News

June 04, 2011 13:00

• Oil source found in Georgia near Black Sea coast

  Satellites found a natural source of oil in the Black Sea off the coast of Georgia, the "ScanEx" Company reports.

June 03, 2011 23:50

• Grozny: unidentified assailants attack Chechen Human Rights Centre

  On May 30, armed men broke into the office of the Human Rights Centre of the Chechen Republic in Grozny and started threatening the employees of this organization. This was reported by the HRC "Memorial", which added that the attackers were not identified, and the reasons of the attack are unknown.

June 03, 2011 23:40

• Blast kills people in Tskhinvali

  Today in the evening a grenade blew up in Tskhinvali and wounded, according to various sources, two or three persons, one of them later died.

June 03, 2011 23:20

• Printing house of "Krestianin" in Rostov Region reopened by court decision

  Today, under the ruling of the Rostov Regional Court, the printing facility of the "Krestianin" (Peasant) newspaper, located in the village of Chaltyr, Myasnikov District of the Rostov Region, was reopened for operation. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Irina Samokhhina, the head of the "Krestianin" Publishers.

June 03, 2011 23:10

• Tigran Postanjyan released in Armenia

  On June 3, Tigran Postanjyan, brother of Zaruhi Postanjyan, deputy of the parliamentary faction of the "Heritage" Party, was released from custody under decision by the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan.

June 03, 2011 23:00

• Russian Public Chamber demands inquiry into persecution of Muslims in North Ossetia and Dagestan

  Mass arrests of Muslims in North Ossetia and beating of believers in Dagestan are provocations on the eve of the 2012 presidential election in Russia and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. This was stated in the statements of the Working Group of the Public Chamber (WGPC) for promoting social dialogue and civil society institutions in the Caucasus.

June 03, 2011 22:50

• Azerbaijani Court of Appeal leaves oppositionists in custody

  On June 2, the Baku Court of Appeal dismissed the complaints against extension of custody term lodged by Arif Gadjily, head of the executive office of the "Musavat" Party, Tural Abbasly, chairman of the "Musavat" youth organization, and Muhammad Medzhidli, member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

June 03, 2011 22:40

• Society of Dagestan is on the brink of civil war: over 2000 disappearances remain unsolved

  A human life in Dagestan is cheaper than in the rest of Russia; and the Dagestani society is on the brink of civil war - these are the conclusions reached at the travelling session of the Presidential Council on Civil Society Development and Human Rights, held on June 2. It was announced at the session that in general for the NCFD (North-Caucasian Federal District) over 2000 human disappearances remain unsolved.

June 03, 2011 22:10

• Muratov: current methods do not allow final inquiry into the death of Yuri Schekochikhin

  The investigation into the death of journalist Yuri Schekochikhin, who shortly before his death, namely in 2002-2003, was a member of the public commission of inquiry into the explosions of houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk in 1999, was resumed five times, and then stopped. This was stated by Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta". According to his story, the newspaper continues its independent inquiry into the death of Schekochikhin.

June 03, 2011 22:00

• A non-governmental Constitutional Committee demanded independent investigation of the details of dispersal of the oppositional action

  A non-governmental Constitutional Committee of Georgia consisting of ex-judges, experts and practicing lawyers considers it necessary to from an independent investigative committee that will undertake investigation of the events connected with dispersal of the unauthorized oppositional meeting at night of May, 26, by members of the top brass.

June 03, 2011 21:00

• Free English language schools opened in Sochi

  Free English language schools for volunteers are now working at schools of Sochi health resort, Krasnodar region.

June 03, 2011 20:00

• Taxmen in Krasnodar region suspected of bribery

  Employees of the Inspection of Federal Tax Service of Russia in Krasnodar are suspected of having received a bribe to a sum of 250 thousand rubles.

June 03, 2011 19:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia accuses Russia of organizing an act of terror

  The Department of Constitutional Security of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia prevented an act of terror two residents of Abkhazia were going to commit upon the instructions of Russian special services, the Georgian Ministry of Interior Affairs reports.

June 03, 2011 18:00

• Sakunts: the major problem of prisons in Armenia is their overload

  The situation in the penal enforcement institutions of Armenia is becoming worse and the lack of space remains the major problem, human rights activist Arthur Sakunts, Head of Vanadzor office of Helsinki Civil Assembly, declares.

June 02, 2011 23:30

• Dmitry Medvedev to examine criminal case on Beslan terror act

  During his meeting with Susanna Dudieva, Chair of the "Beslan Mothers" Committee, and Elvira Tuaeva, a member of the Committee, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised to study all the materials of the case on the Beslan terror act and try to give a new impetus to investigatory procedures.

June 02, 2011 23:10

• IRFS: human rights violations are widespread in NAR

  The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) sees widespread human rights violations; most often, they are committed by power agents. This is stated in the report on the outcomes of monitoring of the human rights situation and the state with media, which was conducted during the period from September 2010 to May 2011 in the NAR, located in Azerbaijan, by regional correspondents of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS).

June 02, 2011 23:00

• Azerbaijan: prosecutor asks to sentence Neimat Panakhly to 7.5 years in jail

  On June 1, the Nasimi District Court of Baku, chaired by Judge Elchin Akhmedov, finished the judicial inquiry into the case of Neimat Panakhly, Chairman of the Party of National Statehood of Azerbaijan (PNSA), accused of hooliganism and causing bodily harm. The prosecutor asked to sentence the defendant to 7.5 years in prison.

June 02, 2011 22:50

• In Abkhazia, tens of thousands came to funeral of Sergey Bagapsh

  Tens of thousands of residents of Abkhazia came in Sukhumi to the square in front of the State Philharmonic Society, where the coffin with the late President Sergey Bagapsh was installed. At noon, the memorial service will begin.

June 02, 2011 22:40

• IAEA experts are satisfied with the work of the Armenian NPP

  The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) poses no threat to the region. The works to improve its safety have been effective; and we are satisfied with the condition of the object, said today Gabor Vamos, head of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) commission for studying the situation at the NPP.

June 02, 2011 22:30

• Participants of Makhachkala sitting of Presidential Council on Human Rights demand to investigate violations of the law by power agents

  At the travelling session of the Council under Russian President on Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, which takes place today in Makhachkala, human rights activists and prosecutors spoke about direct dependence of escalation of violence in Northern Caucasus from human rights violations and disregard of the law by law enforcers.