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June 02, 2007 14:49

• Young soldiers are still trialled for treason in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan on June 7, a preparatory session will be held by the Court for Grave War Crimes under chairmanship of Judge Mamedbagir Zeinalov on the case of former military Eldeniz Nuriev who is accused of "treason," "violation of combat duty regulations" and "desertion."

June 02, 2007 01:39

• Patrol police of Georgian MIA already differs in nothing from "pre-revolutionary" GAI (State Traffic Inspectorate)

  Patrol units stop citizens at night without any grounds, impose fines for no reason, and should anybody complain, they can detain a person "for hooliganism," runs an article in the "Alia" Georgian newspaper.

June 01, 2007 18:49

• Human rights activists of Kabardino-Balkaria support the Moslems

  On May 21 and 24 the four Moslems who had earlier sent a letter to President of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) with a request to open a mosque were detained and delivered to the Organized Crime Combating Unit (UBOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Kabardino-Balkaria.

June 01, 2007 17:16

• Moscow Regional Court acquits the convict accused of murdering Armenian refugee from Azerbaijan

  The Jury of the Moscow Regional Court has acquitted Roman Polusmyak who was accused of murdering Arthur Sardaryan, 19, a refugee from Azerbaijan, on the motive of national hostility.

June 01, 2007 16:07

• "Nord-Ost" organization: investigation of Dubrovka terror act is dragged on

  Tatiana Karpova, co-chair of the "Nord-Ost" regional public organization for promoting defence of terrorism victims, considers that the investigation into the Dubrovka act of terror will not be stopped, but protracted in all possible ways.

June 01, 2007 11:44

• Defence of the convict for murdering Kislovodsk Imam appeals against the verdict

  The advocate of Roman Koyushev, a resident of the Predgorny District of Stavropol Territory, convicted for murdering Imam of Kislovodsk, has appealed against the verdict.

June 01, 2007 10:59

• Chernogorov reacts to mass scuffle in Stavropol

  Today, Governor Alexander Chernogorov has addressed a statement on the mass scuffle on May 24, 2007, in the city of Stavropol to the heads of municipal formations of Stavropol Territory.

May 31, 2007 18:33

• A week-long water supply break in the capital of South Ossetia

  On May 24, 2007, under the order of Georgian leaders drinking water delivery to the city of Tskhinval was stopped.

May 31, 2007 15:53

• Newspaper of Russian Armenians calls on Armenia not to make concessions to Azerbaijan

  The newspaper of Russian Armenians 'Erkramas,' acting on behalf of its readers, is calling on the leaders of Armenia to reject signing the treaty that infringes the interests of the Armenian nation.

May 31, 2007 15:14

• Nato Shavlakadze: reports on reduction of violence in Georgia are made for show of democracy

  In May 2007, Anna Zunder-Plazman, an employee of the Amnesty International human rights organization, visited Georgia to gather information on application of violence to citizens by law enforcement bodies and on situation with women in Georgian villages.

May 31, 2007 13:42

• Dagestan honours the memory of the victims of executed meeting

  On May 30, a mourning meeting was held in Makhachkala to mark one year's anniversary of the shooting of the meeting, where the protesters had demanded resignation of Kerimkhan Abasov, head of the municipal formation "Dokuzparinskiy District."

May 31, 2007 13:10

• Georgia: administration of Rustavi Colony No. 2 promises to improve custody conditions of inmates

  353 inmates of Rustavi Colony No. 2 kept under strict and general custody regimes applied to the power authorities and OSCE Representative Office in Georgia with a complaint against intolerable custody conditions.

May 30, 2007 23:38

• Amnesty act applied to Beslan militiamen will be appealed against

  The victims of the Beslan terror act are going to appeal against the court judgement to amnesty the former heads of local militia accused of negligence that entailed the school capture.

May 30, 2007 19:10

• Ingush refugees on hunger strike at the Council of Federation in Moscow

  28 Ingush refugees have started a hunger strike at the building of the Council of Federation, Amir Bekbuzarov, Chairman of the Committee for the Matters of Forced Migrants from the Republic Northern Ossetia-Alania, reports.

May 30, 2007 18:20

• Azerbaijan: trial of ex-Minister for Economic Development starts

  The Court for Heavy Crimes has started the proceedings on the case of Farkhad Aliev, former Minister for Economic Development of Azerbaijan, and 18 other persons, including his brother Rafik Aliev, former president of the Azpetrol oil company.

May 30, 2007 15:50

• European Court rules in favour of Russian Chernobyl liquidators

  Lawyer Oksana Suprunova who defended the interests of a group of Bataisk Chernobyl liquidators at the Strasbourg Court told that the European Court for Human Rights had concluded that the cancellation of the lower court instance's ruling in favour of Chernobyl liquidators by the supervisory instance was a breach of the human right for a fair trial.

May 30, 2007 14:30

• Parishioners who suffered in Dagestan mosque have no claims to militia

  Tonight the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent had a meeting in the "Yuzhnaya" mosque with the parishioners - victims of the incident on March 30, 2007.

May 30, 2007 12:46

• Another opposition paper stopped in Azerbaijan

  Today, the last issue of the "Baky Khabar" newspaper has appeared in Azerbaijan: its publication will be suspended for indefinite time, said editor-in-chief Aidyn Guliev.

May 29, 2007 23:22

• Court judgement to amnesty the militiamen figuring in the case of Beslan terror act was announced in the absence of victims and defendants

  For the second time today, the victims have disrupted the announcement by the court of its judgement on the amnesty petition filed by three militiamen accused of negligence in the case of Beslan terror act. They were indignant at the judge's double attempt to announce the judgement in the absence of the defendants.

May 29, 2007 20:37

• Chechnya's authorities want to return home the refugees remaining in Georgia

  Currently, Georgia hosts a joint working group of the Chechen government and the FMS (Federal Migration Service) of Russia involved in resolving the problems related to homecoming of forced migrants from the Chechen Republic who had left their homes with the start of the "counterterrorist operation."