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The International Helsinki Federation for human rights called the Council of Europe to hold an investigation into the messages about secret prisons in Chechnya.

Zamoskvoretskiy Court of Moscow issued a sanction to arrest Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov, who was acquitted earlier on the case of the murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine.

The Moscow prosecutor's office presented a fraud charge to Moscow notary Fail Sadretdinov who was acquitted on the case of the murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine.

According to the HRC "Memorial," starting from the second half of 2000 till today, a total of 3297 persons were killed in the territory of Chechnya.

Nobody is going to prosecute the family of Aslan Maskhadov, "there were no claims to the members of his family," therefore, it is not clear, what there motives are for applying for political asylum in Finland, Ahmar Zavgaev, State Duma deputy from Chechnya and member of the commission for problems of North Caucasus told.

Organization "World Chechen Congress" is trying to obtain political shelter in one of western countries for the family of Aslan Maskhadov, former leader of Chechen separatists.

The family of Aslan Maskhadov, leader of separatists, killed in Chechnya, has applied for political asylum in Finland.

Members of the special commission for improving the conditions in Temporary Residence Centres (TRCs) of forced migrants continue, together with the members of law enforcement bodies, to examine refugee camps in the territory of Chechnya.

Today, the exhibition hall of the Museum of Modern History of Russia hosted, within the exhibition "Human rights in Russia," a press conference of the Fund "Mother's Right" on the topic "Violations of Parents' Rights of Perished Soldiers. War in Chechnya."

As the "Caucasian Knot" reported earlier, on May 1, 2006, a serious international incident happened in Chechnya. A delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures (ECAT) that was visiting the region was not let into the settlement of Tsentoroj.

The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" and "Caucasian Knot" already reported that in Chechnya about 12:00 a.m. at the federal highway "Kavkaz" in the crossroads Sernovodsk-Assinovskaya, unknown armed persons kidnapped and took to unknown place two young persons: Chilaev Bulat and Israilov Aslan.

Yesterday, on May 3, the Kizilyurt District Court released by its decision made under Article 79 of the CCRF on conditional early relief terms from the colony-settlement Gazimagomed Gairbekov, who was sentenced on August 9, 2005, by the Leninskiy District Court of the capital of Chechnya Grozny under Part 2 of Article 222 of the CCRF to 2.5 years of deprivation of freedom.

Illegal custodies in Chechnya, according to mass media and human rights activists, are located also in the territory of the Operations and Search Bureau of the North-Caucasian Operations Department of the Chief Administration of the MIA of Russia in the South Federal District ("OSB-2") in Grozny and Russian Military Base in Khankala, and in some other places where power units are deployed.

The deputies of the parliament of the Chechen Republic addressed the leadership of the MIA of Russia with a letter, in which they recommend to close the temporary isolator custody (TIC) at the Operations and Searching Bureau (OSB-2).

A delegation of the European Committee Against Tortures, headed by Mauro Palma, deputy chairman of the Committee, visited today the village of Tsentoroj - the family village of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen government.