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12:07, 1 February 2008

Alaverdyan: presidential election in Armenia cannot be regarded as free and fair

Certain provisions of the Electoral Code of Armenia are contradictory to the constitutional rights of the citizens of the country.

11:56, 1 February 2008

Imprisoned ex-minister of economic development starts a hunger strike in Azerbaijan

On February 1, Farkhad Aliev, ex-minister of economic development, who is serving his term in prison, started his 48-hour hunger strike with a demand to ensure his medical examination by his personal doctor or other independent doctors in the presence of advocates.

11:50, 1 February 2008

Bekhbudov: 63 persons were tortured in 2007 in Azerbaijan

Human rights activist Elchin Bekhbudov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in 2007 63 persons were subjected to tortures in Azerbaijan, and four of them died.

11:45, 1 February 2008

Adygea court sentenced Milkov to one-year imprisonment

The Maikop City Court has sentenced Victor Milkov, accused of disseminating a video depicting the scene of execution of residents of Dagestan and Tajikistan.

11:41, 1 February 2008

Hunger strike of SIZO-1 inmates lasted for a week in Kalmykia

For more than a week, inmates kept in SIZO-1 of the city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, were on a hunger strike in protest against the actions of the facility's administration.

11:35, 1 February 2008

Kabardino-Balkaria: the Bar tries to find out why advocate Dorogova was not let to SIZO

The leaders of the Bar Association of Kabardino-Balkaria sent a letter to Oleg Zharikov, Public Prosecutor of Kabardino-Balkaria, asking him to clear out the reasons why advocate Larissa Dorogova was not admitted to the Nalchik SIZO, where she wanted to render legal aid to one of the defendants.

11:32, 1 February 2008

Vice-commander of Sochi's Lazarevskoe ROVD: OMON raid to children's camp in July 2006 was illegitimate

Sergey Saveliev, second commander of the Lazarevskoe ROVD of the city of Sochi, asserts that the raid in July 2006 of the OMON to the "Druzhba" (Friendship) children's camp located in Nizhnee Makopse village was unjustified.

13:08, 31 January 2008

Bastrykin: executors of blowing up of the "Neva-Express" train are established, three of them arrested

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of Russia, spoke to the Russian FSB Collegium on January 30 and stated that the investigation had establishes the executors of the explosion of the "Neva-Express" train, and three of them were arrested.

13:04, 31 January 2008

Commission from Dagestan visits Khankala military unit

The commission set up to investigate complaints of the soldiers from Dagestan who take their contractual army service in Khankala has visited the military unit and met its commanders.

12:47, 31 January 2008

Liudmila Sarkisyan: Armenian authorities use provocations trying to stop the opposition

Liudmila Sarkisyan, chair of the Social-Democratic Party, has treated the arrest of four members of the pre-electoral staff of Levon Ter-Petrosyan located in the city of Talin as a provocation.

12:41, 31 January 2008

In Azerbaijan, police detained "Dalga" activists

Today, the police of the capital of Azerbaijan has detained 14 activists of the "Dalga" (Wave) youth movement who tried to hold a memory action dedicated to Mamed Emin Rasulzade, founder of the Azerbaijani People's Republic (1918-1920) and dated to his 124th birthday.

12:38, 31 January 2008

Human Rights Watch draws EU's attention to Azerbaijan

The Human Rights Watch calls on the leaders of the European Union to pay a more thorough attention to the situation with democracy in Azerbaijan.

12:32, 31 January 2008

Access to SIZO of Kabardino-Balkaria banned to advocate Dorogova

Today, lawyer Larissa Dorogova was not let to the investigatory isolation facility of the Kabardino-Balkaria's Department of the Federal Punishment Enforcement Service, where her client - one of participants of the events of October 13, 2005, whom she consults on defence of his rights in custody, is kept.

12:18, 31 January 2008

European Court for Human Rights accepts documents of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee

The Strasbourg Court has notified the "Voice of Beslan" Public Committee about receipt of the documents evidencing violations of the rights of those who suffered in the Beslan terror act.

12:12, 31 January 2008

Kesaeva: "Voice of Beslan" cherishes no more illusions on Putin

Ella Kesaeva, co-chair of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee, has stated, after receiving a reply from the RF President to the Committee's letter asking to stop prosecution of the organization, the end of illusions in relation to Mr Putin.

14:25, 30 January 2008

CEC of Georgia would not show complete video records of voting to the United Opposition

Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the United Opposition, has informed that the Central Electoral Commission of Georgia refused to present to the Opposition complete video records of the voting process at the early presidential election in Georgia and plebiscite held on January 5.

13:48, 30 January 2008

Prosecutor's office: actions of militia against widows of the militants who perished in Nalchik are illegal

The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Nalchik has sent replies to the widows of the militants who were killed in the attack on October 13, 2005, in which the actions of militiamen are treated as illegal.

13:43, 30 January 2008

People in Chechnya hope that militaries will be made responsible for shelling Gekhi village

The authorities and residents of Chechnya hope that the militaries will be brought to responsibility for shelling the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, from long-range guns.

13:29, 30 January 2008

Court cancels the verdict to the student from Adygea who put an execution video clip on Internet

The verdict of the Maikop City Court in relation to student Victor Milkov, who placed on the Internet a video clip showing a murder scene of natives from Caucasus and Central Asia, was cancelled by the Criminal Panel of the Supreme Court of Adygea for "lenient penalty."

13:27, 30 January 2008

Five persons accused of Cherkizovo marketplace explosion plead guilty

Five out of eight defendants in the case related to explosion in Moscow's Cherkizovo marketplace on August 21, 2006, where 11 persons were lost, have partially pled guilty.

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