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June 17, 2006 17:32

• Residents of Sergen-Yurt in Chechnya hold a meeting against power authorities arbitrariness

  On Friday June 16, more than three hundred residents of Sergen-Yurt village in Shalinsk district of Chechnya held a meeting which lasted several hours, with a demand to set free their detained fellow-villagers.

June 17, 2006 17:25

• Human rights activists doubt whether the parliamentary commission has studied all reasons for tragedy in Beslan

  The "Caucasian Knot" editorial office has received an open letter from representatives of human rights organization, devoted to the investigation of circumstances of the tragedy in Beslan.

June 16, 2006 17:43

• The Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan holds a picket in front of Iranian embassy

  In the course of the picket of the Popular Front Party activists in front of the Iranian embassy, more than ten participants were arrested and one put to hospital. This was contained in the report of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) sent to the "Caucasian Knot".

June 16, 2006 17:36

• Human rights activists are concerned about pressure on Chechnya resident who applied to the European Court

  The "Civil Assistance" committee and the "Memorial" human rights centre express their deep concern about the situation of Zaurbek Talkhigov who serves 8.5 years of prison for an attempt to set free the hostages from the Theatre Centre on Dubrovka in October 2002.

June 15, 2006 17:59

• A Guantanamo prisoner from Azerbaijan to be sent to Holland

  The fact that P. Siradjov, an emigrant from Azerbaijan held in the American Guantanamo prison, will be sent not to his home country but to Holland has been reported on June 14 by human rights activist Elchin Bekhbudov.

June 15, 2006 17:53

• Residents of Karachaevo-Cherkessia protest against construction of Zelenchuk hydroelectric power stations

  More than 100 residents of Zelenchuk district, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, who are dissatisfied with the construction of a system of Zelenchuk hydroelectric stations, have blocked traffic today on the highway in the vicinity of the village Hussa-Kardonik.

June 15, 2006 17:46

• Aslan Bezrukov, public figure and businessman from Adygea, set free

  Aslan Bezrukov, a well-known public figure and entrepreneur in Adygea, was released on bail yesterday on June 14 from the pre-trial prison.

June 15, 2006 10:42

• Lawyer Rashid Gadjily to defend the rights of students of "Independent Azerbaijan" university

  Lawyer Rashid Gadjily is going to act as defence lawyer for the students of the "Independent Azerbaijan" university who are on hunger strike.

June 14, 2006 23:53

• Discrimination of national minorities continues in Krasnodar region

  Some ethnic groups residing in Krasnodar Territory have not been recognized as citizens of the Russian Federation.

June 14, 2006 14:43

• Another criminal case initiated against human rights activist Boliev in Dagestan

  Another criminal case has been initiated in Khasavyurt, Republic of Dagestan, against Osman Boliev, head of "Romashka" regional human rights organization.

June 14, 2006 14:40

• Release of Sadretdinov acquitted on the case of Khlebnikov, postponed

  The Moscow city court has postponed for unspecified period of time the consideration of release of notary Fail Sadretdinov acquitted earlier on the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, chief editor of Forbes Russian version.

June 14, 2006 14:36

• Students in Azerbaijan continue hunger strike

  The hunger strike of several scores of students of the "Independent Azerbaijan" university has been lasting for 14 days already.

June 14, 2006 14:32

• Salaev, ex-president of Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, left for US

  Academician Eldar Salaev, former president of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, has left for the United States of America for a course of treatment. Elman Salaev, the son of the academician has reported this to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

June 14, 2006 14:28

• Soldiers' mothers report on brutal beating of conscript from Krasnodar region

  The Soldiers' Mothers Committee claims that a 19-year-old resident of Krasnodar region in Kuban, drafted to the army, was beaten and dropped from the train during transportation of a group of soldiers from Krasnodar region to Khabarovsk distribution centre.

June 13, 2006 00:25

• Chechen prosecutor's office conducts additional check on the information about torture in the secret prison

  Chechen prosecutor's office employees are conducting an additional check on the criminal cases initiated in the past against officers of Khanty-Mansijsk riot squad, suspected of illegal detentions of citizens and the use of torture with regard to them.

June 13, 2006 00:23

• "Memorial" human rights centre: a local resident has been lost on the territory of a government complex in Chechnya

  On June 8, 2006, Khamzat Shamsuldinovich Tushaev, born in 1959, was lost in Grozny on the territory of the Government Complex of Chechnya.

June 13, 2006 00:21

• Human rights activist in Ingushetia wants information on mass burials to be checked

  Intense rumours have been circulating in the republic during the recent days that traces of mass burials have been discovered in the village of Vesioloye of Mozdok district, North Ossetia, where the body of Uvais Dolakov, resident of Ingushetia kidnapped earlier, was found one of these days.

June 13, 2006 00:16

• Participants of picket dispersed in Krasnodar subjected to administrative arrest

  According to reports of human rights activists, on June 9, 2006, a picket near the monument to Pushkin in Krasnodar (Krasnaya Street) was dispersed by almost one hundred militiamen.

June 13, 2006 00:00

• Moscow militia detains persons of Caucasian origin 20 times more often than Slavs

  A study conducted in the Moscow metro shows that the number persons who are visually perceived as originating from the Caucasus or Middle Asia amounts to 50.9 % of persons stopped by militia, although the share of such people does not exceed 4.6% in the total passenger flow.

June 09, 2006 10:50

• Check of information on torture in secret prisons is under way in Chechnya

  Officers of the riot squad combined unit from Khanty-Mansijsk autonomous okrug are suspected of arranging in Grozny, the Chechen capital, a secret prison where detainees were tortured.