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May 03, 2013 22:00

• Detainees on case of corruption in Georgian MoA charged of embezzlement and misuse of funds

  Representatives of the State Limited Liability Company (LLC) "Mechanic" and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Georgia, detained on the case of corruption in the MoA, are charged of embezzlement and misuse of funds. This was reported by advocate David Khazhaliya.

May 03, 2013 21:00

• RWB: Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin included in list of enemies of freedom of information

  In 2013, the organization "Reporters without Borders" (RWB) included Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, in its annual list of the enemies of freedom of information. In Chechnya, the fear of the regime has become the cause of self-censorship, which "is switched on at full capacity", and, in general in Russia, attacks and attempts on journalists "are regularly repeated," the RWB reports.

May 03, 2013 20:10

• In Azerbaijan, challenge to judges in case against Avaz Zeinalov, editor-in-chief of newspaper "Khural", rejected

  Today, the challenge to the panel of judges of the Court of Appeal in the case against Avaz Zeinalov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khural", who was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment for tax evasion and receiving a large bribe, was rejected. On May 13, the consideration of the appeal against the sentence will be continued by the current composition of the panel of judges.

May 03, 2013 20:00

• In Nalchik, rally against law enforcers' tyranny attended by about 20 persons

  In Nalchik, participants of the today's rally spoke against tyranny of law enforcement agents and human rights violations in Kabardino-Balkaria. The protest action was attended by about twenty persons, not including journalists and policemen on duty.

May 03, 2013 19:00

• British Foreign Office recommends British citizens not to travel to NCFD

  The British Foreign Office recommended British citizens not to go in the near future to Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan, and some Districts of the Stavropol Territory because of high terrorist activity.

May 03, 2013 17:00

• In Azerbaijan, oil-industry workers go on warning strike, Mirvari Gakhramanly reports

  Today, in Baku, workers of the Gas and Oil Producing Administration (GOPA) "Bibi-Aibat" of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), held a warning strike to demand higher wages. This was reported by Mirvari Gakhramanly, the head of the Committee to Protect Rights of Oil-Industry Workers. The SOCAR denied the information about the strike.

May 02, 2013 22:50

• Builders of highway Alyat-Astara in Azerbaijan go on strike

  On May 1, the construction of the highway Alyat-Astara was again stopped because of the strike. The protest action was held by operators of heavy equipment and workers at the site of construction works in the Salyan District.

May 02, 2013 22:40

• In Azerbaijan, Musa Rakhim, PFPA activist, arrested for two months

  The Nasimi District Court of Baku arrested for two months Musa Rakhim, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), on suspicion of hooliganism. This was reported by his advocate Asabali Mustafaev.

May 02, 2013 22:30

• In Azerbaijan, Mamed Azizov, "Nida" activist, to stay under arrest for two months more

  On May 2, the Nasimi District Court of Baku extended the arrest of Mamed Azizov, an activist of the civil movement "Nida" (Shout), accused of illegal possession of drugs, till July 7.

May 02, 2013 22:20

• Jury of contest "Person in History, Russia, 20th Century" held by HRC "Memorial" distinguishes papers of schoolchildren of Southern Russia

  17 representatives of the Southern Federal District (SFD) became laureates of the 14th All-Russian contest of historical research papers of senior schoolchildren "Person in History, Russia, 20th Century", organized by the International Organization "Memorial".

May 02, 2013 22:10

• Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics expresses concern over detention of journalists at May Day action

  During the confrontation between students and the police that occurred on May 1 in Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue, law enforcement agents detained the journalists who worked at the place. The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics has called on the police not to interfere with the work of the journalists and give explanations in connection with the incident. All the detainees were released by the evening of May 1, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

May 02, 2013 22:00

• Detainees in case of Boston terror act face charges of impeding inquiry

  Three young men, detained on the case of the terror act in the US city of Boston, were arrested. Two of them are charged of concealing and destroying evidences, and another one of giving false testimony.

May 02, 2013 21:00

• South Ossetia releases five Georgian teenagers

  Five teenagers from the group of eleven Georgian citizens, detained in South Ossetia on charges of illegal crossing of the border, were released.

May 02, 2013 20:00

• In Georgia, staff of Chokhatauri hospital goes on strike

  In the district centre of Chokhatauri, staff members of the local hospital went on strike, demanding to pay wage arrears. The health professionals state that the strike will last till their demands are fulfilled.

May 02, 2013 19:00

• In Volgograd Region, activist goes on hunger strike to protect historic floating landing stage

  In the farm yard of Bobry near the town of Krasnoslobodsk of the Volgograd Region, Daniel Enzhil, the leader of members of the informal youth movement for the protection of the floating landing stage, went on a hunger strike because of the plans of the leaders of the Volgograd Academy of Physical Education (VAPE) to demolish the old building, the river attraction of the region the floating landing stage.

May 02, 2013 18:00

• Head of North-Ossetian "Yabloko" associates search in his house with political order

  In Vladikavkaz, the house of Anatoly Sidakov, Chairman of the North-Ossetian Branch of the "Yabloko" Party, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Mir Kavkaza" (World of the Caucasus), was searched. According to the Anatoly Sidakov's version, investigators were looking for weapons; however, he believes the political order was the real reason for the search.

May 02, 2013 17:00

• Azerbaijani researcher Khalida Khalid arrested in Iran

  Khalida Khalid, a researcher of literature, a citizen of Azerbaijan, was arrested in the city of Tabriz in northern Iran together with four activists of the movement for the rights of Azerbaijanis of South (Iranian) Azerbaijan.

May 01, 2013 22:50

• In Georgia, three persons continue one-month hunger strike near Bidzina Ivanishvili's business centre

  Three persons spent the 31st day of their hunger strike near the business centre of Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia. The participants of the protest action demand to issue long-term and low-interest loans to pay off the mortgage and to suspend evictions until the loans are repaid.

May 01, 2013 22:40

• In Volgograd, at May Day rally, policemen stop march of nationalists and activists of Other Russia

  Today, about 60 representatives of the Other Russia and nationalists had to leave the festive column of the May Day march in Volgograd at the request of the police. This was reported by Leonid Makhinya, an activist of the Other Russia.

May 01, 2013 22:30

• Mother of ex-prosecutor from Ingushetia claims her son being pressured in prison

  The mother of Ali Dobriev, a former staff member of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Ingushetia, who is serving his sentence at the Federal Public Institution (FPI) Penal Colony (PC) No. 13 in Nizhny Tagil of the Sverdlovsk Region, complains that his son is subjected to harassment on ethnic or religious grounds by the administration and personnel of the penal colony. This information is going to check the members of the Public Supervisory Commission.