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12:39, 3 August 2007

Georgian opposition demands to respect the rights of inmates

Today, leaders of seven oppositional parties have signed - near Tbilisi Ortachal Prison No. 5 - a unified memorandum on the penitentiary system.

10:21, 3 August 2007

Stavropol Territory: militia disperses a meeting for dismissal of the head of Kislovodsk

On August 3 in the city of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory) militia disrupted a meeting that demanded resignation of Vitaly Biryukov, Mayor of the city, organized by the City Public Movement "Veche" (Popular Assembly).

15:01, 2 August 2007

Residents of Kantyshevo village: resident of Ingushetia killed in Chechnya was not a militant

On July 27, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village of the Sunzha District, an armed group captured and took in unknown direction Mr Barkinkhoev, Magomed Bagaudinovich, born in 1978, resident of Kantyshevo village of the Nazran District.

14:36, 2 August 2007

Resident of Stavropol Territory to appeal against court ruling on compensation for his illegal stay in mental hospital

The court decision on paying out 500,000 roubles as compensation for illegal keeping Dmitri Medkov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, in mental hospital on a charge of murdering his own sister will be appealed against by him to the Stavropol Territorial Court.

13:57, 2 August 2007

Azerbaijani mass media campaign against their colleague arrested for bribery

The official newspapers of Azerbaijan have unfolded a campaign against Mushfig Guseinov, journalist of the "Bizim Yol" (Our Way) newspaper, treating his as a criminal.

13:42, 2 August 2007

Stavropol: district militiaman accused of severely beating a suspect

A criminal case has been initiated in Stavropol against the district militia officer from the Promyshlenny District Department of Interior, who had severely beaten a suspect.

13:29, 2 August 2007

Arrest of leaders of Talysh Cultural Centre extended in Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, the arrest term of Novruzali Mamedov, Chairman of the Talysh Cultural Centre and editor-in-chief of the "Tolyshi Sado" newspaper, and Elman Guliev, executive secretary of this public organization, has been prolonged for three months more.

13:22, 2 August 2007

"Memorial": young Moslems are secretly kidnapped in Dagestan

Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, an employee of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" in Ingushetia, speaks on the subject of kidnappings in Dagestan.

13:09, 2 August 2007

Supreme Court of North Ossetia upholds amnesty to militiamen

The Judicial Collegium of the Supreme Court of North Ossetia has rejected the complaint of the victims against amnestying of the militiamen accused of negligence that had entailed the act of terror in Beslan.

18:37, 1 August 2007

Health of journalist-hunger-striker gets worse in Azerbaijan

Faramaz Allakhverdiev, journalist of the "Nota Bene" newspaper, convicted to 2.5 years of imprisonment for slander, is on his 12th day of hunger strike, and his health condition has worsened.

17:45, 1 August 2007

Lawyer: Rasul Kudaev, prisoner in Kabardino-Balkaria, sick with infectious hepatitis

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Rasul Kudaev, who is kept at the investigatory detention facility (SIZO) of the Chief Department for Enforcement of Punishments of the Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) on accusation of taking part in the attack on KBR's law enforcement bodies on October 13, 2005, is sick with infectious hepatitis.

15:59, 1 August 2007

President of Dagestan holds a meeting on kidnapping

On August 1, President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev held a meeting on the problem of kidnappings that are frequent in the Republic. The meeting was attended by heads of the Republic's law enforcement bodies and representatives of human rights and public organizations.

12:31, 1 August 2007

Court rejects Aslamazyan's complaint against inspection of "Educated Media"

The Tverskoj Court of Moscow has recognized lawful the pre-investigatory inspection undertaken in relation to the management of the Foundation "Educated Media" (assignee of the "Internews") on suspicion of illegal entrepreneurship and money laundering.

10:18, 1 August 2007

Krasnodar Territory: judicial solution of Kurds' citizenship problem

The Korenovskiy District Court of the Krasnodar Territory is hearing the case of four Kurds who are trying to become Russian citizens.

18:54, 31 July 2007

Re-trial of "Cadet" case starts in Chechnya

On July 30, the Octiabrskiy district court in Grozny started a re-trial of the case of senior lieutenant Sergey Lapin, former officer of Nizhnevartovsk district internal affairs department (radio call sign "Cadet"), charged with torturing Zelimkhan Murdalov, resident of the Chechen capital.

15:14, 31 July 2007

Soldiers who drove their comrade-in-arms to suicide in Krasnodar sentenced to 7 and 4 years in penal colony

Krasnodar garrison military tribunal has passed sentences to two soldiers on the case of non-statutory relations in Krasnodar region.

15:08, 31 July 2007

South Osetia accuses Georgian MIA of killing an Osetin

The South Osetia authorities accuse Georgian MIA officers of killing Felix Ghaghiyev, resident of South Osetia, who died in hospital after beating.

13:23, 31 July 2007

All defendants in the case of murder of anti-fascist Timur Kacharava found guilty

Today, the St-Petersburg jury court has passed a verdict on the case of murder of Timur Kacharava, student and anti-fascist, and assault on his friend Maxim Zghibay in November 2005.

13:01, 31 July 2007

Prosecutor's office in Kabardino-Balkaria denies the existence of Vakhabits' lists

The prosecutor's office of Kabardino-Balkaria has responded to the request of Kabardino-Balkarian public human rights center on the issue of a search conducted in the house of Ruslan Karabashev, resident of Nalchik, and his registration as a supporter of radical Islam.

18:00, 30 July 2007

Medical examination of arrested journalist conducted in Azerbaijan

Today, a second medical examination of arrested journalist Mushfig Guseinov has been conducted at Baillovski pre-trial prison.

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