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16:47, 30 July 2007

Arrested journalist continues hunger strike in Azerbaijan

Faramaz Allakhverdiev, journalist of the "Nota Bene" newspaper arrested in Azerbaijan, has been on a hunger strike for ten days already.

14:10, 30 July 2007

Chechen Ombudsman refutes information on allocation of 47 million rubles for searching missing persons

Mass media report that the Ombudsman on human rights in the Chechen Republic has been allocated 47 million rubles for searching missing persons. This information is absolutely far-fetched, states Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev.

14:05, 30 July 2007

"Novaya Gazeta": haemodialysis equipment delivered to Ingushetia after а a hunger strike of patients

Five new haemodialysis installations have been delivered to the republican hospital in Nazran. In order to get this, patients had to give up food and treatment for two days.

13:52, 30 July 2007

40% of entrants in the SFD gave bribes at entering universities

A poll among internet users in the SFD shows that about 40 percent of the respondents gave bribes at entering universities.

15:27, 28 July 2007

ChCNS: old men and children were beaten during special operation in Ingushetia

Many of the Russian militaries who conducted today a special operation in Ali-Yurt village of the Nazran District of Ingushetia, were in the state of alcoholic intoxication, behaved rudely, offended old men, women and children, and threatened them with murder.

11:48, 28 July 2007

Case on threats to SRChF deputy head closed for finding no guilty persons

The Prosecutor's Office has stopped investigation of the criminal case initiated on March 30, 2005, on crime attributes stipulated by Articles 129 (slander) and 130 (insult) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

11:41, 28 July 2007

Picket against local authorities suspended in Kislovodsk

In the city-resort of Kislovodsk (Stavropol Territory), a picket started on July 13 against actions of local authorities, which was to end on August 13, has been suspended.

11:19, 28 July 2007

Shelling of FSB Unit building investigated in Ingushetia

On July 27, at about 10:30 p.m., unknown persons shelled from automatic weapons and grenade launchers the building of the FSB Unit in the city of Magas, the capital of Ingushetia.

10:35, 28 July 2007

SAM of Dagestan blames Wahhabites for murdering Ramazanov

The Spiritual Administration of Moslems (SAM) of Dagestan is convinced that the organizers of the murder of churchman Kuramagomed Ramazanov were Wahhabites, who "for a long time consider representatives of the official clergy to be lawful military targets."

22:14, 27 July 2007

Dagestan buried the churchman assassinated in a terror act

Today, funeral has passed in Chirkej village of Kurmagomed Ramazanov, deputy mufti of the Spiritual Department of Moslems of Dagestan, and his brother, who died during yesterday's terror act.

17:05, 27 July 2007

Prosecutor's Office wants to stop "Pravo-Zaschita" and lock up Dmitrievskiy

On July 30, the Court of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region will consider the claim of the Regional Prosecutor's Office on liquidation of the "Pravo-Zaschita" (Human Rights Defence) newspaper.

15:12, 27 July 2007

Contract soldiers from Dagestan think that their discharge from the army is nationality-motivated

According to the information from Lachin Lachinov, Chairman of the Independent Non-Commercial Organization "Nash Kavkaz" (Our Caucasus), contract recruits from Dagestan are not allowed to do their service.

14:06, 27 July 2007

"Beslan Mothers" ask FSB to declassify video and audio archives on Beslan

The members of the "Beslan Mothers" committee of victims have lodged a petition to Nikolai Patrushev, FSB Director, asking to declassify the archives of the events on September 1-3 in Beslan and present the materials to the investigatory group.

13:57, 27 July 2007

International human rights organizations: human rights activists feel worse in Russia

Yesterday, the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) presented their annual report on situation with human rights activists in 90 countries of the world.

13:39, 27 July 2007

HRC "Memorial": European Court's decisions animate investigation into crimes committed in Chechnya

On July 26 in the capital of Chechnya the HRC "Memorial" held a press conference dedicated to decisions of the European Court on complaints of Chechnya's residents.

21:48, 26 July 2007

European Court finds Russia guilty of mass murders in Chechnya

The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of mass murders in Chechnya, having considered the case "Musaev et al versus Russia."

20:43, 26 July 2007

Vladimir Putin has approved amendments to the law on extremism

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed the Federal Law "On Amending Certain Legal Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with Improvement of State Management in the Sphere of Counteracting Extremism."

19:08, 26 July 2007

Tatiana Lokshina: Chechen young people join militants from despair

In her interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, Tatiana Lokshina, head of the "Demos" Centre, told about the life of the modern Grozny.

16:24, 26 July 2007

This year, over 300 persons fell victim of racist attacks in Russia

"From the beginning of 2007, 36 persons were killed and 268 others wounded as a result of racist attacks," Galina Kozhevnikova, deputy director of the "Sova" Analytical Centre, has said today.

15:58, 26 July 2007

Russia to pay out 130,000 euros for murder of Musaev brothers in Chechnya

The European Court for Human Rights has announced today its verdict on the case of kidnapping and murder of Ali and Umar Musaev, residents of the Chechen village of Gekhi, committed allegedly by Russian militaries.

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