News

November 15, 2005 21:19

• Beslan-related case hearing postponed

  Opening arguments in a Beslan-related negligence case against three police officers is postponed.

November 14, 2005 22:10

• Mines kill 700 Chechnya civilians in 10 years - UNICEF

  The number of cases when landmines and unexploded ordnance are triggered is still very high in Chechnya.

November 14, 2005 22:06

• Minister backs abuse

  North Ossetia's Internal Affairs Minister promises to 'toughen measures against Ingush people.'

November 14, 2005 21:23

• Human rights defenders win trial

  The court denies liquidation of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

November 11, 2005 21:19

• Police station under attack all night

  Dwellers of nearby homesteads spend the night in the basements of their houses.

November 11, 2005 21:11

• Beslan negligence case to be heard on 15 November

  Opening arguments in the case of three former police officers charged with negligence in connection with the Beslan terrorist act are scheduled.

November 11, 2005 20:40

• Antiterrorist Centre to be reorganised

  The issue of structural changes in this service has practically been decided on in full.

November 10, 2005 21:21

• Beslan residents doubt that senior officials may be interrogated

  The trial of Mr Nurpashi Kulayev, the only surviving participant in the attack on school No 1 in Beslan, continues in North Ossetia's Supreme Court.

November 10, 2005 18:59

• Say 'NO' to tightening control over civil society<br> <em>Statement by Russian non-commercial, non-governmental organisations</em>

November 09, 2005 20:04

• One killed in Chechnya

  A Russian military man dies in shooting in the republic.

November 09, 2005 20:02

• Oppositionists arrested in Azerbaijan's provinces

  The police launch arrests of activists of the People's Front of Azerbaijan party without any grounds in many districts of Azerbaijan, according to the party.

November 09, 2005 19:44

• Four injured in bombardment

  At least four people, including a small child, are wounded as a result of a bombardment in Chechnya's Grozny district.

November 08, 2005 21:17

• Killed rebels' relatives apply to prosecutor's office

  Relatives of killed rebels ask to sue high-ranking public officials in Kabardino-Balkaria under several articles of the Criminal Code.

November 08, 2005 20:25

• Courtroom unrest

  Another hearing of the Beslan attack case ends up with protests on the part of victims.

November 07, 2005 21:15

• Persecution of killed rebels' relatives must be stopped - Memorial

  The Human Rights Centre Memorial demands that the government should stop persecution of relatives of the Nalchik dead.

November 04, 2005 20:37

• Killed rebels' bodies leave Nalchik

  Three refrigerator cars with the bodies of killed rebels leave Nalchik without their relatives being allowed to part with them.

November 03, 2005 22:35

• Oppositionist loses consciousness because of torture

  The life of an arrested supporter of Azerbaijan's ex parliament speaker Rasul Guliyev, former Gyanja police chief Natiq Efendiyev, is at risk.

November 03, 2005 22:27

• Arbitrary arrests before elections

  There are reports that oppositionists are arrested on the eve of elections in Azerbaijan.

November 03, 2005 21:25

• Russia may go on another trial

  Human rights defenders intend to sue Russia in the ECHR over the Nalchik dead.

November 03, 2005 21:23

• Low attendance may speed up trial

  Four witnesses are interrogated in the Beslan attack trial, as victims' attendance drops significantly.