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14:34, 25 August 2007

Killers of Armenian teenager are accused of creating an extremist organization

With regard to the case of murdering schoolboy Narek Kocharyan accomplished in a Moscow suburb last November, four young persons were arrested. Now two of them are also accused of creating an extremist organization.

19:36, 24 August 2007

Meeting on Anna Politkovskaya's birthday sanctioned in Moscow

The Moscow's Mayoralty has sanctioned a meeting on August 30 in Russian capital dedicated to the 49th birthday of Anna Politkovskaya, which falls on this day.

15:06, 24 August 2007

Authorities of Moscow allow holding a meeting in memory of Beslan act of terror

A meeting in memory of the victims of the Beslan tragedy will take place on September 1 at 4:00 p.m. in the Bolotnaya Square in Moscow.

14:55, 24 August 2007

Nikolaishvili: Georgadze's supporters were trialled in Georgia like American Negroes a hundred years ago

"We can state that they were trialled in the same manner as America Negroes a hundred years ago. It is one of most shameful pages in the history of Georgian justice," advocate Gela Nikolaishvili said.

14:50, 24 August 2007

Advocates: delay of Kaloev's release violates his rights

The Swiss advocates of Vitaly Kaloev, who is serving his term for murdering Peter Nielsen, an air traffic controller of the SkyGuide Swiss Company, believe that the decision of the Federal Court of Switzerland to delay enforcement of the decision of the Zurich Canton Court about early release of their client is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

14:11, 24 August 2007

Experts are over with analyzing the bomb that had blown up the "Neva Express" train

Criminalists from the Northern Capital of Russia (St-Petersburg), who have finished examination of the explosive, assert that they have found the thread capable to bring the investigation to the malefactors.

14:05, 24 August 2007

Advocates of the anarchists accused of blowing up the "Neva Express" train go to Malaya Vishera

"If today the advocates meet the detainees, then we'll be able to hope that in future no illegal methods of investigation will be applied to our comrades," Alexander Maishev said.

13:42, 24 August 2007

Azerbaijan wants to build a monument to murdered Elmar Guseinov

The Azerbaijani Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety is starting a campaign of gathering signatures for monumentalizing the memory of Elmar Guseinov, editor of the "Monitor" magazine who was assassinated in March 2005.

23:24, 23 August 2007

"Dagestan Mothers" who protested against kidnappings stop hunger-strike

Tonight, the women from the "Dagestan Mothers" Public Organization who protested against kidnappings of their relatives have stopped their hunger strike.

13:48, 23 August 2007

President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev held a meeting on kidnappings

Today, the third sitting during the recent three months on the issue of kidnappings was held under direction of President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev.

13:43, 23 August 2007

Overwhelming majority of Russians distrust the authorities' version of Beslan terror act

On the eve of the third anniversary of the act of terror in Beslan, 81 percent of Russians distrust the versions of the authorities about the events that happened in School No. 1 in 2004.

13:30, 23 August 2007

Kaloev will not be released from Swiss prison before prosecutor's appeal has been considered

Today, the Federal Court of Switzerland has published its statement confirming the delay of enactment of the decision of the Zurich Canton Court on early release of Russian Vitaly Kaloev, who is serving his term for murdering Peter Nielsen, air traffic controller of the SkyGuide Swiss Company.

13:11, 23 August 2007

St-Petersburg anarchists assert that charge of blowing up the "Neva Express" train is a provocation

The arrest of Andrei Kalyonov and Denis Zelenyuk, members of the "Petersburg League of Anarchists," on suspicion of blowing up the "Neva Express" train is a deliberate provocation of special agencies, Alexander Maishev said.

12:36, 23 August 2007

Chechnya native accused of blowing up "Neva Express" declares his alibi

Three persons were arrested under the case of blowing up the "Neva Express" train: two St-Petersburg anarchists - Andrei Kalyonov and Denis Zelenyuk, and Hasan Didigov, 25, a native of Chechnya.

12:34, 23 August 2007

Manana Aslamazyan asks to consider her case in absentia

Manana Aslamazyan, head of the "Educated Media" Foundation, asks to consider her criminal case at court without her presence - in absentia.

23:57, 22 August 2007

"Dagestan Mothers" continue hunger strike, their condition is worse

In Makhachkala, the hunger strike of the women-members of the "Dagestan Mothers for Human Rights" Public Organization continues. The health condition of some of them is close to critical.

23:48, 22 August 2007

Military guilty of death of woman trialled in Chechnya

On August 21, the Garrison Military Court of the City of Grozny started another trial of the case of Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Korgun, for whose guilt a local woman-resident was killed and two more women were heavily wounded.

22:28, 22 August 2007

Azerbaijan: health of "Eni Fikir" Youth Movement's chairman is worse

Ruslan Bashirli, Chairman of the "Eni Fikir" Youth Movement, who is kept at Corrective Facility No. 1 in Azerbaijan, has health problems.

21:31, 22 August 2007

Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upholds verdict to journalist Einullah Fatullaev

Today, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has considered the cassation complaint lodged by advocates of journalist Einullah Fatullaev.

21:04, 22 August 2007

Police disperses journalists in Azerbaijan

Today, a group of dissidents from Iran has made an attempt to hold a picket in front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Baku in connection with the visit to Azerbaijan of Iranian President Mahmud Akhmadinezhad.

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