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17:35, 28 November 2007

Prosecutor's office names those guilty of shipwrecks in the Kerch Strait

Today, a session of the Board of the South Transport Prosecutor's Office on the issues of legislation observance by marine transport and operation of port complexes took place in Rostov-on-Don.

17:31, 28 November 2007

Ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakliy Okruashvili arrested in Germany

The "Berliner Zeitung" has reported today about the arrest in Berlin of one of the leaders of Georgian opposition, ex-Minister of Defence Irakliy Okruashvili, accused by Georgian authorities of a number of crimes.

20:58, 27 November 2007

Arrests of Wahhabites continue in Azerbaijan

In the evening on November 25, employees of the Babek Police Unit of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan detained Tavakkyul Aliev and Gaim Dzhafaroglu in the Nekhram settlement.

20:51, 27 November 2007

"Ren-TV" journalists are sure that they were attacked by special agents in Ingushetia

The members of the filming crew of the "Ren-TV" Company who were kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia at night of Saturday, January 24, are confident that they were attacked by employees of local special agencies.

20:46, 27 November 2007

Refugees stay without electricity and heat in the capital of Chechnya

For several days already, the Temporary Accommodation Centre for forced migrants, located in Michurin settlement of the Oktiabrskiy District of the city of Grozny, has been cut off from heat and electricity supplies.

20:36, 27 November 2007

Azerbaijan: "Musavat" calls on the opposition to unite against repressions

The "Musavat" opposition party has appealed to the oppositional forces of Azerbaijan with a proposal to set up the Resistance Movement for fighting against repressions of the authorities.

20:29, 27 November 2007

"Cadet" sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for torturing a Chechnya resident

Sergey Lapin, former officer of the Nizhnevartovsk District Militia Unit, who was found guilty of torturing a Chechnya resident, has been sentenced to 10.5 years of imprisonment.

20:22, 27 November 2007

GPO of Azerbaijan starts investigation into the death of a lady-former political prisoner

Faina Kungurova, a former activist of the Democratic Party, died on November 18 in the prison hospital of the Shuvalan SIZO. The General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has informed about an investigation conducted into the death at imprisonment of Faina Kungurova.

20:11, 27 November 2007

ChCNS demands release of Khidrievs accused of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train

On November 26, the Chechen Committee of National Salvation made a statement with a demand to immediately release Amirkhan and Maksharip Khidrievs, natives of Ingushetia, who were detained by law enforcement bodies on a charge of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train.

11:58, 26 November 2007

Ecologists: authorities have not started clearing the greater part of the coastal area of the Kerch Strait

The reports of the authorities that the emergency situation in the Kerch Strait has been eliminated have nothing to do with reality.

11:55, 26 November 2007

People in Dagestan are indignant at the murder of Academician Nariman Aliev

Residents of Dagestan are indignant at the murder of Academician, Hero of Social Labour Nariman Aliev and his wife.

11:52, 26 November 2007

Board of the "Memorial" Society has explained to its regional branches its attitude to State Duma elections

Today, the Board of the Russian Society "Memorial" has sent a letter to its regional branches, in which the Society explains its attitude to the RF State Duma elections to take place on December 2, 2007.

11:48, 26 November 2007

HRC "Memorial": people whom Farid Babaev unmasked stand behind his murder

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has published a necrology in memory of Farid Babaev, a public figure, human rights activist and candidate to the RF's State Duma from the "Yabloko" Party, who was killed on November 21, 2007, in Dagestan.

11:32, 26 November 2007

Journalists of "Ren-TV" kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia return to Moscow

Journalists of the "24" news group of the "Ren-TV" Channel - Artyom Vysotskiy, Stanislav Goryachev and Karen Sakhinov, who had been detained in Nazran, have arrived to Moscow.

11:25, 26 November 2007

Public Chamber dissatisfied with State Duma's little attention to NCOs

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (RF) is dissatisfied with the State Duma: during the recent four years the legislators have failed to pass at least a law in support of the activities of non-commercial organizations and patrons of art.

11:19, 26 November 2007

Chechnya's Government opens a campaign of population's moral upbringing

The Government of Chechnya has developed a project of spiritual and moral education of the Republic's population. From this month on, students of higher schools of the Chechen Republic will wear special uniform, and girls will wear headscarves.

11:15, 26 November 2007

Chechen human rights activists boil over Shamanov as Deputy Minister of Defence

Appointment of Vladimir Shamanov, a former commander of one of military groupings in Chechnya, to the post of Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia has caused an extremely negative reaction among representatives of Chechen human rights organizations.

16:21, 24 November 2007

Charasti: closing of "Imedi" in Georgia contradicts to the freedom of mass media

Miklosh Charasti, OSCE representative for the freedom of press matters, has stated today that the closing of the "Imedi" TV Channel in Georgia contradicts to the principles of the freedom of mass media.

16:19, 24 November 2007

President of Georgia pardons 722 prisoners

On November 23, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili signed a pardon decree in relation to 722 prisoners, the President's press service reports.

16:14, 24 November 2007

Farid Babaev, leader of "Yabloko" Party in Dagestan, dies

Today Farid Babaev, leader of the Dagestan branch of the "Yabloko" Party, who was wounded on Wednesday, November 21, died at the Republic's Clinical Hospital. Daud Garakoev said when making comments on the attempt on Babaev that it could be caused by political reasons and human rights activities of the oppositional politician.

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