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December 26, 2007 13:21

• Trial of journalist Petrova who wrote about Caucasus delayed till January 21

  The Moskovskiy District Court of the city of Kazan has reappointed the consideration of the complaint of two militia officers against the decision to stop the criminal case against journalist Natalia Petrova who is known for her reports from "hot points" of the Caucasus, and her parents on January 21, 2008.

December 26, 2007 13:10

• "Imedi" suspends broadcasting in Georgia

  Georgiy Targamadze, director of political programmes of the Tbilisi-based "Imedi" TV Company, which resumed its broadcasting on December 12, has stated today that the Company is temporarily stopped.

December 25, 2007 13:52

• Video interview: Imam-human rights activist about the problems of "Dzhuma" community in Azerbaijan

  Human rights activist Ilgar Ibragimoglu, leader of the "Dzhuma" religious community in Azerbaijan and Chairman of the Centre in Defence of Freedom of Conscience and Religion (DEVAMM), has narrated in his interview about the activities of his community and the problems confronted by the parishioners of his mosque.

December 25, 2007 13:49

• Abkhazia's SSS: slavery prospers in Georgia

  The Service of State Security of Abkhazia has stated that evidences of the people, who had been subjected to forced labour for some years in Georgia, should become a weighty proof for international organizations of the fact that slavery is flourishing in the territory of this country.

December 25, 2007 13:45

• The Caucasus Times attacked by hackers can be restored by 80 percent

  The human rights website The Caucasus Times, which was attacked by hackers on December 22, will be able to restore about 80 percent of the information, which was considered lost.

December 25, 2007 13:42

• DEVAMM: new bill "On Education" encroaches on the rights of believers in Azerbaijan

  The DEVAMM has issued an appeal to the leadership of Azerbaijan, stating that the law draft "On Education", now brought for consideration to Milli Medjlis, derogates from the right of the believers.

December 25, 2007 13:34

• Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria demand a trial of Savrulin and Shepel

  The relatives of the militants who fell victim in Nalchik on October 13, 2005, have lodged a petition to with a demand to bring Alexei Savrulin, head of the investigatory group of the RF's General Prosecutor's Office for the SFD, and Nikolai Shepel, former Deputy General Public Prosecutor for the SFD, to criminal responsibility.

December 24, 2007 17:55

• Volgograd Region: old people short rationed at their boarding house

  For two years already, the Prosecutor's Office of the Kikvidzenskiy District, Volgograd Region, is trying to put things in order at the Macheshanskiy boarding house for aged people and invalids. The latest inspection has shown that the rights of the people who are living in the boarding house are still violently broken.

December 24, 2007 17:52

• Trial of editor-in-chief of "Azadlyg" newspaper appointed on December 26 in Azerbaijan

  A preparatory session on the case of Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper who was arrested in Azerbaijan, is planned for December 26.

December 24, 2007 17:44

• "Ingushetia.Ru": count of election absentees in the Republic already makes 36 percent

  On December 23, a total of 57,898 applications from residents of Ingushetia have already been gathered who reject their participation in elections on December 2. But according to the official data of the Electoral Commission of Ingushetia, over 98 percent of enlisted voters took part in the voting on December 2.

December 24, 2007 17:38

• Skinheads accused of murdering Dagestan resident arrested in Moscow

  Six skinheads were presented charges of attacking two Dagestan residents in an electric train in a Moscow suburb, as a result of which one of the victims died.

December 24, 2007 17:33

• HRC "Memorial": uncle of assassinated kid dismissed for refusal to commit perjury in Ingushetia

  In Ingushetia, uncle of Rakhim Amriev, a boy of six murdered on November 9, 2007, in Chemulga village by members of power agencies, was fired from his post after a telephone call from the prosecutor's office.

December 22, 2007 22:53

• Nationwide protest rally prepared in Ingushetia

  The organizing committee of the nationwide rally informs about preparation of a new mass national protest action against corruption and arbitrariness of the authorities, and against violations of human rights in Ingushetia.

December 22, 2007 22:51

• OSCE is concerned with pressure on independent mass media in Armenia

  The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has expressed its concern with the situation in the area of freedom of mass media in Armenia.

December 22, 2007 22:48

• "Iman" newspaper: masses of youngsters leave Chechnya

  The massive migration of young people from Chechnya to European has acquired a scale of a real national disaster.

December 22, 2007 22:43

• Families of victims of the air crash near Donetsk demand a new investigation

  The relatives of the victims of the accident with the Anapa - St-Petersburg flight of the Tu-154 aircraft, which crashed down in August 2006 near the city of Donetsk, have addressed President of Russia Vladimir Putin with a demand to hold a repeated objective criminal investigation.

December 22, 2007 22:39

• Political scientist Eldar Namazov detained in Azerbaijan

  On December 22 the police have detained political scientist Eldar Namazov, head of the Forum "In the Name of Azerbaijan", and several other members of the Committee in Defence of the Freedom of Speech.

December 21, 2007 21:33

• Human rights activist of Kabardino-Balkaria ask Kanokov to investigate violations of believers' rights

  On December 20, a press conference was held in the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre, where Valery Khatazhukov announced the open letter addressed to President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov and telling about violations of the rights of Moslems in the Republic.

December 21, 2007 21:28

• Oppositional activist demands that Burdzhanadze stop political terror in Georgia

  Teo Tlashadze, an activist of the movement "For United Georgia", has addressed Nino Burdzhanadze, today's acting President Georgia, with a demand of protection and safety for all those who have differing political views.

December 21, 2007 21:25

• "Memorial": fabrication of criminal cases in progress in Chechnya

  The number of kidnappings and extrajudicial executions has essentially decreased in Chechnya, but fabrication of criminal cases is on the rise.