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12:13, 13 August 2007

"Dagestan Mothers" intend to continue their protest actions

Today, representatives of the "Dagestan Mothers" public organization have addressed their applications to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan against the employees of law enforcement bodies, who were involved, in their opinion, in kidnapping and torturing the young men.

11:28, 13 August 2007

Alimardan Aliev: Russian lady-journalist was not deported from Azerbaijan

Alimardan Aliev, head of the public and political department of the executive power of the Lenkoran District, told that Yana Amelina, journalist of the "Rosbalt" Information Agency, was not deported from Azerbaijan.

11:19, 13 August 2007

Ex-wife of commander of Kabardino-Balkarian militants seeks protection from President of Russia

Zukhra Tsipinova, former wife of Anzor Astemirov, leader of Kabardino-Balkarian militants, has addressed her complaint to President V. Putin, General Public Prosecutor of the RF Yu. Chaika and Chair of the Human Rights Commission under the RF President E. Pamfilova.

11:17, 13 August 2007

Residents of the capital of South Ossetia ask Russia to stand up for them at the United Nations

While sometimes the water supply to Tskhinval made some 20-30 percent of the demand, during several recent days water taps have not yielded a drop of water.

11:11, 13 August 2007

Kabardino-Balkaria: health condition of detainee Rasul Kudaev has sharply worsened

The state of health of Rasul Kudaev, an inmate of the Investigatory Isolation Facility (SIZO-1) of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has dramatically aggravated.

11:02, 13 August 2007

Republic's Hospital of Ingushetia receives kidney machines

Five modern kidney machines (haemodialyzers) bought by one of local businessmen to cover the deficit of these devices for local kidney insufficiency patients have been delivered to the dialysis department.

15:28, 11 August 2007

Whereabouts of Ingushetian resident kidnapped in Karabulak not detected so far

Relatives of local resident Ibragim Gadziev, who was kidnapped on August 8 in Karabulak (Ingushetia) and taken in unknown direction, are not able so far to clarify his whereabouts.

15:22, 11 August 2007

Georgia: over ten mass media evicted from their offices

The "Kavkassia" Georgian Independent TV Company has failed so far, after eviction on August 10 from the building of the "Samshoblo" (Homeland) Publishing House, to find any alternative office premises and resume its broadcasting.

15:13, 11 August 2007

RF "Rosselkhoznadzor": Georgia throws carcasses of infected pigs into the river

The Russian Committee for Agricultural Supervision ("Rosselkhoznadzor") has addressed the International Epizootic Bureau in connection with a message of the Veterinary Service of Abkhazia about detection in River Kodor of carcasses of pigs that perished from African swine fever.

14:33, 10 August 2007

Zyazikov: suspects of murdering Russian teacher detained in Ingushetia

Murat Zyazikov, President of Ingushetia, has reported that "under the data of law enforcement bodies, Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and respective agencies, suspects have been detected, some people detained" in the case of the murder of Russian lady-teacher.

14:19, 10 August 2007

Militia violently disperses meeting of "Dagestan Mothers"

In Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, the militia had dispersed a peaceful meeting organized by relatives of kidnapped young men.

06:58, 10 August 2007

Committee in defence of rights of Azerbaijani ex-Minister of Public Health is dissatisfied with human rights defenders

The case of Rizvan Talybov, chairman of the committee in defence of Ali Insanov's rights, has been delivered for enforcement to the Sumgait Court of Azerbaijan, to Judge Takhmina Khalilova.

06:50, 10 August 2007

European Court accepts complaints of two Azerbaijani oppositionists

The European Court has accepted for proceedings a complaint filed by Arifa Gadzhily, head of the central executive office of the "Musavat" Party. Earlier the European Court has accepted the complaint of Panakh Gusein, deputy of Azerbaijani Parliament.

06:46, 10 August 2007

Police evicts 10 newspaper editorial boards and 2 TV Companies in the capital of Georgia

The Georgian police are moving about ten editorial boards of Georgian newspapers and two TV Companies out of the building in the centre of Tbilisi.

19:33, 9 August 2007

Delegation of "Dagestan Mothers" goes to search kidnapped persons in Chechnya

The thirteen women who had gone on hunger strike in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, went to the Chechen Republic and visited the Prosecutor's Office of the city of Grozny.

18:39, 9 August 2007

Elena Liptser: Trepashkin's life is in danger

The health of ex-FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin, who is serving his four-year punishment for disclosure of state secrets, has seriously aggravated recently.

17:45, 9 August 2007

Azerbaijan: inmates convicted for abusing Prophet Mohammed transferred to strict custody colony

In Azerbaijan, publicist Rafik Tagi and editor of the "Sanat" (Culture) newspaper Samir Sadatoglu were sent to the strict custody colony for serving their punishments.

12:51, 9 August 2007

Esko Repo: 15 percent of Russian political refugees in Finland are Chechen natives

Esko Repo, head of the Department for Refugees of the Authority on Foreigners' Matters of Finland, has stated: "Before the end of June this year, a total of 75 Russian citizens arrived to Finland and applied for granting political asylum. There are Chechens among them."

12:26, 9 August 2007

Chechnya's society initiates dismissal of Military Prosecutor

The Chechen society asks the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office to audit the activities of the Military Prosecutor's Office of the United Military Grouping in Northern Caucasus.

17:21, 8 August 2007

"Voice of Beslan" fears that the SC of Kabardino-Balkaria will acquit Ingush militiamen

Today, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kabardino-Balkaria has continued the judicial investigation at the trial of the commanders of the Malgobek District Interior Department (ROVD) of Ingushetia, accused of negligence that entailed the terror act in Beslan.

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