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22:55, 25 November 2006

Austrian journalists detained in Chechnya

On November 24, Austrian TV lady-journalist, operator and sound operator were detained in Chechnya.

22:52, 25 November 2006

Azerbaijan staged a police operation to move the "Azadlyg" newspaper out of its building

In the evening of November 24, police conducted an operation in the capital of Azerbaijan aimed at moving the "Azadlyg" newspaper, Information Agency (IA) "Turan" and the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) out of their premises.

22:47, 25 November 2006

UN Committee Against Tortures accuses Russia of keeping secret prisons and kidnappings in Chechnya

The United Nations Committee Against Tortures has accused Russia of having secret prisons, violations of human rights and kidnappings in Chechnya.

22:40, 25 November 2006

British authorities: Litvinenko's murder is an act of state terrorism

The British authorities think that poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko looks like a murder organized by a state.

23:53, 24 November 2006

12 oppositionists arrested in Azerbaijan

Today, by decision of the Sabail Court a group of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA) was arrested for several days for participation in a non-sanctioned picket on November 23 in the vicinity of the president's administration premise.

23:48, 24 November 2006

Litvinenko accused Putin of his death

A posthumous letter of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer, who died under puzzling circumstances, was announced in London.

23:17, 24 November 2006

Dutch human rights activists who render assistance to Chechnya residents were not registered in Russia

The human rights activists have stated that the authorities have rejected their application on re-registration of the Moscow office of the Dutch organization "Legal Initiative for Russia," which renders legal aid to Chechnya residents.

23:09, 24 November 2006

Azerbaijani authorities stop the ANS independent TV channel

Today's sitting of the National TV and Radio Board (NTRB) of Azerbaijan has made a decision not to extend the license of the ANS TV and Radio Channel.

23:04, 24 November 2006

Alexander Litvinenko died in London

Alexander Litvinenko, former employee of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) has died in London.

23:05, 23 November 2006

People in Krasnodar is seriously concerned about safety of foreign students

One of these days, Krasnodar hosted a roundtable on the topic "Adequate Methods to Counteract Xenophobia. Safety of Foreign Students."

23:01, 23 November 2006

Azerbaijani police violently dispersed protesters against pressure on mass media

Today in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the police have again violently dispersed a picket of activists of the Party of National Front of Azerbaijan (PNFA).

22:17, 23 November 2006

People think Stomakhin's trial to be a politically motivated persecution

On November 20 in Moscow, Boris Stomakhin, journalist of the "Kavkaz-Tsentr" Chechen separatists' web-site, was sentenced to five years of custody.

22:10, 23 November 2006

Health condition of poisoned Litvinenko has sharply worsened

The wife of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned ex-officer of the FSB, whose health condition has seriously aggravated during the last night and became extremely grave, was urgently called to the London University Hospital, where the patient is kept. Alexander Goldfarb, Litvinenko's friend, told about it and explained in his interview to the BBC that "most probably, now he is connected to the artificial blood circulation system".

22:07, 23 November 2006

Chechnya: practice of torturing detainees continues

Representatives of human rights organizations deployed in Chechnya confirm the statement of the Human Rights Watch international organization that kidnappings and tortures of detained persons continue in this Republic.

23:30, 22 November 2006

Dagestan militia violently dispersed a rally of locals

On November 22 in Makhachkala, several hundreds of residents of the Kazbekovskiy District of Dagestan tried to hold a meeting to demand dismissal of Amir Azaev, head of District administration.

23:28, 22 November 2006

HRC "Memorial": power agencies are fully responsible for tortures and kidnappings in Chechnya

On November 22, the Independent Press Centre held a presentation of the report named "Tortures in Chechnya: Stabilization of Nightmare."

22:48, 22 November 2006

Iran plans to make short work of Azerbaijani journalist who offended Mohammed

On November 21 in the Iranian city of Tabriz, students of religious schools held a protest action against the statements concerning Prophet Mohammed, published in Azerbaijani newspaper "Sanat," in publicist Rafik Tagi's article named "Europe and We."

22:46, 22 November 2006

Armenia tries to understand why Armenians are assassinated in Russia

"There are two reasons for killing Armenians in Russia. Firstly, the Russian society is sick with xenophobia, secondly, there is an order to kill Armenians in Russia," thinks Levon Ananyan, Chairman of Armenian Writers' Guild.

22:44, 22 November 2006

22 Georgian natives deported from Moscow

Today, Russia has deported a group of Georgia citizens who were illegally staying in the Russian territory, Konstantin Poltoranin, press-secretary of the Federal Migratory Service, reported.

23:14, 21 November 2006

Skaramella discloses secret of his meeting with Litvinenko

Mario Skaramella gave a press conference for the first time after Alexander Litvinenko, former Russia's FSB agent, was poisoned.

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