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17:10, 8 August 2007

Advocates ask to send Khudyakov-Arakcheev's case to Military Prosecutor's Office for additional investigation

At the session of the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court on the case of two officers (Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev), accused of murdering peaceful Chechens, the defendants' advocates have petitioned about sending the case to the Military Prosecutor's Office for additional investigation.

11:26, 8 August 2007

Bureaucrats tried to get 71 million roubles of "combat" money instead of those who fought in Northern Caucasus

Workers of the Military Counterintelligence Service and Department for Fighting Economic Crime (UBEP) of the Chief Interior Administration of Moscow (GUVD) have detained several swindlers who tried to receive under forged documents the so-called "combat" bonuses in the sum of 71 million roubles instead of 71 persons who fought in Northern Caucasus.

01:26, 8 August 2007

Rapid growth of oncology patients observed in Chechnya in recent years

Every year, up to one thousand persons die in Chechnya from different types of oncology diseases. In the opinion of physicians, for lack of a specialized clinic in Chechnya, it is practically impossible to detect oncology patients at early disease phases, thus depriving them of any chance to survive.

01:20, 8 August 2007

Vasily Krasulya: authorities of Stavropol Territory hinder people to help people

The authorities of the Stavropol Territory interfere into the activities of the protest movement and hinder the needy people to receive help.

20:44, 7 August 2007

Suspect of murdering antifascist Kacharava sentenced to 12 years in prison

The Petersburg Court has sentenced four defendants in the murder case of student-antifascist Timur Kacharava to imprisonment from 2 to 12 years.

18:32, 7 August 2007

Ingushetia: information about beating of Ali-Yurt residents by power agents is verified

The law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia are checking the facts of beating by federal servicemen of local residents in the course of a special operation in one of Ingush villages near the border with North Ossetia.

17:44, 7 August 2007

Nukhazhiev: attack on Tsa-Vedeno is a result of negligence of power agencies

The militants' attack on Tsa-Vedeno, when three persons fell victim, is a result of negligence and criminally poor attitude of the heads of the power agencies to their duties, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Chechen Ombudsman, said.

14:56, 7 August 2007

Web site of opposition party hacked in Azerbaijan

Hackers have cracked the web site of the oppositional Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) and placed photos and addresses of representatives of sexual minorities in the place of the web site.

13:56, 7 August 2007

Laurent Vinatier: Kadyrov is the main "weapon" of Russian "Chechenization" strategy

Dr Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, gave the interview on Chechen-Russian relations to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

11:49, 7 August 2007

Labourites go to European Court against authorities of Georgia

Members of the Labour Party have filed a complaint against Georgian authorities to the European Court for Human Rights. The subject of the claim was installation of collective electricity meters.

16:36, 6 August 2007

"Novaya Gazeta": SC of North Ossetia amnesties all criminals with epaulets

Because of the fact that on August 2 the Supreme Court (SC) of North Ossetia upheld the legality of applying amnesty to the three commanders of the Pravoberezhny District Interior Department (ROVD), quite willfully a legal precedent has been created, the "Novaya Gazeta" is writing today.

16:26, 6 August 2007

Eighteen persons disappeared in North Ossetia during the recent two years

A total of eighteen persons have disappeared in North Ossetia during the recent two years, five of them - during the last two months.

14:31, 6 August 2007

Dzhamalkhanov's militants searched in Chechnya

A special operation continues in the Vedeno District of the Chechen Republic aimed to search the militants who made an attack on the Tsa-Vedeno village, as a result of which several persons were lost.

14:22, 6 August 2007

Three women trained as suicide-bombers made use of the amnesty in Chechnya

Oleg Zhidkov, deputy head of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), informed on August 3 that among the persons who used the amnesty announced by the State Duma for militants in Chechnya there were relatives of militants' leaders and three women trained to be suicide-bombers.

14:12, 6 August 2007

Working group on the case of arrested journalist of the "Bizim Yol" newspaper founded in Azerbaijan

Today, the first sitting was held of the working group on the case of Mushfig Guseinov, journalist of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, arrested in Azerbaijan.

14:06, 6 August 2007

Conservative Party of Georgia demands response from the Prosecutor-General's Office on Robakidze's case

The Georgian Conservative Party requests an answer from the Prosecutor-General's Office on the case of Amiran Robakidze.

13:36, 6 August 2007

Keilin's defence may not appeal against extension of his custody

The Leninskiy District Court of the city of Stavropol has extended by one month more Andrei Keilin's custody, due to expire on August 6.

18:15, 3 August 2007

"Dagestan Mothers" go on hunger strike

At the meeting held in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, in protest against kidnappings, mothers of missing people have announced their intention to start a hunger strike and keep in until President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev receives them.

17:35, 3 August 2007

From August 11 on, photo and video filming in courtrooms of Georgia will be banned

On August 2, it became clear that President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili had signed the bill on amending the Law "On Ordinary Courts," according to which all photo, video and movie filming shall be prohibited in the premises and courtrooms of Georgian courts.

16:28, 3 August 2007

Human rights defenders think that Chechnya's authorities want to put NGOs under tough control

On August 2, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov recommended all humanitarian and nongovernmental organizations, who execute their activities in the territory of the Republic, to move to its capital.

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