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December 12, 2008 13:46

• In Moscow, militiamen dislike slogans of picket against Kremlin's policy in Northern Caucasus

  Last night, on December 11, militiamen and a representative of the administration of the Tver District of Moscow moved claims to the slogans of the participants of the weekly picket against violations of human rights in Northern Caucasus. The picket was held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in the centre of the capital, near a big New Year tree decorated with garlands.

December 12, 2008 13:44

• In Azerbaijan, ex-minister of public health Ali Insanov placed into prison hospital

  The authorities of Azerbaijan have fulfilled the prescription of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) to transfer former Minister of Public Health Ali Insanov, who is now serving his imprisonment, to the medical establishment of the Penitentiary Service. Insanov's advocate Togrul Babaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that his client was transferred today from Colony No. 13 to the hospital of the Penitentiary System.

December 12, 2008 13:42

• Court rejects petition to transfer trial on Nalchik attack to some other region

  Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has rejected the petition lodged last week by the accusation asking to transfer the trial on the events on October 13, 2005, to some other region.

December 12, 2008 13:40

• Krasnodar schools make lists of Caucasian nationals

  In Krasnodar, district departments on education have ordered from city schools to compile lists of pupils-natives from the Caucasus with indication of their home addresses.

December 12, 2008 13:37

• Ingushetia: hotline on power agents receives 5-6 calls per hour

  On December 10-11, the telephone hotline opened in Ingushetia for people to complain against power agents' actions received 5-6 calls every hour, as human rights activist and lawyer Musa Pliev, appointed as adviser to President of Ingushetia for coordinating power agencies, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Mr Pliev has appointed personal meetings on December 12 to three complaining citizens.

December 11, 2008 14:12

• European Court to consider destroyed Armenian khachkars in Nakhichevan

  The European Court for Human Rights has accepted to consideration the claim against Azerbaijan demanding to find the state guilty of destroying Armenian khachkars in Staraya Dzhuga (Nakhichevan). The claim against the government of Azerbaijan was filed by the organization named "The Board West-Armenian Armenians".

December 11, 2008 14:04

• Krasnodar Territory: construction of Sukko-Utrish Highway suspended

  On December 10, the UVD (Interior Department) of the city of Anapa and the Azov-Black Sea Nature Protection Prosecutor's Office suspended the construction of the Sukko-Utrish Highway in the "Bolshoi Utrish" Reserve.

December 11, 2008 13:56

• Those accused of kidnappings to be trialled in Chechnya

  The Supreme Court of Chechnya has received a criminal case against five residents of the Republic accused of kidnappings with the aim to extort ransom. They were presented charges on a number of articles of the Criminal Code.

December 11, 2008 13:53

• Orlov: no wish to celebrate 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  On December 10 in Moscow, the A. D. Sakharov Museum and Public Centre hosted the Conference of Human Rights Organizations of Russia dated to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

December 11, 2008 13:49

• Public Commission on Human Rights set up under President of Ingushetia

  On December 10 Ingushetia set up the Public Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Republic, as reported by Magomed Mutsolgov, human rights activist and member of the Board of Experts under Russian Ombudsman.

December 11, 2008 13:45

• Experts claim Dagestan newspaper "Time of Actions" as extremist

  The Department of the Russian Committee for Supervision over Communications ("Rossvyazkomnadzor") has finished the revision of the observance by the newspaper "Time of Actions", published in the Dagestan city of Derbent, of the legislation on mass media. According to the Department's conclusion, the paper had published articles with appeals to extremist activities.

December 11, 2008 13:42

• Leila Yunus: no changes for the better with human rights in Azerbaijan

  Baku has hosted the Second Forum "On Situation with Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Azerbaijan". It was initiated by the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) of Azerbaijan and dated to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights activists assert that violations of human rights in the country are still of mass character.

December 11, 2008 13:36

• Burdzhanadze calls for early elections in Georgia

  Nino Burdzhanadze, ex-speaker of Georgian parliament calls for early presidential and parliamentary elections in Georgia to be held in spring of 2009.

December 10, 2008 11:06

• Security Service of Ukraine: arms deliveries to Georgia were lawful

  The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has re-confirmed the legality of arms deliveries to Georgia, treating the opposing statements as slander.

December 10, 2008 11:02

• In Ingushetia, Alikhan Kalimatov memorial plate installed

  Ingushetia has commemorated FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alikhan Kalimatov, who perished while performing his duties. In his memory, School No. 4 in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of the republic, where he was a pupil, has installed a memorial board.

December 10, 2008 11:00

• Belarus can consider recognitions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2009

  The Belarusian parliament can consider the issue of recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2009. Sergey Maskevich, head of the parliamentary commission for international matters and relations with the CIS, has expressed this opinion today.

December 10, 2008 10:57

• "Reporters without Borders": release of Zakhidovs could improve the image of Azerbaijan

  The international human rights organization "Reporters without Borders" has expressed its regret that Ganimat Zakhidov, editor of the oppositional newspaper "Azadlyg" (Freedom) published in Azerbaijan, and his brother satirist Sakit Zakhidov (Mirza Sakit) were returned behind the bars despite numerous appeals of their relatives, friends and human rights activists with demands to pardon them.

December 10, 2008 10:54

• Eyewitnesses: militants spent night in the house of Ilaev brothers

  The kidnapping of Ilaev brothers in Pervomaiskoe village was preceded by a skirmish between power agents with two supposed militants, some of the villagers assert.

December 10, 2008 10:52

• Victim: defendant in Politkovskaya's case had attacked tourist agency

  At the trial on Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the General Prosecutor's Office has passed over to presenting evidences on the episode, not related to the murder of the journalist.

December 10, 2008 10:49

• Activist of Armenian opposition released after two years in custody

  Today, on December 10, activist of the opposition Vardan Malkhasyan, a veteran of the Karabakh War, has been released after his two years of imprisonment at the criminal corrective establishment "Vardashen". Mr Malkhasyan, one of the leaders of the organization "Rallying of Armenian Volunteers", was arrested in December 2006 and found guilty under Article 301 of the Criminal code of Armenia - "Appeals to violent overthrow of power".