News

February 02, 2008 12:18

• Human Rights Watch assesses the defence of human rights in Armenia as "unsatisfactory"

  In its 2007 report on Armenia, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) treats the defence of human rights in Armenia as "unsatisfactory". The report accents the pressure and prosecution of the opposition.

February 02, 2008 12:13

• In Turkey, Hrant Dink's family complains of murder threats

  The leaders of the "Hrant Dink" International Foundation that was established under the initiative of Hrant Dink's family has addressed the Prosecutor's Office of Turkey because of death threats and glorifications of Dink's assassins that arrived to the electronic address of the Foundation.

February 01, 2008 12:07

• Alaverdyan: presidential election in Armenia cannot be regarded as free and fair

  Certain provisions of the Electoral Code of Armenia are contradictory to the constitutional rights of the citizens of the country.

February 01, 2008 11:56

• Imprisoned ex-minister of economic development starts a hunger strike in Azerbaijan

  On February 1, Farkhad Aliev, ex-minister of economic development, who is serving his term in prison, started his 48-hour hunger strike with a demand to ensure his medical examination by his personal doctor or other independent doctors in the presence of advocates.

February 01, 2008 11:50

• Bekhbudov: 63 persons were tortured in 2007 in Azerbaijan

  Human rights activist Elchin Bekhbudov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in 2007 63 persons were subjected to tortures in Azerbaijan, and four of them died.

February 01, 2008 11:45

• Adygea court sentenced Milkov to one-year imprisonment

  The Maikop City Court has sentenced Victor Milkov, accused of disseminating a video depicting the scene of execution of residents of Dagestan and Tajikistan.

February 01, 2008 11:41

• Hunger strike of SIZO-1 inmates lasted for a week in Kalmykia

  For more than a week, inmates kept in SIZO-1 of the city of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, were on a hunger strike in protest against the actions of the facility's administration.

February 01, 2008 11:35

• Kabardino-Balkaria: the Bar tries to find out why advocate Dorogova was not let to SIZO

  The leaders of the Bar Association of Kabardino-Balkaria sent a letter to Oleg Zharikov, Public Prosecutor of Kabardino-Balkaria, asking him to clear out the reasons why advocate Larissa Dorogova was not admitted to the Nalchik SIZO, where she wanted to render legal aid to one of the defendants.

February 01, 2008 11:32

• Vice-commander of Sochi's Lazarevskoe ROVD: OMON raid to children's camp in July 2006 was illegitimate

  Sergey Saveliev, second commander of the Lazarevskoe ROVD of the city of Sochi, asserts that the raid in July 2006 of the OMON to the "Druzhba" (Friendship) children's camp located in Nizhnee Makopse village was unjustified.

January 31, 2008 13:08

• Bastrykin: executors of blowing up of the "Neva-Express" train are established, three of them arrested

  Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of Russia, spoke to the Russian FSB Collegium on January 30 and stated that the investigation had establishes the executors of the explosion of the "Neva-Express" train, and three of them were arrested.

January 31, 2008 13:04

• Commission from Dagestan visits Khankala military unit

  The commission set up to investigate complaints of the soldiers from Dagestan who take their contractual army service in Khankala has visited the military unit and met its commanders.

January 31, 2008 12:47

• Liudmila Sarkisyan: Armenian authorities use provocations trying to stop the opposition

  Liudmila Sarkisyan, chair of the Social-Democratic Party, has treated the arrest of four members of the pre-electoral staff of Levon Ter-Petrosyan located in the city of Talin as a provocation.

January 31, 2008 12:41

• In Azerbaijan, police detained "Dalga" activists

  Today, the police of the capital of Azerbaijan has detained 14 activists of the "Dalga" (Wave) youth movement who tried to hold a memory action dedicated to Mamed Emin Rasulzade, founder of the Azerbaijani People's Republic (1918-1920) and dated to his 124th birthday.

January 31, 2008 12:38

• Human Rights Watch draws EU's attention to Azerbaijan

  The Human Rights Watch calls on the leaders of the European Union to pay a more thorough attention to the situation with democracy in Azerbaijan.

January 31, 2008 12:32

• Access to SIZO of Kabardino-Balkaria banned to advocate Dorogova

  Today, lawyer Larissa Dorogova was not let to the investigatory isolation facility of the Kabardino-Balkaria's Department of the Federal Punishment Enforcement Service, where her client - one of participants of the events of October 13, 2005, whom she consults on defence of his rights in custody, is kept.

January 31, 2008 12:18

• European Court for Human Rights accepts documents of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee

  The Strasbourg Court has notified the "Voice of Beslan" Public Committee about receipt of the documents evidencing violations of the rights of those who suffered in the Beslan terror act.

January 31, 2008 12:12

• Kesaeva: "Voice of Beslan" cherishes no more illusions on Putin

  Ella Kesaeva, co-chair of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee, has stated, after receiving a reply from the RF President to the Committee's letter asking to stop prosecution of the organization, the end of illusions in relation to Mr Putin.

January 30, 2008 14:25

• CEC of Georgia would not show complete video records of voting to the United Opposition

  Kakha Kukava, one of the leaders of the United Opposition, has informed that the Central Electoral Commission of Georgia refused to present to the Opposition complete video records of the voting process at the early presidential election in Georgia and plebiscite held on January 5.

January 30, 2008 13:48

• Prosecutor's office: actions of militia against widows of the militants who perished in Nalchik are illegal

  The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Nalchik has sent replies to the widows of the militants who were killed in the attack on October 13, 2005, in which the actions of militiamen are treated as illegal.

January 30, 2008 13:43

• People in Chechnya hope that militaries will be made responsible for shelling Gekhi village

  The authorities and residents of Chechnya hope that the militaries will be brought to responsibility for shelling the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan District of Chechnya, from long-range guns.