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October 13, 2007 15:28

• "The Voice of Beslan" has appealed against acquittal of militiamen in Ingushetia SC

  Issa Gazdiyev, Ingushetia Supreme Court judge, has acquitted Malgobeck district internal affairs unit officers who were accused of negligence, causing the tragedy in Beslan in September 2004.

October 13, 2007 15:22

• North Ossetia court adjourns its decision with regard to lawyer Kodzaeva

  Lenin district court of North Ossetia has adjourned its decision on whether or not to initiate a criminal case against lawyer Irina Kodzaeva accused by the General Prosecutor's Office investigator of violence, until October 15.

October 13, 2007 15:16

• Children's rights to dwelling are mostly infringed upon in Volgograd oblast

  Most part of applications of Volgograd oblast residents, addressed to the regional Ombudsman, are linked with a single topic. Around 40% of such applications are connected with the problem of dwelling for children.

October 12, 2007 11:39

• Erdogan refutes information about recall of Turkish ambassador from the USA because of genocide of Armenians

  Prime Minister of Turkey Redzhep Tayip Erdogan has refuted the news about the recall of the country's ambassador from Washington because of the issue of the genocide of Armenians.

October 12, 2007 11:34

• Andrei Bachman: humanism can help to eradicate violence in the army

  Andrei Bachman, a political scientist and activist of antifascist movement of Volgograd, states that it is possible to eradicate violence in the armed forces by means of humanism.

October 12, 2007 11:30

• Decision on compensation to Andrei Keilin postponed in Stavropol Territory

  The defence of Andrei Keilin, a resident of Karachaevo-Circassia, accused earlier of murdering two Stavropol students on June 3 this year, continues to demand compensation for illegal arrest of their client.

October 12, 2007 11:25

• South Ossetia accuses Georgia of kidnapping attempt

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia informed that the Georgian party has made an attempt to kidnap a resident of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO).

October 12, 2007 11:21

• Militia continues detaining Gipsies in the Volgograd Region

  In the city of Volzhsk, Volgograd Region, mass detentions of Gipsies by militia continue.

October 12, 2007 11:09

• Estemirova: I'll spend the award money to protect victims of fabricated cases in Chechnya

  Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" in Chechnya, the laureate of the first annual world award named after Anna Politkovskaya, is going to spend the award money on legal assistance to victims of tortures and faked criminal cases in Chechnya.

October 11, 2007 20:52

• "Mother's Law" makes comments on amendments in the law on military draft in Russia

  The "Mother's Law" human rights organization of soldiers' parents (Volgograd) makes comments on cancellation of delays from recruiting to the military service granted on family circumstances and future changes in the law "On Conscription and Military Service."

October 11, 2007 15:58

• Forum in memory of Politkovskaya held in Washington

  The International Conference "Russia - a Year after Anna Politkovskaya's Murder" is currently underway in Washington.

October 11, 2007 15:54

• Turkey recalls its ambassador from the USA after Congress adopts resolution on genocide of Armenians

  Today Turkey has recalled its ambassador from the USA. The motive was the passing a resolution by the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of the Congress on recognition of the fact of genocide in relations to Armenians in the epoch of the Ottoman Empire.

October 11, 2007 15:49

• Human rights activists tell President of France about situation in Northern Caucasus

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about the meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy by Svetlana Gannushkina, member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and member of the Board on Human Rights under President of Russia, and Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the HRC "Memorial."

October 10, 2007 12:16

• Relatives of murdered resident of Ingushetia Gorbakov deny his belonging to terrorists

  According to relatives of Albert Gorbakov who was killed last night, neither Albert nor his detained brothers Shamil and Kaloy had any explosives as of the moment of detention.

October 10, 2007 12:13

• Trepashkin's trial postponed till November 7

  The consideration of the cassation complaint of Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB officer, appointed for today at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court against the ruling on toughening his custody conditions has failed again.

October 10, 2007 12:10

• Azerbaijan: Einullah Fatullaev wants to invite MFA head to the court

  In Azerbaijan, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has petitioned to summon Elmar Mamediarov, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

October 10, 2007 12:05

• President of France meets members of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

  Today in Moscow, the topics of the meeting of French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the activists of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" were the freedom of speech and situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus.

October 10, 2007 12:01

• Tortured Dagestan resident adjudges 5 million roubles from Russia

  Khanali Umakhanov, formerly accused of organizing the terror act in Kaspijsk (Dagestan) on May 9, 2002, has managed to adjudge five millions roubles from the government of Russia.

October 10, 2007 11:58

• Number of judicial claims against journalists grows in Azerbaijan

  In September, the Azerbaijani courts considered over 50 cases related with slander charges. In the course of the trials, the claimants demanded to arrest 15 journalists and collecting fines from them to the total sum of 1.680 million manats (about 2 million US dollars).

October 10, 2007 11:55

• Aushev brothers kidnapped in Chechnya were kept in Urus-Martan

  Magomed Maksharipovich Aushev, 22, and Magomed Osmanovich Aushev, 25, who were kidnapped by a group of unidentified power agents on September 18, were first kept in the Urus-Martan District and then transferred to the mountain Shatoy District of Chechnya.