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13:07, 1 July 2008

HRC "Memorial" presents Part Four of Violence Chronicle in Chechnya

On June 27, a press conference was held at the central library of Grozny, where the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" (HRC "Memorial") presented Part Four of the Violence Chronicle in Chechnya named "People Live Here", covering the period from July to September 2001.

13:03, 1 July 2008

Editorial board of "Novaya Gazeta" indignant by disclosing whereabouts of the person accused of murdering Politkovskaya

The editorial board of "Novaya Gazeta", where the assassinated journalist Anna Politkovskaya worked as an observer, will demand "initiation of a criminal case on the fact of information leaks from the bowels of the State Office of Public Prosecutor."

13:01, 1 July 2008

Residents of Chechnya suspect "Vostok" of concealing tombs of their victims

Residents of the Gudermes District of Chechnya suspect that the militaries of the special-purpose battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) "Vostok" (East) are destroying the tombs of their victims.

12:58, 1 July 2008

In Azerbaijan, court decides to force journalist Halil to trial

Today, the Nasiminskiy District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Shakhin Abdullaev, has continued the trial of Sergey Strekalin accused of inflicting a knife wound on March 13, 2008, to Agil Halil, a journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper.

12:54, 1 July 2008

"Voice of Beslan" leader elected co-chair of the All-Russian Civil Congress

Ella Kesaeva, co-chairperson of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" from North Ossetia, was elected to co-chair the All-Russian Civil Congress (ARCC).

15:05, 30 June 2008

Relatives of the victims of special operation in Dagestan reject the official version

Relatives of Rashid Gazilaliev, who was killed in a special operation in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, assert that they offered to give out the person who was in the blocked apartment without fight, but militiamen had rejected the offer.

14:57, 30 June 2008

Militiamen in North Ossetia accused of extortion and illegal detention of teenagers

On June 27, the criminal case on three militiamen accused of extorting money from illegally detained minors was delivered to the court of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia.

14:54, 30 June 2008

Azerbaijani journalists insist on putting monument to Elmar Guseinov

On June 30, the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) has repeatedly addressed President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev with a request to fix up a monument in Baku, in the Metbuat Avenue, to the editor-in-chief of the "Monitor" magazine Elmar Guseinov who was assassinated on March 2, 2005.

14:43, 30 June 2008

Authorities of South Ossetia report kidnapping of a North Ossetian native by Georgian special services

In Tskhinval, at night of June 30, Georgian special services kidnapped Valery Tadtaev, 32, a citizen of the Russian Federation, a native of North Ossetia, runs a statement of the State Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia.

14:39, 30 June 2008

Bagapsh blames Georgian special agencies of Sukhumi terror act

President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh has treated the today's explosions near the Sukhumi marketplace to be an act of terrorism and accused Georgian special services for committing it. Sergey Bagapsh has also ordered starting from July 1 to ban any traffic in Georgian-Abkhazian border that runs along River Ingur.

14:32, 30 June 2008

Six persons injured by explosions in the capital of Abkhazia

Four citizens out of six who received fragmental wounds as a result of today's explosions in the area of Sukhumi marketplace in Abkhazia were hospitalized to the Sukhumi clinical hospital, and now their lives are under no threat.

14:28, 30 June 2008

Local residents thought to be missing found in Dagestan SIZOs

Today, relatives of the missing residents of Dagestan Ali Zalitdinov and Idris Guchakaev, who have again rallied near the building of the Republic's Prosecutor's Office, were told both guys were detained by militiamen and are now kept in the SIZO (pre-trial detention facility).

19:21, 28 June 2008

Three persons killed in special operation in Dagestan

At night on June 28, in the vicinity of a 9-storey apartment house in the Akushinskiy Avenue in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, the regime of counterterrorist operation was introduced. According to law enforcement bodies, militants were blocked in one of the apartments.

18:15, 28 June 2008

USA calls on Azerbaijani authorities to ensure democratic elections

At the regular round of American-Azerbaijani democracy dialogue that was held on June 27 in Baku, David Kramer, assistant of the US State Secretary on democracy and human rights, called the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure democratic character of the forthcoming presidential election.

17:10, 28 June 2008

Ruslan Yamadaev: authorities of Chechnya unfold campaign against "Vostok" commander

The government of Chechnya has launched a PR-campaign against Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" (East) battalion with the aim to conceal their own crimes. This was stated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Ruslan Yamadaev, Sulim Yamadaev's relative.

14:07, 28 June 2008

Irakliy Okruashvili's advocate asks France to shelter her son

Eka Beseliya, Secretary General of the Party "For United Georgia" and advocate of Irakliy Okruashvili, Party leader, is going to address the French Embassy for providing political asylum to her son Rati Milorava who is 15.

13:58, 28 June 2008

New rallies against kidnappings possible in Dagestan

According to Gyulnara Rustamova, an activist of the public movement "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights", new protest actions organized by relatives of missing or murdered persons cannot be excluded.

12:53, 28 June 2008

In Azerbaijan, journalist Ismailoglu fears arrest on false charges

The well-known Azerbaijani journalist Makhal Ismailoglu, who was detained on June 27 and then released after many hours of interrogation by the police of the Apsheronsk District of Baku, is convinced that the authorities want to arrest him on false charges for his critical publications.

12:48, 28 June 2008

Bagapsh: Abkhazia will never be part of Georgia again

According to Abkhazian President Sergey Bagapsh, whatever the balance of political forces in the international arena may be, Abkhazia will never be a part of Georgia again.

10:43, 28 June 2008

MPs of Chechnya vote for their self-dissolution

On June 27, at their joint session, deputies of both chambers of Chechen parliament have voted for their self-dissolution. The work of the first convocation of the parliament will continue till the election of new deputies to take place, possibly, this October.

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