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On February 20, the All-Russian NGO "Voice of Beslan" has filed a complaint against the actions of the investigatory group of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation and demanded to recognize the actions of the investigatory group, which was in charge of forensic medical examination of victims' bodies, to be illegal.

The united opposition of Georgia has refused to start a hunger strike, as presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze has announced to the Georgian Parliament.

Today, the innovations in Chechnya related to the requirement of observing external attributes of women's modesty in educational institutions cause irritation of the majority of teachers and students.

In Kalmykia, collectors of signatures in support of Mikhail Kasyanov, a nominee to the position of President of Russia and leader of the Party "People for Democracy and Justice", find themselves under tough pressure.

The rally of the opposition that lasted for almost four hours is over in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Currently, a tent camp is organized in the Freedom Square that adjoins the building of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, where the participants of a sit-down strike will reside.

Advocate Magomed Abubakarov, a member of the Bar of the Chechen Republic, who is defending the interests of Rasul Kudaev, has addressed the Public Prosecutor of the KBR with an application on detention of Fatima Tekaeva, Rasul Kudaev's mother, and his brother Arsen Mokaev.

On February 20, Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, has promulgated his multi-page report on situation with human rights in Azerbaijan.

"Reporters without Borders" express their regret that the Public Prosecutor has asked to convict Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of the "Azadlyg", one of leading oppositional newspapers of Azerbaijan, to 5 years of imprisonment.

Today, the magistrate court of the Promyshlenny District of the city of Stavropol has sentenced the kindergarten teacher accused of cruel treatment of children to six months of corrective works. Besides, 10 percent of her salary will be withheld in favour of the state.

At the rally of the united opposition, currently held in the Freedom Square in Yerevan, a message of the France Press Agency was announced, according to which Edgar Vasquez, spokesman of the US Department of State, had stated that the US are concerned with numerous violations admitted during vote tabulation after the election in Armenia on February 19.

Today, at the rally of the opposition in the capital of Armenia, the residents of Yerevan who voted for Levon Ter-Petrosyan complained that the authorities were encroaching on their rights.

Ayup Khidriev, brother of Maksharip and Amirkhan Khidrievs, accused of blowing up the "Neva Express" passenger train, has informed that there are no new circumstances in the case of his brothers, and they are still kept in the SIZO (pre-trial detention facility).

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, candidate for President of Armenia, has assured, when speaking today to the rally of the united opposition, dedicated to summing up the election, that the opposition has a precisely developed and clear action plan, directed towards overthrow of the current power.

Basically, the presidential election in Armenia has passed according to international standards, although further improvement of democratic election processes is a must, the European observers think.

After processing of 100% of ballot papers, it became clear that Serzh Sarkisyan, prime minister and chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, has won 52.86% of the votes, as reported by Garegin Azaryan, Chairman of the CEC of Armenia.