News

December 14, 2007 11:28

• Chechen Committee of National Salvation complains of pressure by the authorities of Ingushetia

  Representatives of the Chechen Committee of National Salvation state that human rights activists are under "violent pressure" exerted by the authorities of Ingushetia.

December 13, 2007 23:56

• "Imedi" TV Channel broadcasts through strong noise

  The Georgian "Imedi" TV Company, which restarted its broadcasting after a month-long forced break in the evening on December 12, is broadcasts to the regions of Georgia with strong jams.

December 13, 2007 23:52

• Myatanyat Azizova: statistics on fighting trafficking is always falsified in Azerbaijan

  The problem of trafficking in humans remains unaddressed in Azerbaijan, as stated by Myatanyat Azizova, leader of the Women's Crisis Centre.

December 13, 2007 23:47

• Armenia: editorial board of "Chorord Ishkhanutyun" accuses authorities of explosion

  The editor-in-chief of the "Chorord Ishkhanutyun" (Fourth Power) newspaper, the office of which was blown up this night, thinks that members of the authorities are behind the explosion.

December 13, 2007 23:43

• Health condition of arrested editor of "Azadlyg" newspaper is worse

  Ganimat Zakhidov, arrested editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, who is on hunger strike since December 8, is under medical control. His health condition is estimated to be grave.

December 13, 2007 23:39

• Relatives of the detained resident of South Ossetia apply for help to the OSCE

  Relatives of Gamlet Parastaev, a citizen of the Republic of South Ossetia who was detained on November 27 by the Georgian police, have addressed Terry Hakala, head of the OSCE Mission in Georgia, with a request to render them any possible assistance.

December 12, 2007 14:05

• Illegal migrants from Russia detained in France, some of them are Chechnya residents

  15 illegal migrants from Russia were detained in the north of France; the majority of them have told that they are residents of Chechnya.

December 12, 2007 14:03

• Magomed Evloev remains the owner of "Ingushetia.Ru" without interfering into the work of the editorial board

  On December 8 the "Ingushetia.Ru" website resumed its full-scale operation. Lawyer Magomed Evloev is no longer editing the "Ingushetia.Ru" website but remains its owner.

December 12, 2007 14:00

• Another journalist joins the protest hunger strike in Azerbaijan

  The number of journalists who take part in the hunger strike, started on December 8 by Ganimat Zakhidov, arrested editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, is growing.

December 12, 2007 13:56

• Azerbaijani human rights activists ask PACE to reinstate the post of the Rapporteur on Political Prisoners

  The Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan (FHROA) has made a statement with a request to appoint a Special Rapporteur on Political Prisoners in connection with the facts of application of torture in the country.

December 12, 2007 13:23

• Committee for defence of the rights of the "GALA" TV Company set up in Armenia

  The press club named "Asparez" located in the city of Gyumri, Armenia, has founded a committee for defence of the rights of the "GALA" TV Company.

December 11, 2007 22:29

• Gadzhily: over 1000 defamation trials held in Azerbaijan this year

  During 2007, over 100 court trials took place in Azerbaijan on defamation charges initiated by personal accusation or in the civil order of litigations.

December 11, 2007 22:04

• In Azerbaijan journalists join Ganimat Zakhidov's hunger strike

  More and more Azerbaijani journalists join the hunger strike of inmate Ganimat Zakhidov, editor-in-chief of the "Azadlyg" newspaper.

December 11, 2007 22:02

• "Imedi" TV Channel to restart broadcasting with restrictions

  At first, the news programs of the "Imedi" TV Channel will be broadcast in Georgia not on the hourly basis but once every three hours.

December 11, 2007 21:50

• Verdict on Khudyakov and Arakcheev's case to be announced in Rostov-on-Don on December 25

  At the process on the case Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev, accused of murdering three residents of Chechnya in 2003, which is held by the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, the debate of the parties has ended.

December 11, 2007 20:56

• US embassy people meet released journalist Nasibov in Azerbaijan

  Today in Nakhichevan, representatives of the US embassy to Azerbaijan have met Ilgar Nasibov, Radio Liberty correspondent, who was released yesterday, on December 10.

December 10, 2007 18:35

• Association of Abkhazian Women demands ensuring women's rights legislatively

  The problems of family violence were discussed at the roundtable held by the Association of Abkhazian Women (AAW) under the UN action "16 days of active actions against violence on women".

December 10, 2007 18:33

• Relatives of Zeitun Gaev from Kabardino-Balkaria disbelieve in his suicide

  Muzafar Gaev, father of Zeitun Gaev from the village of Gerpegezh, Kabardino-Balkaria, has filed application to different instances asserting that Zeitun Gaev could not have committed suicide.

December 10, 2007 18:31

• Employee of Radio Liberty released in Azerbaijan

  Today, the Nakhichevan City Court of Azerbaijan has passed a decision to release Ilgar Nasibov, a journalist of Radio Liberty, from under arrest.

December 10, 2007 18:25

• Four persons suspected of blowing up the bus in Stavropol Territory

  On December 9 a route "Ikarus" model bus that performed a trip Pyatigorsk-Stavropol arrived to the bus station of the city of Nevinnomyssk. Most of its passengers went out of the bus, and an explosion thundered in the rear section of the bus that killed two passengers.