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November 27, 2007 20:51

• "Ren-TV" journalists are sure that they were attacked by special agents in Ingushetia

  The members of the filming crew of the "Ren-TV" Company who were kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia at night of Saturday, January 24, are confident that they were attacked by employees of local special agencies.

November 27, 2007 20:46

• Refugees stay without electricity and heat in the capital of Chechnya

  For several days already, the Temporary Accommodation Centre for forced migrants, located in Michurin settlement of the Oktiabrskiy District of the city of Grozny, has been cut off from heat and electricity supplies.

November 27, 2007 20:36

• Azerbaijan: "Musavat" calls on the opposition to unite against repressions

  The "Musavat" opposition party has appealed to the oppositional forces of Azerbaijan with a proposal to set up the Resistance Movement for fighting against repressions of the authorities.

November 27, 2007 20:29

• "Cadet" sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for torturing a Chechnya resident

  Sergey Lapin, former officer of the Nizhnevartovsk District Militia Unit, who was found guilty of torturing a Chechnya resident, has been sentenced to 10.5 years of imprisonment.

November 27, 2007 20:22

• 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.

November 27, 2007 20:11

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:58

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:55

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:52

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:48

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:32

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:25

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:19

• 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.

November 26, 2007 11:15

• 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.

November 24, 2007 16:21

• 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.

November 24, 2007 16:19

• 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.

November 24, 2007 16:14

• 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.

November 24, 2007 16:09

• 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.

November 24, 2007 15:58

• 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.

November 23, 2007 12:27

• 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.