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16:21, 12 July 2007

European Court again finds Russia guilty of disappearance and death of Chechnya resident

Today, the European Court for Human Rights has once again found the state of Russia guilty of disappearance and death of a Chechnya resident. According to the Court's decision, in 2000 Ayubkhan Magomadov fell victim of violent disappearance, and his right to live was breached.

16:05, 12 July 2007

Four other employees of "Real Azerbaijan" interrogated at MNS

Today, four more employees of the newspapers "Gyundelik Azerbaijan" and "Real Azerbaijan" Famil Jafarli, Jeihun Nagiev, Ainur Elgyunesh and Neimat Guseinli have been interrogated as witnesses at the Ministry of National Security (MNS).

14:28, 11 July 2007

Chairman of the Azerbaijani Board of the Press has visited the arrested journalists

Aflatun Amashev, Chairman of the Board of the Press, has met the arrested journalists Mirza Sakit and Faramaz Allakhverdiev ("Nota Bene").

14:17, 11 July 2007

Dubrovka victims ask to excite a criminal case against the rescue headquarters

Representatives of the "Nord-Ost" public organization have filed an application to the State Office of Public Prosecutor with a demand to open a criminal case against the members of the operative headquarters set up to rescue the hostages.

14:10, 11 July 2007

Five persons to be punished for a fight attempt between locals and Caucasian natives in Zelenograd

In Zelenograd, a town near Moscow, the militia has prevented a mass fight between a group of local youth and natives from the Caucasus.

13:39, 11 July 2007

Over four thousand citizens disappeared during two military campaigns in Chechnya

In the course of clean-ups ("zachistkas") and non-authorized detentions in the period of military actions in the territory of Chechnya, a total of 4,400 persons disappeared in this Republic.

13:22, 11 July 2007

Parents of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria assert that bodies of their sons were not cremated

Today, the correspondent's office of the "Caucasian Knot" located in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been approached by the relatives of the victims of the October 2005 events who have stated that the bodies of the casualties were not cremated.

17:35, 10 July 2007

Militants who attacked militaries are searched in Chechnya

A special operation is underway in Chechnya to search the militants who yesterday, on July 9, blew up armoured personnel carrier (APC) of Federal Troops.

16:27, 10 July 2007

Committee for Defence of Mamedov: rights of non-Turkis are prejudiced in Azerbaijan

Khilal Mamedov, head of the Committee for Defence of the Rights of Novruzali Mamedov, arrested editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado," has accused the Azerbaijani authorities of discriminating the national minorities living in the country, in particular, the Talyshes.

15:17, 10 July 2007

"Memorial": hundreds thousands of repressed people are unfairly rejected rehabilitation

Hundreds thousands of victims of political repressions in the USSR have been illegally rejected rehabilitation, and in some cases "they rehabilitate those whom they should not," Nikita Petrov, a Board member of the Scientific-Information and Education Centre "Memorial" and author of many books on Stalinist history, told.

15:15, 10 July 2007

"Memorial" criticizes CC's bill on amending the procedure of appealing to Strasbourg

V. D. Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation (RF) made a statement on the necessity to adopt new legal norms of the Russian law for those who apply against Russia to the European Court for Human Rights.

13:49, 10 July 2007

AZERBAIJAN: Appellate court ratifies prison sentence of Senet journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Friday's decision by an Azerbaijani appellate court in Baku to uphold the convictions of two independent journalists on charges of insulting Islam in a November commentary.

13:00, 10 July 2007

Candidates for President speak about the atmosphere of fear in Nagorno-Karabakh

The atmosphere of fear has already been stated by two candidates for President of Nagorno-Karabakh - Masis Mailyan and Armen Abgaryan.

11:55, 10 July 2007

FSPE found no violations of Trepashkin's rights

The spokesman of the Russian Federal Service of Punishment Enforcement (FSPE) has stated that the FSPE found no violations of the rights of Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB officer, sentenced for disclosure of state secret and serving his term at the Nizhni Tagil colony-settlement.

21:57, 9 July 2007

Founders of the "Educated Media" declare self-liquidation

The "Educated Media" Foundation, which is the assignee of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANCO) "Internews," has declared its self-liquidation.

21:04, 9 July 2007

Azerbaijan: the arrested satirist starts a hunger strike

Last Sunday, on July 8, satirical poet Mirza Sakit who had been sentenced in Azerbaijan, began his hunger strike action in colony No. 14 in protest against violation of his rights.

19:12, 9 July 2007

Abkhazian public demands to find those attempted on Ankvab

Today at 8:15 a.m. in the city of Gudauta, an attempt was made on Prime Minister Alexandr Ankvab. The head of Abkhazian Government was hospitalized with slight wounds in his back.

18:27, 9 July 2007

The Armenian language can be awarded regional status in Samtskhe-Javakhetiya

The District Assembly of Akhalkalaki (Georgia) has made a decision to set up a special board consisting of members of the Assembly and Armenian and Georgian specialists to tackle the issue of awarding the Armenian language in Samtskhe-Javakhetiya the status of the regional language along with the state Georgian language.

15:43, 9 July 2007

Kabardino-Balkaria: trial of militiamen accused of beating teenagers postponed

The court session of the Elborus District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of beating by employees of the local ROVD of two teenagers due to take place today has failed because of non-appearance of one of the main witnesses.

13:44, 9 July 2007

"Novye Izvestia": Russians are not definite in their attitude to migrants

Russians have not defined their attitude to migrants. This is the conclusion of the "Novye Izvestia" newspaper based on the poll conducted by the "Public Opinion" Foundation (POF).

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