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August 20, 2009 23:40

• Action in support of "SOS Tekhut" activist held in Yerevan

  In Yerevan, at the building of the investigatory department of the Erebuni community, an action took place in support of Mariam Sukhudyan, a young woman and an activist of the Movement "SOS Tekhut", accused by Armenian law enforcers of a false denunciation of a former teacher of special school No. 11 of Nubarashen.

August 20, 2009 23:30

• Krasnodar Territorial Court re-rejects Nemtsov's claim on Sochi election

  Today, the Krasnodar Territorial Court has rejected the cassation complaint of the oppositional politician Boris Nemtsov against the refusal of the subordinate court - the Tsentralny District Court of the city of Sochi - to cancel the outcomes of the election of the Mayor of Sochi.

August 20, 2009 23:10

• Count of victims of Nazran explosion exceeds 260 persons

  The number of those who suffered in the explosion in Nazran has increased from 160 up to 262 persons, as reported by a spokesman of the social care division of the governments of Ingushetia. This rapid growth in the number of victims was noted by social care bodies after compensations to the victims had been announced.

August 20, 2009 23:00

• In Georgia, Eka Beseliya's relatives detained

  In Georgia, on August 19, employees of the territorial interior department of Adzharia detained in the city of Kobuleti the son and brother of Eka Beseliya, secretary general of the opposition party "Movement for United Georgia". Employees of the MIA accuse them of hooliganism; however, Ms Beseliya believes that her relatives are innocent and accuses power agents of "repressions".

August 20, 2009 22:10

• MIA of Ingushetia: new terror acts in preparation

  The MIA of Ingushetia has reported that law enforcement bodies of the republic have information about preparation of new terror acts, similar to the explosion at the GOVD building in Nazran.

August 20, 2009 22:00

• Defendant in Nalchik attack case asks for a break during Ramadan

  At the trial on events of October 13, 2005, in Nalchik, defendants asked the court to make a break for Ramadan, the Moslems' sacred month.

August 20, 2009 21:00

• Blockers of Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway detained in Sochi

  Activists-ecologists Andrei Rudomakha and Suren Gazaryan, participants of the action against felling on the route of the Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway in Sochi, are have been detained by the militia in the place of the action and are now transported to the city. They told about it by telephone to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

August 20, 2009 20:00

• In Dagestan, office of "Mothers of Dagestan" burned down

  Today, early in the morning, in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, arson was committed of the rented apartment, where the office of human rights activists is located. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it by Svetlana Isaeva, chair of the human rights organization "Mothers of Dagestan for Human Rights".

August 20, 2009 19:00

• People in Dagestan believe that CTO regime will worsen the situation in the republic

  Within several recent days, special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), in the number of three regiments, have been transferred from the adjacent regions of the South Federal District (SFD) and deployed in Dagestan. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent with reference to reliable sources.

August 20, 2009 18:00

• Europe investigates interrogations of Azerbaijani citizens who voted for Armenia at "Eurovision"

  The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has started its investigation into the facts of interrogating by the Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security (MNS) of the citizens of the country who gave their votes for Armenian participants of the contest "Eurovision-2009".

August 19, 2009 23:40

• Ten oppositionists set free in Georgia

  Zurab Abashidze, one of the leaders of the Party "Our Georgia - Free Democrats" has announced that within a week that elapsed after negotiations of a part of the non-parliamentary opposition with Ministers of Internal Affairs and Justice of Georgia 10 activists of this opposition group were released from custody.

August 19, 2009 23:20

• Over 200 violations revealed in children's summer camps of Volgograd Region

  In the first two summer months, over two hundred violations of hygienic standards and fire prevention regulations have been revealed in children's summer camps of the Volgograd Region.

August 19, 2009 23:10

• Death of editor-in-chief of "Tolyshi Sado" will strike the image of Azerbaijani authorities, local human rights activists believe

  Today, Novruzali Mamedov, head of the Talysh Cultural Centre and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh), who died yesterday in the prison hospital, was buried in his native village of Archivan, Astarin District, in the south of Azerbaijan. Human rights activists believe that Mamedov's death will strike the image of Azerbaijani authorities.

August 19, 2009 23:00

• Frankfurter Rundschau: situation in Caucasus is a threat to Sochi Olympiad

  The German edition Frankfurter Rundschau asserts that in the context of the hard criminal situation today in Northern Caucasus the Kremlin should think over the idea to transfer the Winter Olympiad-2014 somewhere behind the Urals.

August 19, 2009 22:00

• PACE officials: Azerbaijani authorities failed to listen to appeals to release Novruzali Mamedov

  Andres Herkel (Estonia) and Evgenia Zhivkova (Bulgaria), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) for Azerbaijan, are depressed with the fact of the failure of Azerbaijani authorities of Azerbaijan to listen to the appeals to release Novruzali Mamedov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado", who died on August 17. They have also expressed their regret for the loss of Mr Mamedov's scientific heritage.

August 19, 2009 22:00

• List of casualties of Nazran terror act has now 25 persons

  As reported by Ruslan Tsechoev, deputy chairman of the government of Ingushetia, who gave the latest data, the terror act at the building of the GOVD in Nazran 25 persons were lost.

August 19, 2009 21:00

• Participant of events witnesses at the trial on militants' attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria

  At the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, at the trial on the events on October 13, 2005, Murat Abazov, an amnestied participant of the attack and now a witness of the prosecution, gave his evidence.

August 19, 2009 19:00

• In Dagestan, relatives of missing persons are rallying

  Today, relatives of Emirali Magomedov, 34, who is considered missing since August 17, have rallied in front of the building of the Derbent City ROVD (District Militia Division) to express their protest.

August 19, 2009 18:00

• Decision to resume work of "Memorial" in Chechnya will be made in September

  In early September it will be known, whether the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" will resume its activities in the territory of the Chechen Republic. This human rights organization suspended its operations in Chechnya after kidnapping and murder on July 15 of Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the "Memorial".

August 19, 2009 17:00

• In Krasnodar Territory, ecologists block construction of Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway

  Today, a group of activists of the Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus from Sochi, Krasnodar, Maikop and Nizhni Novgorod have started their radical action to defend the law at construction of the combined highway Adler-Krasnaya Polyana.