15, 26 November 2007

Chechen human rights activists boil over Shamanov as Deputy Minister of Defence

Appointment of Vladimir Shamanov, a former commander of one of military groupings in Chechnya, to the post of Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia has caused an extremely negative reaction among representatives of Chechen human rights organizations.

16:21, 24 November 2007

Charasti: closing of "Imedi" in Georgia contradicts to the freedom of mass media

Miklosh Charasti, OSCE representative for the freedom of press matters, has stated today that the closing of the "Imedi" TV Channel in Georgia contradicts to the principles of the freedom of mass media.

16:19, 24 November 2007

President of Georgia pardons 722 prisoners

On November 23, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili signed a pardon decree in relation to 722 prisoners, the President's press service reports.

16:14, 24 November 2007

Farid Babaev, leader of "Yabloko" Party in Dagestan, dies

Today Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan branch of the "Yabloko" Party, who was wounded on Wednesday, November 21, died at the Republic's Clinical Hospital. Daud Garakoev said when making comments on the attempt on Babaev that it could be caused by political reasons and human rights activities of the oppositional politician.

16:09, 24 November 2007

Nazran: rally participants break up, fate of detainees unknown

The people who have rallied to a mass meeting in Nazran (Ingushetia) dispersed at 5:00 p.m., and nothing is known about the fate of the persons detained by power agents.

15:58, 24 November 2007

Sokiryanskaya: kidnapping of Orlov and journalists was organized by the authorities of Ingushetia

Oleg Orlov, leader of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", and three "Ren-TV" reporters were kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia under direct order of the authorities, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, representative of the HRC "Memorial" in Ingushetia, told.

12:27, 23 November 2007

The USA are concerned about arrests of journalists in Azerbaijan

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ann Dersy has expressed her serious concern about the situation with the freedom of speech and press in Azerbaijan.

12:24, 23 November 2007

One of organizers of tomorrow's meeting in Ingushetia detained by MIA

At the present moment, Mukhmed Gazdiev, one of the co-chairmen of the organizing committee of the meeting due to take place tomorrow, on November 24, is kept, together with some members of his family, in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia.

12:20, 23 November 2007

Bus explosion in North Ossetia: 6 casualties, 17 wounded

According to the latest data, as a result of the bus explosion in the border of North Ossetia with Kabardino-Balkaria, 6 persons were killed, and the number of those injured has reached 17 persons.

12:16, 23 November 2007

Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria tries to self-burn at Kremlin walls

Today, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria tried to commit an act of self-burning in the "Lobnoe Mesto" in the Red Square of Moscow, having explained the attempt by his discontent with the work of law enforcement agents at investigating his brother's murder.

12:11, 23 November 2007

Trial of killers of Gipsies protracted in Volgograd Region

The trial on the criminal case on the murder of Gipsies in the city of Volzhsk, Volgograd Region, in 2006 spring is protracted. Experts fail to appear at the court sessions, and the offended party is not summoned to the court.

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