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April 15, 2008 15:00

• Wheelchair invalid hunger-striking in Razdan promises to continue his action in Yerevan

  Arshavir Bazinyan, a wheelchair invalid, a Karabakh war veteran and a former fighter of the "Sasun" detachment, which was commanded by Sasun Mikaelyan, now arrested Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, who suspended his hunger strike two days ago, has announced its continuation today.

April 15, 2008 14:37

• Azerbaijanis call new Armenian Minister of Defence a military criminal

  Seiran Oganyan, the new Minister of Defence of Armenia, is searched by Azerbaijan as especially dangerous criminal and was declared into search by the Interpol in connection with the genocide of Azerbaijanis in Khodzhaly.

April 15, 2008 14:31

• Moscow: another murder of a native from Kabardino-Balkaria

  On April 14 at 9:50 p.m. in the Ochakov Highway in Moscow, the body of certain Kurdubov, 43, a resident of Karagach village, Prokhladnenskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria, was found with numerous knife wounds.

April 15, 2008 14:21

• In Kalmykia, the "Elista Panorama" newspaper was rejected of printing

  The municipal newspaper named "Elista Panorama" was forced to print its circulation outside Kalmykia. The reason of the refusal to print the newspaper in the Republic, according to representatives of the mayoralty of Elista, was the indebtedness of the edition before the unique printing house in Kalmykia.

April 15, 2008 13:30

• PACE Deputies scarify John Prescott's report on Armenian election

  The discussion of the report on the presidential election in Armenia presented by John Prescott, head of the PACE's monitoring group, to the spring session of the PACE was accompanied by critical and strong comments of some of the Deputies.

April 15, 2008 12:37

• Investigation discloses photo of Anna Politkovskaya's supposed killer

  Today, the photo of the supposed murderer of Anna Politkovskaya, journalist of the "Novaya Gazeta" was published; apparently, this is Rustam Makhmudov, 34, a native of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya.

April 14, 2008 11:25

• PACE concludes that election in Armenia met European standards

  The report on Armenian presidential election on February 19 and post-election processes, presented on April 14 to the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), states that the presidential election in Armenia passed basically in compliance with the standards of the Council of Europe.

April 14, 2008 11:22

• Azerbaijan: journalist reprimanded for singing "International" in the dungeon

  Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper, who is serving his term in Colony No. 12, was placed in dungeon for the period of 10 days. After Fatullaev started singing the "International" there, he was awarded with a written reprimand.

April 14, 2008 11:15

• Group of US students demands freedom of speech in Azerbaijan

  A group of Azerbaijani students and teachers of the Harvard University (USA) has conducted an action entitled "The Press is Our Friend", demanding to ensure the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan.

April 14, 2008 11:10

• "Voice of Beslan" wants to meet commanders of the storm of Beslan School

  Tomorrow, on April 15, the members of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" will file an application asking to give them a chance to meet the commanders of the storm of School No. 1 in Beslan (North Ossetia).

April 14, 2008 11:08

• In Armenia, court obliges the GALA TV Company to remove its aerial from the tower

  In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, the Appeal Court has upheld the decision of the first instance court of Gyumri obliging the GALA TV Company to remove its equipment from the old television tower, which is the property of the city mayoralty.

April 14, 2008 11:03

• Armenia holds protest actions in support of arrested oppositionists

  On April 14, a protest action organized by the wives and relatives of the arrested activists of opposition was held near the building of the representative office of the Council of Europe in Yerevan.

April 14, 2008 10:59

• Number of casualties of disorders in capital of Armenia reaches 10

  The number of victims in the clashes that took place in the capital of Armenia in early March between opposition supporters and the police has reached ten persons.

April 12, 2008 12:56

• Dramatized action of the opposition held near Parliament of Georgia

  Yesterday, on April 11, the youth wing of the oppositional Republican Party of Georgia held a dramatized performance near the building of the National Parliament entitled "National Movement without Poverty."

April 12, 2008 12:53

• Deputies of the ruling coalition in Armenia petition for the arrested oppositionist

  The Armenian MPs representing the ruling coalition have moved a petition calling to change the freedom restriction measure concerning Suren Surenyants, an arrested member of the "Republic" opposition party.

April 12, 2008 12:50

• Ex-Deputy Public Prosecutor of Armenia calls political prisoners to fortitude

  On April 11, Gagik Dzangiryan, arrested ex-Deputy General Public prosecutor of Armenia, disseminated his statement that the criminal prosecution against himself and his brother has no legal grounds and has exclusively political character.

April 12, 2008 12:46

• Grigoryan: international sanctions could settle the political crisis in Armenia

  In the opinion of Stepan Grigoryan, head of the Analytical Centre for Globalization and Regional Development, the present internal political situation in Armenia is so serious that the general appeals to the authorities to hold dialogue and release the arrested persons to not correct.

April 12, 2008 12:42

• The score of victims of disorders in Yerevan on March 1-2 is nine

  Yesterday, on April 11, a policeman died in hospital from the wounds received during the disorders that burst out in Yerevan on March 1-2. Thus, the total number of victims of the disorders has reached nine persons.

April 12, 2008 12:39

• Labourites accuse Georgian authorities of legislative preparation of election falsifications

  The Labour Party is blaming the authorities of Georgia that falsification of elections was prepared at the legislative level.

April 11, 2008 15:10

• OSCE Special Representative accuses Azerbaijani law enforcers of fabricating cases against journalists

  Today, Miklos Harasti, Special Representative of the OSCE for the press issue, has made a statement on the occasion of prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan, in which he has accused law enforcement bodies of falsifying cases against journalists.