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March 17, 2008 16:51

• Tuapse resident tries to burn himself in protest against eviction

  In Krasnodar Krai, Anatoli Malyshev, resident of Tuapse, tried to burn himself in protest against his family eviction from the dormitory.

March 17, 2008 16:47

• Sentence to officer who wounded a woman in Rostov oblast becomes effective

  Today, the North Caucasus military district tribunal declined the cassation appeal of General Vasili Fomin, deputy commander of the North Caucasus military district internal troops of RF MoI, against the judgment of Rostov military garrison tribunal.

March 17, 2008 16:43

• Relative of woman run over by an APC in North Ossetia claims the accident is premeditated murder

  Mustafa Pogorov, uncle of Pogovorova Aishat who was run over by an APC in the Prigorodny district of North Ossetia, claims that the incident was a premeditated murder.

March 17, 2008 16:39

• CE High Commissioner on Human Rights calls for respect of human rights in Armenia

  Thomas Hammerberg, Council of Europe High Commissioner on Human Rights, who came to Armenia on a three-day visit, stated in an interview to the radio "Liberty" that he was concerned with the human rights situation in Armenia.

March 17, 2008 16:33

• Attack on Journalist Zakhidov's lawyer in Azerbaijan

  On the night of March 16, a group of unknown persons attacked Osman Kiazymov, a known lawyer, in Azerbaijan. The persons tried to kidnap the lawyer.

March 15, 2008 14:44

• Activist of "Another Russia" in Rostov oblast complains to court about conditions in pre-trial prison

  An appeal of Pavel Nagibin, activist of "Another Russia", against the conditions of his custody at the pre-trial prison of Rostov's Kirov district militia unit will be considered on March 18 by the Pervomaiski district court of Rostov-on-Don.

March 15, 2008 14:40

• Expert: amendments in the Armenian President's decree on mass media activity are purely formal

  An amendment in the Armenian President's decree "On Announcing a State of Emergency", relating to the mass media activity, was made on March 13 and entered into force on the following day but, in effect, it is a formality introduced "as a smokescreen".

March 15, 2008 14:36

• APC crew in North Ossetia court deny having run over a woman

  On March 14, a second session of the Military Prosecution Office of North Ossetia headed by Judge Alexander Kamanin was held on the case of officer Seitmagambetov who had run over a woman in November 2007 while driving an APC.

March 15, 2008 14:30

• Identikit of a possible attacker on journalist made in Azerbaijan

  Yesterday, Agyl Khalilov, correspondent of the newspaper "Azadlyg" who had been attacked by unknown persons on March 13, was giving evidence to the investigation officers until late at night.

March 15, 2008 14:04

• Almost all "ANM" opposition party leaders arrested in Armenia

  Most leaders of the opposition party "Armenian National Movement" (ANM) have been arrested in Armenia. Out of 25 members of the party board, only three persons are out of prison.

March 14, 2008 11:38

• Journalists claim freedom of speech infringed upon in Dagestan

  In Dagestan, director general of the "Nastoyascheye Vremya" (Present time) newspaper, has prohibited the publication of the issue in which journalists placed the materials on violation of the freedom of speech by the founders.

March 14, 2008 11:35

• Five opposition members on hunger strike in Georgia brought to hospital

  Yesterday on March 13, on the fifth day of hunger strike of the Georgian United Opposition which is being held in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, five of its members were brought to the hospital within the day.

March 14, 2008 11:33

• Attempt on journalist Agyl Khalilov's life committed in Azerbaijan

  Yesterday, on the night of March 13, two unknown persons attacked Agyl Khalilov, correspondent of the opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" in Azerbaijan, near his house and inflicted knife wounds on him.

March 14, 2008 11:30

• Mikhail Kriger, opponent of actions by power authorities in the North Caucasus, to pay a fine of one thousand rubles

  Mikhail Kriger, one of the leaders of the Anti-war Club (AWC) protesting against the RF oppression policy in the North Caucasus, is sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand rubles.

March 14, 2008 11:23

• Forced migrants in Chechnya deprived of their status

  No temporary residence points for forced migrants (TRP) have remained on the territory of the Chechen Republic. From now on, the TRPs are officially referred to as the "dormitories" and those who live in them - as the "persons who need to improve their living conditions".

March 13, 2008 15:34

• Human rights organization MAShR denies that Mutsolgov killed in Ingushetia was its employee

  Representatives of the human rights organization MAShR have stated that Mr Mutsolgov, who was killed yesterday, on March 12, in the course of a counterterrorist operation, for 7 months already was not their employee.

March 13, 2008 15:31

• USA mark departure from democracy in Azerbaijan

  The 2007 report of the US Department of State on situation with human rights fails to register any visible progress in Azerbaijan in this sphere. Moreover, in some aspects there is an obvious swing-back.

March 13, 2008 15:28

• Georgian Ombudsman stands up for Irakliy Okruashvili's relative

  In the opinion of Sozar Subari, Ombudsman of Georgia, the authorities have illegally dismissed Nana Mgebrishvili - sister of disgraced ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakliy Okruashvili - from her position at the Tbilisi Supervision Service.

March 13, 2008 15:24

• Court in North Ossetia rejects complaint of "Voice of Beslan"

  Today, the Promyshlenny Court of North Ossetia has rejected the complaint lodged by the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan" on recognition of the examinations of the bodies of the terror act victims to be illegal.

March 13, 2008 15:21

• In Stavropol Territory, Cossacks want investigation of Ataman Khanin's murder

  The Cossacks of the Stavropol Territory, who earlier refused to be Russian citizens, are now going to enforce that the investigation into Ataman Andrei Khanin's murder was continued.