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11:11, 3 December 2007

Local observers assert high voter turnout in Chechnya to be a gerrymander

The voter turnout of 99.21 percent on December 2, announced by the Chechen Electoral Commission, is hardly real. However, the outcome of this sort could be anticipated.

11:03, 3 December 2007

Opposition accuses Georgian authorities of political terror

Leader of the "People's Party" Koba Davitashvili thinks that ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has declared war to his political opponents.

12:40, 1 December 2007

No foreign observers to watch elections in Chechnya and Ingushetia

On December 2, 2007, Russia will hold elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Along with elections to the State Duma, Chechnya will also hold a referendum on making changes in the Constitution of the Chechen Republic. It is planned to increase the terms in office of the President of Chechnya and Parliamentarians from four to five years and to make the Chechen Parliament one-chambered.

12:35, 1 December 2007

Prosecutor's Office of the Crimea estimates an $898-million worth damage from spilled mazut in the Kerch Strait

According to preliminary data, the damage from the spillage of mazut (black oil) as a result of the shipwreck of Russian tanker "Volganeft-139" in the Kerch Strait can reach $898 million. Currently, the content of petroleum products in the Kerch Strait is extremely high - the exposure limit has been exceeded by 50 times.

12:30, 1 December 2007

Facts of children's rights violations revealed in Rostov Region

In the city of Belaya Kalitva, Rostov Region, the prosecutor's office have detected the facts of violation of children's rights, namely, non-provision of free-of-charge medicines to children under 3 years old.

11:34, 30 November 2007

Dagestan: advocate of arrested deputy candidate Nukhov appeals against his arrest

On November 29, Suleiman Azuev, advocate of Nukh Nukhov, candidate for the head of the Municipal Formation (MF) "Dakhadaev District", appealed against the statement of the Sovietskiy District Court of Makhachkala on his client's arrest at the Supreme Court of Dagestan.

11:31, 30 November 2007

Conference on South Caucasian problems held in Poland

Warsaw, the capital of Poland, has hosted the First International Conference of the Society "Caucasian House" with participation of prominent specialists from the countries of South Caucasus and representatives of youth organizations from Georgia and Armenia.

11:28, 30 November 2007

Mikhail Trepashkin who was released from colony is going to appeal against his verdict

Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB colonel, who was convicted for disclosure of state secrets and got his liberty today, is going to appeal against his verdict.

11:25, 30 November 2007

Oppositional site Ingushetia.Ru announces its termination

On November 29, an announcement appeared in the Internet website Ingushetia.Ru, which had been oppositional to the authorities of Ingushetia, that it would be terminated in the nearest two-three days.

11:21, 30 November 2007

Leader of Talysh separatists adjudges 20,000 euros from Azerbaijani authorities

On November 29, the European Court for Human Rights passed its final decision on the complaint of political emigrant, leader of Talysh separatists Alikram Gumbatov versus Azerbaijan.

10:35, 29 November 2007

European Court: Russia to pay 66,000 euros for executing old persons in Chechnya

The European Court for Human Rights has recognized the guilt of the Russian authorities of murdering three residents of Chechnya, having passed today a decision on the case "Tangieva versus Russia".

10:32, 29 November 2007

Russia's SC upholds verdicts to special fighters of Ulman's scout group

The Supreme Court of Russia has rejected the cassation complaint asking to cancel the verdict to special troop's officer Eduard Ulman and members of his scout group, convicted for wilful murder of six peaceful residents of Chechnya.

10:31, 29 November 2007

Tomchak: militia did not torture Gaev who committed suicide in Kabardino-Balkaria

Yuri Tomchak, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic, has stated today that tortures were not applied to Zeitun Gaev who had committed suicide in Building 1 of the Interior Department of the city of Nalchik.

10:28, 29 November 2007

Human rights activists investigate the beating of journalists in Ingushetia

In Ingushetia, human rights activists have undertaken to investigate the beating of the filming crew of the "Ren-TV" Channel. The human rights activists think that the Articles, on which the criminal case was initiated, were too lenient, since they do not treat kidnapping and beating.

10:25, 29 November 2007

Leila Yunus: Azerbaijan needs PACE's Special Rapporteur on torture

Faina Kungurova's death in custody on November 18, the only woman recognized by the Council of Europe to be political prisoner in 2001, is a vivid evidence of the arbitrariness and violence reigning over not only the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also the Penitentiary System of Azerbaijan.

10:18, 29 November 2007

Russia found responsible for killing elderly Chechen civilians

Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia responsible for killing Zaynap Tangiyeva's elderly father, mother and uncle on the night of 10-11 January 2000 in violation of Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

17:56, 28 November 2007

International conference on human rights to be held in Azerbaijan

On December 9, Baku will host the international conference "Human Rights Policies of the European Union and Council of Europe: Prospects of Azerbaijan in the European Integration Process".

17:52, 28 November 2007

Police stops action of young oppositionists in the capital of Azerbaijan

Today, in the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, activists of the "Dalga" (Wave) youth oppositional movement were holding a protest action, which was stopped by the police.

17:44, 28 November 2007

Two thousand Meskhetian Turks remain in Krasnodar Territory after US resettlement programme

Human rights activist are concerned with the end on October 1, 2007, of the US resettlement programme for Meskhetian Turks who live in the Krasnodar Territory.

17:40, 28 November 2007

Farid Babaev: campaign of the party in power in Dagestan rests exclusively on the "administrative resource"

Leader of the Dagestan regional branch of the "Yabloko" Party Farid Babaev, who died on November 24 from gunshot wounds, had stated, not long before the attempt on his life, that the pre-election campaign of the party in power in Dagestan reposes only on the use of the so-called "administrative resource".

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