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21:05, 28 November 2005

Grozny ignores parliamentary election - Memorial

The Human Rights Centre Memorial says that attendance in the capital of Chechnya was much lower than in the previous elections, counter to expectations of the human rights defenders.

11:21, 26 November 2005

Police disperse public meeting, beat journalists

The police use force against participants in the public meeting in the Gelebe Square in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, earlier today.

11:20, 26 November 2005

Landmine wounds one in Chechnya

A federal serviceman was seriously wounded having triggered an antipersonnel mine in the mountainous district of Vedeno.

21:23, 24 November 2005

'No onslaught was planned' – Beslan headquarters member

Victor Sobolev, commander of the 58th army and a member of the operations headquarters for the rescue of hostages in Beslan, gives evidence.

21:57, 23 November 2005

Suspects in Nalchik attack ill-treated - HRW

Below is a full-text version of a <a href="http://www.hrw.org" target="_blank">Human Rights Watch</a> <a href="http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/18/russia12053_txt.htm" target="_blank">report</a> of ill-treatment with respect to Nalchik attack suspects.

21:17, 23 November 2005

Lawyer at risk of abduction

Law enforcement agencies threaten to make short work of Ms Larissa Dorogov, lawyer of Muslim protesters in Kabardino-Balkaria.

11:09, 23 November 2005

Esprit de corps vs criminal cover-up

Mr Igor Trunov, a Nord-Ost lawyer, says that looting on the part of law enforcement and other militarised agencies accompanies all terrorist acts and disasters.

23:51, 22 November 2005

Azeri workers go on strike

Workers for US-based McDERMOTT go on strike over low wages and discrimination.

23:47, 22 November 2005

Prosecution gives formal answers

The relatives of those killed in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria receive formal answers from the Prosecutor General's Office.

21:57, 22 November 2005

Kulayev attacked in courtroom

A victim reaches Mr Nurpashi Kulayev, the defendant at the hearing of the Beslan terrorist act case, through a hole in his cage.

18:28, 21 November 2005

Public meetings held in Chechnya

People hold public meetings in Grozny demanding compensations for their destroyed homes.

18:26, 21 November 2005

Villager released after torture

Abducted from his own home in Pamiatoi, Shatoi district, on 18 November, Khamdulla Naurdinov is released on 19 November.

18:23, 18 November 2005

Staraia Sunzha murderers detained

Chechnya's military commandant's office detains three military men involved in killing Staraia Sunzha, Grozny district, residents.

18:20, 18 November 2005

Government re-launches repressions

The government of Azerbaijan launches new repressions against opposition activists, according to a press release of the Azadlyg bloc.

00:59, 17 November 2005

Alleged accomplice interrogated in North Ossetia

A cleaner in Beslan's school No 1 thought by victims to be an accomplice of the terrorists is interrogated in North Ossetia.

23:44, 16 November 2005

AI concerned about legal action against RCFS director

Below is a public statement by <a href="http://www.amnesty.org" target="_blank">Amnesty International</a>Amnesty International concerning a criminal case against Stanislav Dmitrievskii, Executive Director of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

21:26, 16 November 2005

Rights defender goes on trial

At a trial in Nizhny Novgorod, Stanislav Dmitrievskii of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society is charged with inciting racial, interethnic, and social hatred.

21:23, 16 November 2005

One killed in action

A Russian Defence Ministry serviceman is killed in a clash with a group of rebels in Chechnya.

21:20, 15 November 2005

Beslan headquarters members interrogated

An interrogation of public officials on the list of witnesses in the Beslan attack case practically confirms people's fears.

21:19, 15 November 2005

Beslan-related case hearing postponed

Opening arguments in a Beslan-related negligence case against three police officers is postponed.

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