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September 04, 2007 20:40

• Up to 15 militants attack the Gukhoy village in Chechnya

  The attack on the village of Gukhoy of the Itum-Kalinskiy District of Chechnya, as result of which one militiaman was killed and four other wounded, was committed by up to 15 militants.

September 04, 2007 20:37

• Parents of children poisoned in Stavropol Territory are indignant at the incident

  The parents of the children who suffered at the outbreak of dysentery in the Georgievskiy District of the Stavropol Territory are extremely indignant at what has happened.

September 04, 2007 20:33

• New charge presented to editor of "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

  The Ministry of National Security has put forward a new charge against Einullah Fatullaev, editor-in-chief of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan."

September 04, 2007 20:23

• Hearings on "Cadet's case" postponed again in Chechnya

  The continuation of the trial on the case of Sergey Lapin, former senior lieutenant of Nizhnevartovsk District Interior Department, that was appointed for September 3 at the Oktiabrskiy Court of Grozny did not take place because of non-appearance of the defendant's advocate.

September 04, 2007 20:19

• Azerbaijanis in Georgia to protest against violations of their rights

  In the Square of Heroes in Tbilisi activists and leaders of the parties and public associations united into the Movement "Forward, Georgia!" have announced the start of a series of actions against violations of civil rights of the Azerbaijanis living in Georgia.

September 04, 2007 20:15

• Azerbaijan: convicted satirist is feeling worse

  The health condition of satirist Sakit Zakhidov, journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, convicted in Azerbaijan, has seriously aggravated.

September 03, 2007 18:30

• Action of anarchists in defence of the persons accused of blowing up the "Neva Express" train dispersed by militia

  In the centre of Moscow, at the building of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, the militia has dispersed an action held by a dozen of anarchists in defence of Andrei Kalyonov and Denis Zelenyuk.

September 03, 2007 18:26

• Figurant in Politkovskaya's case complains of tortures again

  The advocate of one of the defendants in the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya has lodged another complaint to the Russian General Prosecutor's Office about application of tortures to his client.

September 03, 2007 18:22

• General Prosecutor's Office: a suspect of attack on teacher's family arrested in Ingushetia

  Resident of city Karabulak Iles Dolgiev, born in 1984, detained as a suspect of committing the murder of the family of the school teacher Vera Draganchuk, is now under arrest.

September 03, 2007 00:40

• Two oppositional newspapers restart in Azerbaijan

  On September 5 the newspapers "Sanat" ("Arts") and "Baky Khabar" will restart their publications.

September 03, 2007 00:33

• Human rights activist from Chechnya goes on hunger strike in Strasbourg

  From September 1 in Strasbourg, Said-Emin Ibragimov, a refugee from Chechnya and President of the International Association "World and Human Rights" is holding a hunger strike.

September 01, 2007 17:35

• Advocate of "Beslan Mothers" quits the terror act case

  Teimuraz Chedzhemov, advocate for the Committee of Victims "Beslan Mothers," has announced his resignation from the process on the main criminal case about the Beslan terror act, having explained his decision by the murder threats that he had received.

September 01, 2007 16:05

• Beslan victims were paid tribute to in Moscow and St-Petersburg

  Mourning meetings in memory of the victims of Beslan (North Ossetia) terror act took place today in Moscow and St-Petersburg.

September 01, 2007 15:02

• North Ossetia commemorates victims of the terror act of September 1-3, 2004

  Today, September 1, 2007, is the third anniversary of Beslan tragic events. Terrorists began taking hostages at 9:15 a.m. in the yard of Secondary School No. 1, where pupils and parents had rallied to solemnly mark the "Day of Knowledge" (start of school year).

September 01, 2007 11:34

• Adygea: Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be translated into the Adyg language

  The World Adyg Brotherhood (WAB) has set an aim to translate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Adyg language.

September 01, 2007 10:56

• South Ossetia cannot exclude that detained Ossetian peacemakers are tortured

  Sources in South Ossetia do not exclude that servicemen from the Ossetian peacemaking battalion, who were interned by Georgian power agents on August 29 in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, are exposed to tortures.

August 31, 2007 16:22

• Three Russian lady-teacher's family members assassinated in Ingushetia

  In the city of Karabulak (Ingushetia), unknown persons have murdered the husband and two sons of local teacher Draganchuk, Vera Borisovna.

August 31, 2007 11:54

• Organizer of the meeting in memory of Politkovskaya will be trialled for too many participants of the action

  Andrei Nalyotov, organizer of the meeting in memory of Anna Politkovskaya held on August 30 in the centre of Moscow, will face trial on charges on breaching the established order of organizing actions.

August 31, 2007 11:51

• Mikhail Trepashkin complains to UN Secretary General of violation of his rights

  Ex-Colonel of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) Mikhail Trepashkin has sent an application to Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, with a request to demand from the Russian law enforcement bodies to release him and revise his criminal case.

August 31, 2007 11:48

• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria succeeds in cancelling the procedure of issuing regular passports

  Ilyas Timishev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria and a forced migrant from the Chechen Republic, has appealed to the court against the refusal of the Migration Service of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) to issue a regular passport to his daughter with a reference to the fact that she was not registered in the city of Nalchik.