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July 15, 2008 14:51

• Authorities of South Ossetia believe that RF-Belarus Union will be safer for them

  In the near future, South Ossetia will consider accession of the Republic to the Union State of Russia and Belarus. In the opinion of the authorities, South Ossetia needs to seek ways to ensure its safety.

July 15, 2008 14:47

• Journalists' community of Azerbaijan disappointed with results of Halil's trial

  On Tuesday, the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku sentenced Sergey Strekalin to 18 months for attacking Agil Halil on March 13 this year. The international journalists' organization "Reporters Without Borders" made a statement, expressing a regret that the trial in Azerbaijan on the case of attack on Agil Halil resulted in punishing the person who had nothing to do with the incident.

July 15, 2008 14:44

• In Armenia, Ombudsman finds it necessary to early release journalist Babadzhanyan

  Today, Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, made a statement, in which he has expressed expediency of early release of Armand Babadzhanyan, editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak-Yerevan" newspaper.

July 15, 2008 14:41

• Demirchyan: Armenian public should decide on Kocharyan's tribunal

  Speaking to journalists about subscription bagging, initiated by the Centre of Nationwide Movement in support of bringing Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, to the International Tribunal in The Hague, Stepan Demirchyan, leader of Popular Party of Armenia, has explained that this is a public initiative, and political parties should not consider their accession to it.

July 15, 2008 14:34

• Iskandaryan: positive dynamics observed in work of press in Armenia

  Recently, oppositional figures have been more frequent on TV in Armenia; they can speak freely, without censorship, and, in general, the trend is positive, asserts Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Institute of the Caucasus.

July 15, 2008 13:31

• Access to Chechen separatists' websites to be restricted in Novosibirsk Region

  The prosecutor's office of the Novosibirsk Region has sent a presentation to local Internet providers asking them to restrict access of their clients to a number of websites, which are, in the opinion of law enforcers, extremist in nature. Among these websites, there are some resources of Chechen separatists.

July 15, 2008 13:18

• Doctors Without Borders indignant with the need to share ransom paid for Aryan Erkel who was kidnapped in Dagestan

  The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (also called Medecins Sans Frontieres - MSF) is shocked by the decision of the Federal Court of Switzerland to share the funds of the ransom paid for release Aryan Erkel, a citizen of the Netherlands and head of the MSF mission who had been kidnapped in Northern Caucasus.

July 14, 2008 13:40

• Investigation underway in Chechnya into circumstance of explosion at parliament building

  The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic continue to study the circumstances of the incident in Grozny, when as a result of an explosion at the building of the parliament two persons suffered.

July 14, 2008 13:35

• In Azerbaijan, public prosecutor demands two years of imprisonment for attacker on Halil

  At the process in the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku on the case of Sergey Strekalin, accused of attacking journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper Agil Halil, on July 14 Public Prosecutor Eldar Gamzaev asked the court to sentence the defendant to two years of imprisonment with serving the punishment in a general custody colony.

July 14, 2008 13:32

• Ombudsman of Chechnya dissatisfied with search of mass burial

  Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman in Chechnya, believes that the investigatory actions on the fact of bombardment on October 29, 1999, of a column of refugees on the highway Petropavlovskaya - Goryacheistochnenskaya village, and detection of a mass burial are being held improperly.

July 14, 2008 13:25

• Armenian human rights activists are happy with their meeting with Thomas Hammarberg

  Representatives of nongovernmental and human rights organizations of Armenia are happy with their meeting with Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights.

July 14, 2008 13:09

• Armenian opposition wants to deliver Robert Kocharyan's case to Hague Tribunal

  Starting today, the oppositional Nationwide Movement will bag subscriptions for sending the case of Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia, to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

July 14, 2008 13:00

• Inspector advises father of Dagestan native whose execution was shown in Internet to search criminals himself

  Umakhan Udamanov, father of the Dagestanian, whose execution was filmed and placed in the Internet, has informed today that the Moscow inspector advised Umakhan Udamanov to undertake a search of the criminals and the body of his son.

July 14, 2008 12:53

• Mikail Ezhiev not approved as head of Public Council under Grozny Mayoralty

  Mikail Ezhiev, a well-known public figure of Chechnya and the Chairman of the Republic's Human Rights Centre, has refuted the information about his appointment to the position of the head of the Public Council under the administration of the city of Grozny.

July 12, 2008 19:39

• Hammarberg to assess the investigation of post-election events in Armenia

  On July 13, Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, will come for his three-day working visit to Yerevan. He wants to assess the progress made in investigating the March 1-2 events in Yerevan.

July 12, 2008 19:28

• President of Georgia invites Black Sea countries to cooperation

  Speaking at the international summit named "Yalta European Strategy" and held in the Crimea, President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili called to development of the Black Sea cooperation.

July 12, 2008 19:23

• Javier Solana condemns flights of Russian crafts over South Ossetia

  Javier Solana, EU Foreign and Defence Policy High Commissioner, has shared the opinion of the authorities of Georgia concerning the flights of Russian war crafts over South Ossetia.

July 12, 2008 16:19

• Kabardino-Balkaria celebrates 300th anniversary of victory over Crimean khan

  Kabardino-Balkaria is holding celebrations dedicated to defeat of Crimeans in the valley of River Malka on Mount Kanzhal plateau.

July 12, 2008 13:14

• Reporters without Borders: Azerbaijan stages a trial on attack on journalist

  The international organization in defence of the press named "Reporters without Borders" has again criticized the trial on the case concerning the attack on Agil Halil, a journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, having called the trial to be a farce.

July 12, 2008 12:09

• In Yerevan, scientists discuss Armenia's role in Middle-East space

  The Caucasus Institute in Yerevan has hosted a roundtable on the topic "Armenia in Middle-East Space: Globalization of Infrastructures". Arabist David Ovannisyan, Professor of the Yerevan State University and former Armenian ambassador to Syria, shared his opinion on the topic of debate.