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13:12, 12 May 2006

Hearings on beating lady-journalist Kirij in North Ossetia postponed

Today, the court of Promyshlenny District of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, has indefinitely postponed the hearing of the case on beating Olga Kirij, First Channel journalist.

08:31, 12 May 2006

HRC "Memorial": from the second half of 2000, 3297 persons were killed in Chechnya

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.

12:50, 10 May 2006

Human rights activists: authorities falsify data on shooting the meeting in Dagestan

Speaking to Dagestan journalists, human rights activists stated that both the dispersal of the demonstration and the investigation of the circumstances of the case are carried out with multiple violations of the law.

12:49, 10 May 2006

Armenia and Georgia are not among the members of the UN Council for Human Rights

The membership of the new UN Council for Human Rights has been formed; the elections were held on May 9. 65 countries were candidates to 47 places in the Council. Armenia and Georgia failed to win the required number of votes.

12:20, 10 May 2006

Human rights activists came to Dagestan to investigate the shooting of the meeting

Today, on May 10, a delegation of human rights activists headed by Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the All-Russian Movement "For Human Rights," and Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," arrived to Makhachkala to go on with the investigation of the events that had taken place in the Dokuzparinskiy District of Dagestan.

12:09, 10 May 2006

Azerbaijan elected member of the Council for Human Rights

In the course of the second voting round, Ukraine and Azerbaijan were elected members of the Council for Human Rights.

11:46, 10 May 2006

State Duma deputy from Chechnya surprised with the Maskhadovs' application for political shelter

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.

11:53, 9 May 2006

In Adygea, Aslan Bezrukov, leader of the Public Association "For Justice," remains in custody

Aslan Bezrukov, an entrepreneur and activist, well-known in Adygea, is kept in custody.

11:37, 9 May 2006

President of Finland will probably satisfy Maskhadov family's application on refuge

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.

11:31, 9 May 2006

Family of Maskhadov, leader of Chechnya separatists, seeks asylum in Finland

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

11:45, 8 May 2006

"Voice of Beslan": Beslan children are prohibited to learn

The public organization "Voice of Beslan" voices up against arrest of the property of the "Podmoskovny" Lyceum-Boarding School, founded by Mikhail Khodorkovskiy in the Koralovo manor.

11:26, 8 May 2006

Forced migrants in Chechnya disagree with the activities of the Special commission

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.

11:13, 7 May 2006

Residents of Azerbaijani village of Georgia protest against unfair land allocation

Residents of the village of Yagublu of the Dmanisskiy District of Region Kvemo Kartli-Borchaly of Georgia, where Azerbaijanis are compactly residing, in protest against unfair land allocation, held an action in front of the building of the State Chancellery of Georgia.

10:58, 6 May 2006

"Amnesty International" states racial discrimination in the Krasnodar Territory

On May 3, 2006 the major human rights organization "Amnesty International" presented its report "Russian Federation: Racial-Motivated Violence Orgy."

10:44, 5 May 2006

The prosecutor's office of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria continues to persecute district doctor

It became known to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that the prosecutor's office of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria city of Nalchik lodged a cassation petition to the Supreme Court.

10:23, 4 May 2006

During 11 years of war in Chechnya, presidents of Russia never answered a single letter from parents of perished soldiers

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."

10:07, 4 May 2006

Azerbaijan refused membership in the UN Council for Human Rights

Today, Azerbaijan's application for membership in the UN Council for Human Rights was rejected.

10:04, 4 May 2006

In Azerbaijan, police beat journalist of "Zerkalo" (Mirror) newspaper

Rustam Mikailov, correspondent of the "Zerkalo" paper, lodged a complaint on the Police Administration of the Surakhanskiy District of Azerbaijan in the context of beating him during the yesterday's football match.

09:47, 4 May 2006

Human rights activists comment the incident in Tsentoroj settlement (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.

09:33, 4 May 2006

Chilaev and Israilov kidnapped in Chechnya are among those "disappeared"; evidences point to involvement of power agents

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.

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