News

June 01, 2011 19:00

• Association "For Advocacy of Media" demands investigation of the cases of violence to the journalists on May, 26

  The Georgian Association "For Advocacy of Media" sent a statement to the Minister of Interior Affairs of Georgia Vano Merebishvili asking for investigation of all the cases of beating and detention of journalists and destroying there devices during dispersal of the oppositional meeting in Rustaveli avenue on May, 26.

June 01, 2011 18:00

• Human rights activist Basmanov held a one-person picket in Sochi within the framework of the action "Strategy-31"

  On May, 31, human rights activist Sergey Basmanov held a one-person picket in Sochi within the framework of the action "Strategy-31" in protection of clause 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. According to him, the action passed off without incidents.

May 31, 2011 23:20

• FSIN to choose prisons for extremism convicts in any region of Russia

  The State Duma has adopted amendments to the Criminal-Executive Code of the Russian Federation, under which those convicted for involvement in illegal armed formations (IAFs) and extremism may be sent to serve their terms to any region of Russia, regardless of where the crime was committed. Human rights defenders were against the amendments.

May 31, 2011 23:00

• Yerevan hosts protest against trial of Tigran Postanjyan

  On May 30, several dozens of protesters rallied in Yerevan in front of the courthouse against the trial of Tigran Postanjyan.

May 31, 2011 22:50

• In Ingushetia, policeman occasionally wounds woman

  On May 30, during a quarrel in a cafe in the city of Karabulak, a policeman accidentally wounded a woman, the owner of the entity from his pistol.

May 31, 2011 22:40

• Georgia: imprisoned Tsotne Gamsakhurdia is on hunger strike again

  The son of first Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia - Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, who is serving his sentence on charges of a premeditated murder attempt, has gone on hunger strike after the prison authorities did not allow him to receive medication from his relatives. This was reported by Keti Bekauri, his advocate.

May 31, 2011 22:30

• Deputy Dagestani MIA head promises to find Shamil Omarov

  The relatives of Shamil Omarov, a resident of the village of Sultanyangiyurt, Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, who was kidnapped on May 28, who have organized today a spontaneous rally, had a meeting with a representative of the administration of the head of Dagestan. He received the relatives' application to the name of Magomedsalam Magomedov, where they ask to clarify Shamil's whereabouts and give him out to his family. Sergey Trofimov, Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan, instructed his subordinates to inform him about the results of searching Omarov.

May 31, 2011 22:20

• Oppositional rally is on in Yerevan

  Today, at 6:20 p.m. Moscow time, in Freedom Square a several thousand strong rally of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) began.

May 31, 2011 22:20

• Said Gereikhanov: mosque closed in Dagestan under pressure of ROVD boss

  Parishioners cannot pray in the mosque of the village of Sovietskoe, Magaramkent District, because it was closed at the insistence of Shakir Omarov, head of the ROVD (District Interior Division). This was reported by the mosque imam Said Gereikhanov.

May 31, 2011 22:10

• In Vladikavkaz, suspect of murdering poet Dzhigkaev shot dead

  In the course of a special operation in Vladikavkaz, the supposed killer of the Ossetian national poet Shamil Dzhigkaev was liquidated. In the shootout a SWAT officer was wounded.

May 31, 2011 22:00

• Georgian television journalist to be deported from Russia

  The Meschansky District Court of Moscow has decided to deport the Georgian journalist from the First Information Caucasian Channel (PIK-Channel) Natiya Poladashvili.

May 31, 2011 22:00

• The court in Volgograd obliged Mayor's office to do away totally with waiting lists for kindergartens

  According to the judgment of Central district court, Administration of Volgograd must provide additional places in kindergartens and totally eliminate the existing waiting list by September, 1, 2012.

May 31, 2011 22:00

• Rostov Regional Prosecutor's Office checks legality of closure of "Krestianin" Publishers

  The Office has reported that its employees are checking whether the suspension of the work of the "Krestianin" Printing House, located in the Myasnikov District, was legitimate.

May 31, 2011 21:00

• The European Union is concerned about the loss of people in the zone of Karabakh confrontation

  Skirmishes at the contact line and cases of people's death in the zone of Karabakh confrontation cause a serious concern of the European Union, EU National report of development of the "The European Neighbourhood Policy" in Armenia upon the results of 2010 runs.

May 31, 2011 20:00

• The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia has no information about the citizens who disappeared after dispersal of the meeting

  The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia has not received a single statement of disappearance of citizens after dispersal of the action of "People's Assembly" at night of May, 26, in Rustaveli avenue, Press service of the Ministry reports.

May 31, 2011 19:00

• The court in Denmark sentenced native of Chechnya Lors Dukaev to 12 years of custody and deportation

  The court in Denmark sentenced a twenty-five-year-old Russian citizen, native of Chechnya, Lors Dukaev to 12 years of custody for blasting a bomb in one of the hotels of Copenhagen. The City court of Copenhagen passed a judgment according to which Dukaev had to serve his custody term in Denmark and then be deported to Russia.

May 31, 2011 18:00

• Rustam Makhmudov suspected of Anna Politkovskaya's murder detained in Chechnya

  Rustam Makhmudov whom the investigation considers executor of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, observer of "Novaya Gazeta", was detained in Chechnya. This was reported by attorney Murad Musaev who represents the interests of Makhmudov's brother Jabrail.

May 30, 2011 23:40

• Sagrishvili: defence witnesses are not admitted to trial of Georgians on espionage in favour of Russia

  The court in Batumi, which considers the case of espionage in favour of Russian secret services, would not admit defence witnesses, said lawyer Gocha Sagrishvili, who is defending four accused persons at the trial. According to his story, he does not consider the case "through the political prism", but believes that the investigation is conducted with violations of law and human rights. Another lawyer - Gela Nikoleishvili - supports this opinion.

May 30, 2011 23:30

• In Georgia, "People's Assembly" asks rights defenders to help their imprisoned supporters

  The oppositional movement "People's Assembly" has spread an appeal running that dozens of people detained after the dispersal of the protest action on May 26 are kept in custody in most severe conditions. In this regard, the movement asks human rights and other nongovernmental organizations, as well as lawyers, to provide assistance to detainees.

May 30, 2011 23:20

• Rights defenders of Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia state political repressions after protests in Tbilisi

  Seventeen human rights organizations of Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia state that the dispersal of the protest rally in Tbilisi on May 26 was followed by political repressions in Georgia. They addressed the US State Department, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the diplomatic missions accredited in Georgia, urging them to urgently set up a group for monitoring the current events and related trials, and to publicly condemn the excessive use of force by the police at the dispersal.