News

December 10, 2009 22:30

• Major Dymovskiy from Novorossisk tells about instructions to militiamen on how to confront human rights activists

  Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy from Novorossisk has stated that militia bosses from his city issued orders on how to counteract human rights activists. This was stated by Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee for Human Right, who is Dymovskiy's official representative.

December 10, 2009 22:10

• In Azerbaijan, international forum states restrictions on NGOs

  The two-day international conference, opened on December 10 in the Baku "Europe" Hotel, is on development of the civil society in Azerbaijan. Officers from power agencies are not taking part.

December 10, 2009 22:00

• Charges lifted from Marat Valeev, accused of murdering Paul Khlebnikov

  Marat Valeev, the figurant of the murder criminal case of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine, shot dead on July 9, 2004, was set free. The accusation failed to prove his involvement in the murder of the journalist.

December 10, 2009 21:00

• In Azerbaijan, Supreme Court upholds verdict to two journalists

  On December 9, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Ilham Dzhafarov, considered the cassation complaint of three journalists of the "Nota" newspaper convicted for slander. The complaint was denied.

December 10, 2009 20:00

• Inspector reprimanded for non-giving case materials to lawyer

  On December 8, the North-Caucasian Military Regional Court upheld the decision of the Grozny Military Court passed in October on illegality of inspector's refusal to present case materials to advocate Yuri Kastanov who represented the interests of Katyr-Yurt villagers from Chechnya.

December 10, 2009 19:00

• Sadulayeva's murder is badly investigated in Chechnya, her colleagues assert

  The investigation of the case dealing with kidnapping and subsequent murder of Zarema Sadulayeva, head of the public organization "Let's Save the Generation", and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov is run at a poor level. This is the opinion of the victims' colleagues and friends. Besides, they assert that Victor Ledenyov, head of the Investigatory Committee of Russia for Chechnya, just repeats the earlier expressed version of Chechen President.

December 10, 2009 18:00

• Maksharip Aushev posthumously awarded for human rights activities

  In the context of the World Day of Human Rights, marked today, the US State Department has rewarded Maksharip Aushev from Ingushetia, assassinated in October 2009, among the two, in their opinion, outstanding activists of the human rights movement.

December 09, 2009 23:50

• IOAT to hold actions in defence of journalist Mushvig Guseinov

  The International Organization Against Torture (IOAT) plans to hold protest actions demanding to release from imprisonment in Azerbaijan Mushvig Guseinov, a journalist of the employee of the newspaper "Bizim Yol" (Our Way), who suffers from tuberculosis. This is stated in the letter sent to the Azerbaijani Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD).

December 09, 2009 23:40

• Armenian doctors hold charitable actions in Sochi

  Surgeons from the medical centre "Erebuni" from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, are in Sochi for their charitable actions. On December 7, at the local children's hospital they made an operation to correct a congenital lip defect to Mikhail Avdzhan, a six-year old Sochi resident. Within the next few days they plan to make three similar surgeries more.

December 09, 2009 23:30

• Natives of Chechnya detained on "Neva-Express" train explosion case are suspected of drug dealing

  A criminal case against two natives of Chechnya detained in the context of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train was opened because two dozes of hashish were found in the pockets of both of them.

December 09, 2009 23:10

• BEBP office set on fire in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today at night, at about 2 a.m., a fire happened in the office of the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP). It was extinguished by the fire-fighting service of the Ministry for Emergencies of Kabardino-Balkaria. According to BEBP's the office equipment and furniture burnt down.

December 09, 2009 23:00

• Authorities of South Ossetia are ready to sue Radio Liberty for broadcasting in the republic

  According to Georgiy Kabisov, chairman of the State Committee of Informatization and Communications of South Ossetia, the broadcasting of Radio Liberty in the territory of South Ossetia is illegal. In his opinion, there are all grounds to bring an action against the radio station.

December 09, 2009 22:20

• Kadyrov interrogated in Chechnya on his lawsuit against Orlov

  On December 8, under the order received from Moscow President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was interrogated in Grozny under the slander criminal case initiated against Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

December 09, 2009 22:00

• South-Caucasian human rights activists to launch broad-scale campaign in EU embassies

  On December 10, the Day of Human Rights Defender, 30 human rights organizations from the countries of South Caucasus prepare to hold a campaign entitled "Lobbing the European Union's Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders".

December 09, 2009 20:00

• AI is against extradition of Ingush resident from Egypt

  In the near future, Ibragim Mankiev, a resident of Ingushetia, can be extradited to Russia, where he can face torture and other forms of inhuman treatment. As reported by the Amnesty International (AI), he is now in custody in Egypt without the right of communication.

December 09, 2009 19:00

• DEVAMM: this year Azerbaijan sees more problems with freedom of worship

  In the opinion of Ilgar Ibragimoglu, head of the DEVAMM (Centre in Defence of Freedom of Conscience and Religion), in 2009, Azerbaijan suffers from a real "crusade" on the freedom of conscience and worship. Today, he has presented the 2009 annual report of his human rights organization.

December 09, 2009 18:00

• Dymovskiy's "White Tape" Movement starts working

  The Public Movement named "White Tape" is going to place in its website documents and applications of the citizens who have suffered from arbitrariness of law enforcement bodies. This was announced today by Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, initiator of the Movement.

December 08, 2009 23:30

• Bortnikov: 80 terror acts prevented in Northern Caucasus

  Head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov has stated today at the sitting of the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) that in 2009 almost 800 militants and their helpers were detained in Northern Caucasus, but the threat of terror acts in the Russian Federation survives.

December 08, 2009 23:20

• President of Chechnya appeals against refusal to open case against "Novaya Gazeta" journalists

  President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov asks the prosecutor's office to cancel the decision to refuse about refusal to initiate a slander case against Dmitri Muratov, editor-in-chief of the "Novaya Gazeta".

December 08, 2009 23:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 30 - December 6

  Inspectors look for "Caucasian component" in "Neva-Express" train accident; strained interethnic relations in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachai-Circassia; results scandalous election of Mayor in the Dagestan city of Derbent cancelled, - look up these and other events in the review of the week of November 30-December 6 in Caucasian regions prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".