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May 31, 2012 22:40

• In Georgia, "Civil Front" activists convicted for disobeying police

  The Tbilisi City Court found 8 members of the NGO "Civil Front" guilty of disobeying the police; 5 of them were sentenced to arrest, and three of them to fines.

May 31, 2012 22:10

• In Baku, at trial on case against journalist Avaz Zeinalov, court dismisses all defence motions

  Today, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Ramella Allakhverdieva, continued court hearings on the criminal case against Avaz Zeinalov, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Khural". The Judge dismissed all defence motions, including motions on audio recording of the court session and on release of Avaz Zeinalov from custody.

May 31, 2012 22:00

• Dagestani Prosecutor's Office checks reports on kidnappings of local residents: 6 persons found

  As a result of checking the reports, including ones of the "Caucasian Knot", about kidnappings of Dagestani residents in the period of January 1-May 18, which involved armed men in camouflage and masks, whereabouts of 6 persons were revealed. Fate of 14 persons remains unknown. This was reported by the Dagestani Prosecutor's Office.

May 31, 2012 21:00

• Shein: trial on annulment of the election of Mayor of Astrakhan will finish on June, 5

  A judgment within the framework of the trial on acknowledgment of the results of the election of Mayor of the city invalid may be passed already on June, 5, ex-candidate for Mayor's office Oleg Shein considers.

May 31, 2012 20:00

• An imam who broke a memorial on a policeman's grave detained in Dagestan

  Suleiman Gadjiev, imam of the local mosque in the settlement of Guni, Kazbek district, who broke a portrait on the headstone of a police officer killed by gunmen was detained, law enforcement bodies of the republic reported.

May 31, 2012 19:00

• The court released Dmitry Pavliuchenkov involved in Politkovskaya's murder from custody

  Basmanny court of Moscow released from custody Dmitry Pavliuchenkov involved in the murder of observer on "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya. The defendant will now be under house arrest.

May 31, 2012 18:00

• A deputy in Krasnodar region suspected of taking a bribe of two million rubles

  A deputy in Krasnodar region was detained for suspicion of getting a bribe of two million rubles from a local businessman, Chief Directorate of Economic Security and Struggle against Corruption (CDES and SC) of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Russian Federation reported.

May 30, 2012 23:50

• In Kabardino-Balkaria, resident of Lechinkai village reports on kidnapping of her husband

  This morning, Aslan Afaunov, born in 1978, was kidnapped by unidentified men in masks from his house in the village of Lechinkai of the Chegem District of Kabardino-Balkaria. This was reported by his wife.

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May 30, 2012 23:10

• Constructors of Kudepsta TPP accuse Sochi residents of damaging vehicles

  "Gazenergostroi" Company Group, the developer of the construction of the Kudepsta Thermal Power Plant (TPP), claims damaging of construction vehicles, committed by local residents, who try to stop the construction works. The Sochi residents called the accusations a provocation and organized day-and-night watch at the construction site.

May 30, 2012 23:00

• Svetlana Gannushkina intends to leave Presidential Council for Human Rights

  On May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin reassigned his advisers, including Mikhail Fedotov, who would continue to lead the Presidential Council for Human Rights. Three of its members, including Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, think about leaving the Council. According to Svetlana Gannushkina, she is not satisfied with the outcome of the Council's meeting held on April 28, 2012, since it failed to give any instructions on Northern Caucasus.

May 30, 2012 22:40

• Dagestan: Branch Director of "Bronnitsky" Trading House, released from captivity, refuses to testify against kidnappers

  Alexander Misrikhanov, Branch Director of the "Bronnitsky" Jewellery Trading House, who was kidnapped on last December 15 in Makhachkala and, according to him, voluntarily released, by kidnappers, declined to give investigators the information about the kidnappers and about the place, where he had been kept.

May 30, 2012 22:20

• In Nalchik, case on abuse of power, committed by police officer, under investigation

  The Investigatory Division of the city of Nalchik of the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Kabardino-Balkaria takes measures to identify a police officer, who on January 11, 2012, destroyed the documents of a lawyer, defending a detainee.

May 30, 2012 22:10

• Management of Caucasian Nature Reserve declares illegal construction of border guard station in its territory

  Administration of the Caucasian Nature Reserve has not given permission for the construction of border guard station in the territory, and it will seek to transfer the buildings, which had been already erected. This was stated by Sergey Shevelev, Director of the Caucasian Nature Reserve.

May 30, 2012 22:00

• Journalist Alexander Cherkasov heads the Board of HRC "Memorial"

  Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", left his position; journalist Alexander Cherkasov, an activist of the organization since 1989, became the new head of the Board.

May 30, 2012 19:00

• The authorities of Chechnya prohibited a picket in protection of disabled persons and orphans

  Mayor's office of Grozny rejected a non-governmental organization's notification of holding a picket in Grozny. In this way human rights activists were planning to draw attention of the community and authorities of Chechnya to the present-day problems of disabled people and orphans in the republic.

May 30, 2012 18:00

• A resident of Dagestan reports violations of his son's rights in a penal colony of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

  Gazimagomed Gaziev, resident of the settlement of Shamkhal-stantsia, reports that his son Shamil Gaziev who is serving his penalty in penal colony No eight of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is undergoing victimization on religious and ethnic grounds.

May 29, 2012 23:40

• Yerevan hosts protest action against dismantling of market building

  On May 28, in Yerevan, the civic initiative "Let's Save Market Hall" organized a protest action against dismantling of the market hall, located in the centre of the city and included in the list of historical and cultural monuments of Armenia.

May 29, 2012 23:10

• Moscow court postpones until July consideration of lawsuit filed by Chechen leader's lawyer against "Memorial"

  The Tver District Court of Moscow postponed till July 3 the consideration of the lawsuit filed by Andrei Krasnenkov, the lawyer of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, for the protection of good standing against the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

May 29, 2012 23:00

• In Azerbaijan, new human rights campaign dated to IGF launched

  In Azerbaijan, participants of the campaign "Sing for Democracy", held to draw attention to the problems with human rights in connection with the song contest "Eurovision 2012" in Baku, intend to organize new public campaign, preliminary entitled "Internet networks in the name of democracy". The campaign is timed for the upcoming Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which is held under the auspices of the UN, scheduled for November.

May 29, 2012 22:30

• Ex-captain of Georgia football team suspected of involvement in case on negotiated matches

  Italian law enforcement agents, who investigate the case on the negotiated football matches, suspect Kakhi Kaladze, the ex-defender of the "Genoa" FC and the ex-member of the Georgian football team.