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November 01, 2008 11:27

• Volgograd Region: Gastarbeiters to be driven through TACs

  Illegal stay of migrants in the territory of Volgograd Region is fraught not only with violations of the migratory legislation. Cases are frequent, when they are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or sick with other socially dangerous diseases. The Regional Administration suggests placing such patients to temporary accommodation centres (TACs) for clearing all their circumstances.

November 01, 2008 10:20

• Crisis not to affect "Azov-City" gambling zone, authorities assure

  None of the companies, who signed investment agreements and land leasing contracts in the "Azov-City" gambling zone, has cancelled them because of financial crisis.

October 31, 2008 19:28

• In Ingushetia, convict's mother asks human rights defenders for help

  Mother of Magomed Tsechoev, condemned for an attack on power agencies of Ingushetia, insists that her son is innocent, asserts that he was tortured and asks human rights activists to meet him in the colony. Tsechoev's case is pending at the European Court for Human Rights for two years already.

October 31, 2008 19:00

• Institute for Peace and Democracy state torture in jails of Azerbaijan

  In 2008, at least three persons died in Azerbaijani police stations during the first hours after detention. This is stated in the document issued by the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) of Azerbaijan, headed by human rights defender Leila Yunus.

October 31, 2008 18:44

• Armenian courts to consider cases of 104 participants of March 1 events

  Eighty-nine criminal cases in relation to 104 participants of the events on March 1 in Yerevan have been already sent to courts; this is the result of the six-month-long investigation. Now, seven persons are in pre-trial custody. This was reported by Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor of Armenia, during his meeting with Silva Zege, special representative of Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

October 31, 2008 18:26

• Bridge between Georgia and South Ossetia blown up

  The bridge across the Tirifoni River located in the Georgian-South-Ossetian border and connecting the Ossetian village of Zemo Artsevi with the Georgian village of Kveshi was blown up today. There were no casualties.

October 31, 2008 18:22

• Murat Zyazikov's resignation was inevitable, experts say

  Resignation of Murat Zyazikov from the post of President of Ingushetia was inevitable, since it was too obvious that he had lost control over situation in his Republic and exhausted the patience of federal authorities, as Russian analysts regard.

October 31, 2008 12:27

• Azerbaijan: advocate of imprisoned ex-minister claims that his client is deprived of proper medical aid

  On Tuesday, October 28, advocate Isakhan Ashurov met, at Penitentiary Establishment No. 2, his client Farkhad Aliev, former Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan. As he said, Aliev's condition is poor, and he has no duly qualified medical care.

October 31, 2008 12:22

• Dagestan MIA refutes death of human rights activist in Makhachkala

  The information that human rights activist Mustapa Abdurakhmanov was found shot dead in Makhachkala is incorrect, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan. According to the Ministry, Abdurakhmanov was liquidated on October 28 during a combat engagement in the Sergokalin District; he was a supporter of Wahhabism.

October 30, 2008 14:24

• Khazbiev: people of Ingushetia thank President Medvedev for dismissing Zyazikov

  Magomed Khazbiev, head of the Ingush Nationwide Rally Organizing Committee, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that people of Ingushetia are triumphant and thank Russian President Dmitri Medvedev for dismissing Murat Zyazikov.

October 30, 2008 14:21

• Dagestan: Farid Babaev's murder case will be trialled in closed mode

  Today, at the second court session on the case of murdering Farid Babaev, leader of the Republic's branch of "Yabloko" Party, committed in Dagestan, the judge has ruled that the following sessions will be held in the closed mode, since, in the opinion of the prosecution, the coverage of the trial in media exerts pressure on jurymen and witnesses.

October 30, 2008 14:12

• HRC "Memorial": both Georgia and Russia got ready to South-Ossetian war well in advance

  The warfare in South Ossetia was prepared both by Georgia and Russia. This conclusion was made by human rights activists of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "Demos" Centre who visited Georgia on October 12-23 to study humanitarian consequences of the August military conflict.

October 30, 2008 12:18

• Complaint about beating of deputy chair of alternative parliament of Ingushetia sent to North Ossetia

  The application lodged by Ahmed Kotiev, deputy chair of the alternative parliament called "National Assembly of Ingushetia", to the GOVD (City Militia Unit) of Nazran, was delivered to law enforcement bodies of the city of Mozdok, North Ossetia, for further consideration and investigation. Ahmed Kotiev told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today.

October 30, 2008 12:13

• SFD regions hold actions in memory of victims of political repressions

  For the first time on October 30, officials took part in the events commemorating victims of political repressions, held in the regions of the South Federal District (SFD). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the secretariats of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" in Nalchik and Astrakhan.

October 30, 2008 12:11

• Ingushes have no idea on who hunts on Zyazikovs

  Experts differ in their opinions on assessing the attacks on GIBDD (Traffic Inspectorate) employee Zakre Zyazikov and Deputy Minister of Economy Arsamak Zyazikov - new attempts on the relatives of President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov.

October 30, 2008 12:08

• Azerbaijani Council of Press calls Ilham Aliev to pardon journalists

  The Council of Press (CP) of Azerbaijan has sent an appeal to President Ilham Aliev asking him to pardon four convicted journalists.

October 29, 2008 13:09

• Ingushetia reports kidnapping of three Aushev clan members

  In Ingushetia, on October 27, power agents cordoned a street in Surkhakhi village, conducted searches and kidnapped three young men-members of the Aushev clan.

October 29, 2008 13:08

• Rostov-on-Don: slavery victims' reintegration problems addressed

  Rostov-on-Don has hosted a roundtable on the issues of rehabilitation and reintegration into society of the victims of trafficking in humans. The discussion participants were officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Migratory Service, and office of the Ombudsman in the Rostov Region, and representatives of public organizations.

October 29, 2008 12:28

• European people lack information on events in South Ossetia, European MPs assert

  Julietto Chieza, European MP from the Socialist Group and a member of the foreign and defence commissions of the European Parliament, and Tatiana Zhdanok, European MP and deputy of Latvian Seim, believe that the information blockade of the news about South Ossetia should be broken through. They told journalists about it on October 27 before their departure from "Vladikavkaz" Airport in Northern Ossetia.

October 29, 2008 12:24

• Tatiana Kasatkina: Georgian population leaves South-Ossetian Akhalgori District

  Tatiana Kasatkina, Executive Director of the HRC "Memorial", told at the press conference yesterday, on October 28, about the situation in the Akhalgori District of South Ossetia, which was visited by human rights activists on October 21. As she said, Georgian villages are closed there, and the remaining Georgians are persuaded into Russian citizenship.