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22:30, 23 February 2007

At least 15 persons detained in Moscow for participation in march for peace in Chechnya

Today in Moscow, at least 15 persons have been detained by "OMON" (special militia) during suppression of a non-sanctioned march of anarchists against the war in Chechnya and militarism, two minors among them.

22:17, 23 February 2007

Lady-human rights defender from Chechnya nominated to Nobel Prize for Peace

A total of 181 candidates have been nominated to the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace, including 46 organizations.

23:18, 22 February 2007

Proceedings on private's suicide started in Krasnodar

In the Krasnodar Territory, the Military Court of the Krasnodar Garrison has started a trial on the case on non-manual relations between soldiers that resulted in a suicide of a rank-and-file soldier.

23:02, 22 February 2007

Militiamen demand "emergency" pay-outs in Ingushetia

Discontent grows among the workers of law enforcement bodies in Ingushetia. Militiamen demand to cover the indebtedness in extra pay-outs for the service in emergency conditions.

22:57, 22 February 2007

Abkhazia refutes information on burning houses by "Group of Georgian Patriots"

Ruslan Kishmaria, plenipotentiary representative of the president of Abkhazia in the Galskiy District, refutes the information, disseminated by a number of Georgian TV companies that the members of the "Group of Georgian Patriots" have burnt down twelve houses in the District.

21:57, 22 February 2007

Ramzan Kadyrov has addressed Chechen nation

Acting president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has announced his address on the occasion of the anniversary of deportation of Chechens.

21:50, 22 February 2007

Trial of journalists who insulted Prophet Mohammed starts in Azerbaijan

The trial of publicist Rafik Tagi, author of the scandalous article "Europe and We" with its hard-hitting utterances about Prophet Mohammed, and Samir Sadagatoglu, editor of the newspaper "Sanat" (Culture), where the article was published, will start on March 1 at the Nasiminskiy Court of the capital of Azerbaijan.

21:37, 22 February 2007

Peacemaking doctors rescue Georgian policeman

The medical stuff of the CIS Collective Forces for Peacemaking (CIS CFPM) in the zone of Georgian-Abkhazian conflict have saved the life of a police employee from Georgia in the upper section of the Kodor Gorge.

13:12, 22 February 2007

In Krasnodar Territory, judge rules to ask permit from the authorities to assembly

On February 20, the Oktiabrskiy District Court of the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Territory, held a court session chaired by Judge Esipko, S. N., on the appellate petition of Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the "Novorossiysk Committee for Human Rights," to the magistrate judge's ruling.

23:03, 21 February 2007

Human rights activists refuse to take part in Kadyrov's conference in Chechnya

On March 1, 2007, they plan to hold an international conference in Grozny "Respect of Human Rights in the Chechen Republic: First Outcomes of Ombudsman's Work and Prospects for the Future."

22:58, 21 February 2007

Kadyrov's rivals are thought to be outsiders in Chechnya

Three candidates have been nominated to the post of Chechnya's president: Ramzan Kadyrov, temporary acting president of the Republic; Muslim Khuchiev, first deputy head of the office of the president and government of the Republic; and Shakhid Dzhamaldaev, head of the administration of the Groznenskiy District.

21:37, 21 February 2007

Budanov will remain in Ulyanovsk colony

Colonel Yuri Budanov, former commander of Armored Regiment No. 160, convicted for the murder of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen girl, "continues serving his punishment at Strict Custody Corrective Colony No. 3 in the town of Dimitrovgrad, the Ulyanovsk Region."

21:35, 21 February 2007

IWPR's office is being searched in North Ossetia

In Vladikavkaz, capital of North Ossetia, the employees of law enforcement bodies are searching the Office of the British Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).

23:20, 20 February 2007

Commander of battalion "Vostok" (East) deployed in Chechnya is accused of criminal self-will

Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, commander of the "Vostok" special battalion deployed in Chechnya, has become a suspect of self-will and inflicting medium-gravity bodily injuries.

23:17, 20 February 2007

"Novaya Gazeta": not only Kadyrov is suspected of Politkovskaya's murder

The employees of the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper who are running a journalists' investigation of the murder of their colleagues Anna Politkovskaya are considering not only "the Chechen trace" and involvement in the crime of the current acting president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

23:12, 20 February 2007

Kadyrov reiterates his reluctance to be president of Chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov, now acting president of Chechnya, has again stated at the press conference in Grozny that he has no presidential ambitions.

22:53, 20 February 2007

Suit of Borozdinovskaya residents to Ministry of Defence rejected

The Presnenskiy Court of Moscow has refused to collect from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation the sum of 123 million roubles in favour of a group of residents of the Borozdinovskaya residents.

22:44, 20 February 2007

"Memorial": rights of detainees are breached in deportation camps of the Krasnodar Territory

Human rights defenders are concerned of detainment conditions in deportation camps of the Krasnodar Territory. The evidence of these facts is opening of a special page in the web-site of the International Historical-Enlightenment, Human Rights and Charitable Society "Memorial".

23:14, 19 February 2007

"Ulman case" trial resumes in Rostov-on-Don

Today, the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court will continue the proceedings on the so-called "Ulman case" connected with murder of peaceful residents of Chechnya.

23:10, 19 February 2007

The "MASHR" Organization reports violations of human rights in Ingushetia

The Autonomous Non-Commercial Human Rights Organization (ANCO) "MASHR" has issued a report named "Lost Law: Violence without Borders," dedicated to violations of human rights in the Republic of Ingushetia.

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