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17:16, 23 June 2006

Pickets against torture to be held in Dagestan on June 26

On Monday, June 26, pickets in protest against torture applied by the Dagestan law-enforcement agencies with regard to persons under investigation are to be held in Makhachkala.

17:12, 23 June 2006

Rostov court obliges the military to pay 244,000 to the father of a killed soldier

Yesterday, June 22, the Lenin district court of Rostov-on-Don considered the law suit on compensating moral and material damage, filed by the "Mother's Rights" foundation on behalf of the father of Alexander Artiushin, a regular army soldier from Moscow who had been killed in the army.

17:34, 22 June 2006

ChSU student beaten in Chechen capital by law enforcement authorities

On June 21, a 20-year-old man was beaten in the Staropromyslovsk district of the Chechen capital by officers of law enforcement agencies.

17:30, 22 June 2006

Human rights activist from Azerbaijan demands that Iranian authorities should not violate the rights of Azerbaijanis

Novella Jafaroglu, an Azeri human rights activist, has demanded that the government of Iran should not violate the rights of Azerbaijanis who form the majority of the country's population.

17:27, 22 June 2006

Armenia joins the UN Convention against torture

Armenia has joined the UN Convention against Torture, reports today Grisha Grigorian, head of information and public relations section of "Human Rights Activist.

17:58, 21 June 2006

Azerbaijan plans to liquidate all tent camps by end of 2007

On June 20, Refugees' Day was marked in Azerbaijan. This Day was marked for the first time on June 20, 2001 upon a decision of the UN General Assembly.

17:53, 21 June 2006

Two refugees from Chechnya kidnapped in Ingushetia

Several days ago a group of officers from unknown law enforcement agencies came to the "Malkhaz" temporary camp for forced migrants in Nazran (Ingushetia) to capture and take to an unknown place Khamzat Temirsultanov, a refugee from Chechnya.

17:49, 21 June 2006

Delegation of scholars from USA, China and Canada visited Ingushetia

The participants of the conference "The rights of Moslem minorities and threats of Islam extremism" held yesterday in Vladikavkaz, Northern Ossetia, have made a reconnaissance trip to Ingushetia.

17:46, 21 June 2006

Anzor Maskhadov, the son of ex-president of Ichkeria, applies for political asylum in Germany

Anzor Maskhadov, the son of Aslan Maskhadov, the diseased president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, has left Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for Germany.

17:44, 21 June 2006

Arrest of notary Sadretdinov acquitted on Khlebnikov's case declared legitimate

The Moscow city court recognized as legitimate the issue of a sanction for arresting Fail Sadretdinov, Moscow notary acquitted on the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, chief editor of the Forbes magazine Russian version.

17:40, 21 June 2006

Interrogation of human rights activist Boliev has been postponed

The first interrogation of Osman Boliev, leader of the human rights organization "Romashka," in relation to the new criminal case initiated against him, fixed for today at the internal affairs unit of Khasavyurt (Dagestan) has not taken place.

17:37, 21 June 2006

Students of "Independent Azerbaijan" university form a committee to defend their rights

Today, the students of the "Independent Azerbaijan" university, who are on hunger strike, have formed a committee to defend their rights.

18:17, 20 June 2006

Residents of a Chechnya village ask assistance from international organizations in setting free their fellow-villager

Residents of Roshni-Chu village in Urus-Martan district, Chechnya, ask international human rights organizations for assistance in setting free their fellow-villager.

18:15, 20 June 2006

Teachers of Tbilisi university in Georgia forced out of the building

More than 20 professors and lecturers were forced out of Tbilisi state university building by Georgian police on Tuesday night.

18:09, 20 June 2006

Judge Ramazanov who acquitted Boliev: "I resigned under the pressure of Dagestan SC"

Yarali Ramazanov, judge of Khasavyurt town court of Dagestan, has confirmed today to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that yesterday, June 19, he had to sign his resignation under the pressure of Anvar Magomedov, chairman of the Supreme Court of Dagestan.

18:06, 20 June 2006

Nearly 100 students of "Independent Azerbaijan" university intend to abandon their citizenship

The deadline fixed by the hunger strikers at the "Independent Azerbaijan" university to the Ministry of Education for resolving the issue of restoring their status of students expires today.

18:03, 20 June 2006

Georgian Minister on Refugees and Resettlement meets Chechen refugees

On June 20, Georgiy Kheviashvili, the Georgian Minister on Refugees and Resettlement, and Navid Hussein, representative of the UN High Commissar on Refugees in Georgia, visited the Pankisi Gorge (Eastern Georgia).

17:04, 20 June 2006

Residents of Kumtoraklin district in Dagestan protest against arbitrariness of authorities

On June 19, a meeting of local residents protesting against the arbitrariness of Sapiyulla Karachaev, head of the administration of Kumtoraklin district, Dagestan, took place in Korkmaskala, the district centre.

17:20, 19 June 2006

Bernhard Clazen: the doors are open for the team searching the missing people in Nagorny Karabakh

The international working team on searching for missing hostages and prisoners of war has made a regular visit to Stepanakert (Nagorny Karabakh).

17:14, 19 June 2006

Interrogation of human rights activist Boliev in Dagestan postponed until June 21

The first interrogation of Osman Boliev, head of "Romashka" human rights organization, fixed for today at the internal affairs department of Khasavyurt (Dagestan) in relation with the new criminal case initiated against him has not taken place.

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