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A video cassette is found in Chechnya with scenes of civilians tortured by rebels.

The number of women in senior posts is extremely low in Armenia.

A religious leader intends to inquire about infringements on Muslims' rights in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner on Human Rights of the Council of Europe, calls on the Kremlin to punish for disappearances in Chechnya and to protect freedom of speech.

Authorities prefer to conceal the torture practices of law enforcement agencies.

Three Astrakhan police officers are involved in the abduction of 10 Tajik nationals.

One man is abducted in Chechnya and three rebels are killed in Dagestan.

Two members of field commander Doku Umarov's groups give themselves up to law enforcement agencies.

Nine female students are detained for reading the Koran and wearing burqas.

A rebel base is destroyed in Chechnya which probably was used by major rebel leaders.

Murad Muradov, leader of the Let's Save the Generation NGO, is detained during a special operation on 15 April.

A jury in Volgograd returns a guilty verdict for seven skinheads.

Another picket against war in Chechnya is banned by authorities who also express a wish to remove it from the city centre.

Six rebels, five security agents and a schoolboy die in three days.

A petition with a demand of recognising the genocide of the Circassians by the Russian tsarist government in the 18-19 centuries is posted on the Web.