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23:53, 24 November 2006

12 oppositionists arrested in Azerbaijan

Today, by decision of the Sabail Court a group of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) was arrested for several days for participation in a non-sanctioned picket on November 23 in the vicinity of the president's administration premise.

23:48, 24 November 2006

Litvinenko accused Putin of his death

A posthumous letter of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer, who died under puzzling circumstances, was announced in London.

23:17, 24 November 2006

Dutch human rights activists who render assistance to Chechnya residents were not registered in Russia

The human rights activists have stated that the authorities have rejected their application on re-registration of the Moscow office of the Dutch organization "Legal Initiative for Russia," which renders legal aid to Chechnya residents.

23:09, 24 November 2006

Azerbaijani authorities stop the ANS independent TV channel

Today's sitting of the National TV and Radio Board (NTRB) of Azerbaijan has made a decision not to extend the license of the ANS TV and Radio Channel.

23:04, 24 November 2006

Alexander Litvinenko died in London

Alexander Litvinenko, former employee of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has died in London.

23:05, 23 November 2006

People in Krasnodar is seriously concerned about safety of foreign students

One of these days, Krasnodar hosted a roundtable on the topic "Adequate Methods to Counteract Xenophobia. Safety of Foreign Students."

23:01, 23 November 2006

Azerbaijani police violently dispersed protesters against pressure on mass media

Today in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the police have again violently dispersed a picket of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA).

22:17, 23 November 2006

People think Stomakhin's trial to be a politically motivated persecution

On November 20 in Moscow, Boris Stomakhin, journalist of the "Kavkaz-Tsentr" Chechen separatists' web-site, was sentenced to five years of custody.

22:10, 23 November 2006

Health condition of poisoned Litvinenko has sharply worsened

The wife of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned ex-officer of the FSB, whose health condition has seriously aggravated during the last night and became extremely grave, was urgently called to the London University Hospital, where the patient is kept. Alexander Goldfarb, Litvinenko's friend, told about it and explained in his interview to the BBC that "most probably, now he is connected to the artificial blood circulation system".

22:07, 23 November 2006

Chechnya: practice of torturing detainees continues

Representatives of human rights organizations deployed in Chechnya confirm the statement of the Human Rights Watch international organization that kidnappings and tortures of detained persons continue in this Republic.

23:30, 22 November 2006

Dagestan militia violently dispersed a rally of locals

On November 22 in Makhachkala, several hundreds of residents of the Kazbekovskiy District of Dagestan tried to hold a meeting to demand dismissal of Amir Azaev, head of District administration.

23:28, 22 November 2006

HRC "Memorial": power agencies are fully responsible for tortures and kidnappings in Chechnya

On November 22, the Independent Press Centre held a presentation of the report named "Tortures in Chechnya: Stabilization of Nightmare."

22:48, 22 November 2006

Iran plans to make short work of Azerbaijani journalist who offended Mohammed

On November 21 in the Iranian city of Tabriz, students of religious schools held a protest action against the statements concerning Prophet Mohammed, published in Azerbaijani newspaper "Sanat," in publicist Rafik Tagi's article named "Europe and We."

22:46, 22 November 2006

Armenia tries to understand why Armenians are assassinated in Russia

"There are two reasons for killing Armenians in Russia. Firstly, the Russian society is sick with xenophobia, secondly, there is an order to kill Armenians in Russia," thinks Levon Ananyan, Chairman of Armenian Writers' Guild.

22:44, 22 November 2006

22 Georgian natives deported from Moscow

Today, Russia has deported a group of Georgia citizens who were illegally staying in the Russian territory, Konstantin Poltoranin, press-secretary of the Federal Migratory Service, reported.

23:14, 21 November 2006

Skaramella discloses secret of his meeting with Litvinenko

Mario Skaramella gave a press conference for the first time after Alexander Litvinenko, former Russia's FSB agent, was poisoned.

22:11, 21 November 2006

Recognition of situational examination to be illegal can change the course of investigating the Beslan terror act

The decision of the Leninskiy Court of Vladikavkaz to recognize the complex situational examination, which has concluded innocence of the members of the hostage rescue operative headquarters, to be illegal and unjustified can radically change the investigation course of the basic case on the Beslan act of terror and bring into challenge certain conclusions of Torshin commission.

22:09, 21 November 2006

Relatives of "Kavkaz-Tsentr" separatists' web-site author to appeal against the verdict

Relatives of Boris Stomakhin, author of the "Kavkaz-Tsentr" (Caucasus-Centre) web-site of Chechnya separatists who was convicted to five years in custody, announced that they would appeal against the judgment.

22:07, 21 November 2006

Human rights activists: fewer kidnappings in Chechnya now

In the recent months less people have been kidnapped in Chechnya, however the Republic's authorities have failed so far to eradicate the problem completely, the human rights activists from the "Memorial" Russian Centre have stated.

22:04, 21 November 2006

They think in Chechnya, Baisarov was doomed to be killed, not arrested

In Chechnya, people think that liquidation of Movladi Baisarov, former commander of the "Gorets" (Mountaineer) special squadron was an act of intimidation, and they believe that his arresters were not going to leave him alive.

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