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June 23, 2009 23:50

• Karastelyova: information war against "curfew" opponents in Novorossisk

  Tamara Karastelyova, director of the Novorossisk Human Rights Committee (NHRC), has complained of a discrediting campaign launched against those who stand for cancelling the law on "curfew" for children in Novorossisk; the campaign is conducted with use of mass media and Internet portals.

June 23, 2009 23:30

• Georgia: oppositionists on hunger strike near EU office

  Several members of the NGO named "Equal Rights Institute" have started hunger strike at the representative office of the European Union in the capital of Georgia. The hunger strike is related to the events on June 15 in Tbilisi.

June 23, 2009 23:00

• AI is concerned that TACs are liquidated in Chechnya

  The Memorandum on Human Rights, addressed by the Amnesty International (AI) to President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev, expresses concern because of closing and forced eviction of people from Temporary Accommodation Centres (TACs) in Chechnya.

June 23, 2009 22:40

• Residents of Ingushetia are indignant with terror act against Evkurov

  The attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, where one person was lost and three others, including the President, were wounded, has provoked a broad resonance in the Ingush society. Local residents are extremely indignant with the incident.

June 23, 2009 22:20

• Action against violence in Iran held in Baku

  In Azerbaijan, activists of the pro-governmental party named "Modern Musavat" made an attempt on June 22 to hold a picket in front of the Iranian embassy in Baku with a demand to put an end to violence against participants of protest actions against falsification of presidential election.

June 23, 2009 22:00

• Patimat Mutalieva: during attempt on President of Ingushetia I was on my way to examination

  Patimat Mutalieva, named by the investigation to be a probable terrorist involved in the attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov, at the moment of the terror act was on her way to exam in psychology at the polytechnic college in Nazran, where she is a student. The girl told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it by telephone.

June 23, 2009 21:10

• Armenia: fact-finding group looks for crime attributes in police actions

  The newly-published report of the fact-finding group on March 1 events states that it is necessary to examine the actions of the persons who gave and executed the order to use special gas "Cheryomukha-7" against peaceful demonstrators on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, for crime attributes, in particular, under Article 34-104 of the Criminal Code "Attempt of deliberate murder".

June 23, 2009 20:00

• ICPO: no pressure on defendant in "Neva-Express" train case

  Nikolai Uschipovskiy, senior inspector for especially important cases of the Chief Investigatory Department of Russia's Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO), who headed in 2007-2008 the investigatory group dealing with the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train, has stated today that no pressure had been exerted on Salambek Dzakhkiev, a resident of Ingushetia, accused of involvement in this crime.

June 23, 2009 19:10

• Alexander Sokolov: President of Ingushetia can stay for years under artificial pulmonary ventilation

  The wounded President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov can stay for years under artificial lung ventilation; everything will depend on the human and how he is looked after. This was stated by Alexander Sokolov, candidate of medical sciences, leading scientific worker of the Russian State Medical University and a member of the Human Rights Society "Memorial".

June 23, 2009 19:00

• Makhachkala court appoints hearing of "Chernovik" case on June 24

  Judge of the Leninskiy Court of Makhachkala Zainutdin Madanov has decided to appoint hearing of the criminal case against journalists of the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik" (Blueprint) accused under Article 282 of Russian Criminal Code ("Kindling of hatred or enmity, or humiliation of human dignity") for tomorrow, June 24, at 10 a.m.

June 23, 2009 18:00

• AI: Chechen Committee of National Salvation unjustly checked

  In its Memorandum on Human Rights, addressed to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, the largest international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) is expressing its concern about incessant checks of the activities of the human rights organization named "Chechen Committee of National Salvation" (ChCNS).

June 22, 2009 23:50

• Public Chamber: 77,000 needy children in Astrakhan Region

  The Astrakhan Region has 153,000 families, in which 231,000 minors are reared. 50,000 families are needy, and they have 77,000 children, as reported by Ekaterina Lukyanenko, regional minister for social development and labour.

June 22, 2009 23:20

• Thousands Makhachkala residents complain of absence of potable water

  With advent of summer, Makhachkala sees a deficit of drinking water. In many multi-storey houses of the capital of Dagestan there is no water for about a week, and people are on the brink of extreme actions.

June 22, 2009 23:00

• Magomed Khazbiev: Zyazikov is to blame for attempt on President of Ingushetia

  The attempt on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov was backed by former president of the republic Murat Zyazikov, the leader of the Ingush opposition Magomed Khazbiev believes.

June 22, 2009 22:10

• In Armenia, amnestied oppositionists want to appeal against their verdicts

  The activists of the opposition released today from the courtroom have stated that they will strive for appealing against their "illegitimate verdicts."

June 22, 2009 22:00

• Kisriev: attempts in the Caucasus are about posts, money and Moscow's authoritarianism

  In the opinion of Enver Kisriev, head of the sector of the "Kavkaz-Centre" for civilisation and regional studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the recent frequent attempts in Northern Caucasus are caused by the political process; and every murder will entail respective response.

June 22, 2009 21:10

• European public excited with implications of attempt on President of Ingushetia

  Europeans are worried of possible consequences for Ingushetia of today's attempt on Yunus-Bek Evkurov, and of the way the incident can be interpreted. This was stated by Eleonora Aloyan, a Freedom House representative.

June 22, 2009 20:00

• Court extends custody for defendants in the case on Nalchik attack

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has extended the custody term for the defendants in the criminal case dealing with the events on October 13, 2005, in Nalchik by three more months.

June 22, 2009 19:00

• Whereabouts of Maskhud Abdullaev deported from Egypt is still unknown

  Neither human rights activists nor relatives are still unaware of the location of student Maskhud Abdullaev, son of Supyan Abdullaev, leader of Chechen armed underground movement, who was deported from Egypt to Russia. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Tatiana Kasatkina, executive director of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

June 22, 2009 18:00

• Rashid Gaisanov will temporarily act for wounded President of Ingushetia

  Kaloy Akhilgov, press secretary of the President of Ingushetia, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Rashid Gaisanov, Chairman of the Government of Ingushetia, will temporarily act for wounded Yunus-Bek Evkurov.