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February 28, 2008 19:47

• Results of the action "I did not vote!" in Ingushetia are still unknown

  The outcomes of the action "I did not vote!", held in Ingushetia by the initiative group as an act of disagreement with the official results of elections to State Duma on December 2, 2007, have not been delivered to the court.

February 28, 2008 19:42

• Public organization of prisoners of war and hostages to be created in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Today, in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Centre of Civil Initiatives has convoked a roundtable on the problem of social rehabilitation of former prisoners of war and hostages, where it was decided to create their public organization, which could lobby the rights of this social group.

February 28, 2008 19:33

• High UN Commissioner notes Georgian progress with human rights

  Georgia has reached an essential progress in the sphere of defence of human rights, for example, by having ratified the basic human rights conventions, in particular, the Protocol on the struggle against torture.

February 28, 2008 19:23

• Explosion in South Ossetia can be related to Russian presidential election

  The today's explosion in the Dmenisi Unit of the Tskhinval District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia can be related to the forthcoming election of the president of Russia.

February 28, 2008 19:15

• Supreme Court of Dagestan acquits a suspect accused of murdering Imam

  The Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan has acquitted Sultan Arslangereev, who was accused of murdering Dagir Kachaev, Imam of the mosque, on February 22, 2007, in Makhachkala.

February 28, 2008 18:56

• ChCNS: off-schedule audit was initiated by Department of FSB for Ingushetia

  On February 27, the Nazran District Court, Ingushetia started litigation on the claim of the Regional Public Movement "Chechen Committee of National Salvation" against the Department of the Federal Registration Service for the Republic of Ingushetia.

February 27, 2008 10:50

• Advocate Gevorkov: IWPR works in Northern Caucasus under Russian laws

  The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) works in Northern Caucasus in strict conformity with the Russian legislation, thinks Professor Vladimir Gevorkov, Merited Lawyer of the Russian Federation, President of the Bar of the Stavropol Territory on the Caucasian Mineral Waters and Doctor of Jurisprudence.

February 27, 2008 10:47

• Ter-Petrosyan: negotiations with the power are possible only at announcement of new election in Armenia

  Negotiations with the authorities are possible only provided the presidential election on February 19 were recognized failed and new election announced in Armenia.

February 27, 2008 10:43

• Kocharyan is not going to bear the actions of the opposition in Armenia for a long time

  The state cannot bear illegal rallies in Armenia for a long time. President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan said in his interview to the managers of the leading broadcasting companies, which took place late at night on February 26.

February 27, 2008 10:39

• Tskhurbaev: confiscation of computers from the IWPR office in North Ossetia was politically motivated

  Alan Tskhurbaev, editor of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) for Northern Caucasus told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the political pretext of confiscation of equipment from the IWPR's office for Northern Caucasus.

February 27, 2008 10:36

• "Memorial": Chechnya needs better observance of human rights

  Despite improvements in the sphere of human rights, Chechnya still faces the problem of missing people and impunity for crimes against peaceful citizens.

February 27, 2008 10:33

• Native of Chechnya Khasan Didigov sentenced to six years

  The Chudovo District Court of the Novgorod Region has passed a verdict to Khasan Didigov, a former suspect in involvement of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train and sentenced him to six years of imprisonment.

February 26, 2008 12:39

• Azerbaijan brings a draft resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh to the United Nations

  A draft resolution "Situation in Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" was prepared by the Azerbaijani Republic and brought to the United Nations.

February 26, 2008 12:34

• Meparishvili: problems in Georgian judiciary have reached culmination

  In the opinion of lawyer Gia Meparishvili, deputy of the Parliament of Georgia, former General Public Prosecutor and Professor of the Tbilisi State University named after Ivane Dzhavakhishvili, the judicial system of Georgia is in a catastrophic condition.

February 26, 2008 12:20

• Amnesty International is concerned with the course of investigation of Anna Politkovskaya's murder

  The Amnesty International is expressing its deep concern with the fact that the investigation into the case of Anna Politkovskaya's murder "until now has failed to identify the main customers," as well as with the pressure on mass media and civil society in Russia as a whole.

February 26, 2008 12:16

• Ingushetian citizens turn for support to the public of Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, a group of 50 residents of Ingushetia has arrived to Kabardino-Balkaria. The aim of their visit to Nalchik is to draw attention and win support of the public of Kabardino-Balkaria to the problem of human rights in Ingushetia.

February 26, 2008 12:05

• Opposition activist Suren Surenyants arrested in Armenia

  In the evening on February 25, Suren Surenyants, a member of the Political Board of the "Republic" opposition party, was forced to the police station and then arrested, when he was leaving the Freedom Square of the capital of Armenia.

February 26, 2008 12:01

• Opposition reaches agreement with the authorities of Georgia

  As a result of the today's four-hour-long meeting of representatives of the opposition and the authorities of Georgia, an agreement was reached on the basic demands of the opposition related to staffing of the Public Television and release from custody of political prisoners.

February 25, 2008 14:14

• HRC "Memorial" representative to head the Human Rights Council under the Mayoralty of Grozny

  Natalia Estemirova, employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has become the chair of the newly-created Public Council for assisting in ensuring human and citizens' rights and freedoms under the administration of the city of Grozny.

February 25, 2008 14:11

• Armenians of Los Angeles demand from the Department of State not to recognize the outcomes of the presidential election in Armenia

  On February 24, in the district of Los Angeles named "Minor Armenia" a rally of the Armenians who live in this American city was held, where the participants addressed the US Department of State not to recognize the outcomes of the presidential election in Armenia.