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January 05, 2008 11:57

• "Voice of Beslan" to challenge Solzhenitsyn, head of investigation

  The "Voice of Beslan" committee of the Beslan terror victims' relatives is going to demand removal of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, head of the investigatory group in charge of the inquiry of the terror act.

January 05, 2008 11:11

• Observers state multiple violations at presidential election in Georgia

  As of 6:00 p.m. today (5:00 p.m. Moscow time), the NGO named "The Association of Young Lawyers of Georgia" had recorded 190 violations in the course of the presidential election in Georgia.

January 05, 2008 11:01

• NGOs fix more than 40 violations at election in Georgia

  As of 3:00 p.m., the office of the observers of the Coalition of NGOs, which unites up to 200 NGOs, have fixed over 40 violations made during the presidential election in Georgia.

January 04, 2008 12:40

• State of health of imprisoned journalist is worse in Azerbaijan

  The state of health of satirist Sakit Zakhidov who is kept behind bars in Azerbaijan is worse again. He suffers from strong pains in his heart and legs.

January 04, 2008 12:34

• International observers to present their estimates of the pre-electoral campaign and elections in Georgia on January 6

  At a press conference held at the "ZP" Hotel in Tbilisi, international observers have told about their preliminary impressions from the course of the electoral campaign in Georgia and presented information about their activities.

January 04, 2008 12:30

• Antadze: 2007 was a hard year for Georgian journalism

  Iya Antadze, a journalist for the Radio Liberty who was recognized to be the best journalist of Georgia in 2007, thinks that the last year was hard for Georgian journalism.

January 04, 2008 12:21

• Georgia: supporters of Gachechiladze and Gamkrelidze complain of attacks

  Today in Georgia several incidents took place against supporters of oppositional candidates for President of Georgia.

January 03, 2008 13:02

• Residents of Chechnya are most frequent refuge applicants in Belgium

  Thirteen percent of total applicants for political asylum in Belgium are residents of Chechnya.

January 03, 2008 12:57

• Novorossisk denies 7 casualties in the Azov Sea

  According to the Marine Rescue Centre of Novorossisk, they found bodies of four, not of seven, out of the eleven seamen from the Bulgarian dry-cargo ship "Vanessa" that has sunk today in the Kerch Strait.

January 03, 2008 12:49

• KGB (USSR State Security Committee) archives declassified in Kabardino-Balkaria

  A collection of documents and materials entitled "State Security Bodies and Society. 1920-1992" is published in Kabardino-Balkaria.

January 02, 2008 15:42

• Scandal in children's home in Volgograd Region: Children Ombudsperson's comments

  Nina Boldyreva, Children Ombudsperson for the Volgograd Region, thinks that violations of the rights of orphans in children's homes will continue until the very principle of organizing such establishments is changed.

January 02, 2008 15:35

• Diter Boden: using OSCE guidelines, Georgia can hold free elections

  The responsiveness of the Georgian party to recommendations of the Observation Mission of the Office of Democratic Institutes and Human Rights of the OSCE for elections in Georgia will ultimately allow holding fair elections in this country, Mission Head Diter Boden states.

January 02, 2008 15:26

• Over 1000 foreign observers intend to monitor elections in Georgia

  The monitoring of the forthcoming elections in Georgia will be conducted by more than 1000 foreigners - representatives of the OSCE, EU (European Union), Council of Europe, CIS, as well as from countries of Europe, America and Asia.

December 29, 2007 13:29

• Georgian NGOs state violations in pre-election campaign

  Representatives of the non-government sector of Georgia have submitted reports on violations in the course of pre-election campaign at the press-conference held at the joint media center.

December 29, 2007 13:25

• Human rights activists in Azerbaijan threaten to withdraw from Working Group on Political Prisoners

  An incomplete list of pardoned journalists has brought about a statement of certain human rights activists on their withdrawal from the Working Group on Political Prisoners.

December 29, 2007 13:13

• Pardoned journalists released in Azerbaijan

  In connection with the act of pardon published on December 28 by Ilkham Aliev, more than 100 prisoners have been released from prisons today. There are mass media representatives among them: Samir Sadagatoglu, Rafik Tagi, Yashar Agazade, Rovshan Kiabirli and Faramaz Allakhverdiev.

December 29, 2007 12:54

• Opposition meeting over in Georgian capital

  A many-thousand people action of protest of the united people's movement headed by the united opposition in the capital of Georgia is over. The meeting organizers have stated that the aim of the action is to demand that the authorities should refrain from election falsification.

December 29, 2007 12:32

• Draft law "On Education" adopted in first reading in Azerbaijan

  Yesterday, on December 28, the Azeri parliament adopted in the first reading the draft law "On Education". However, despite this fact, Milli Medzhlis has failed to withdraw from the draft law the provision prohibiting the wearing of headscarves at educational establishments.

December 29, 2007 11:08

• Mass disorders start in Dagestan capital due to power failure

  A meeting of protest is going on in Makhachkala against power failure.

December 28, 2007 15:33

• Criminal case of Nukh Nukhov sent to court in Dagestan

  The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Dagestan has approved the indictment on the criminal case in relation to Nukh Nukhov, former candidate to the position of the head of the administration of the Dakhadaev District.