News

May 12, 2005 12:13

• Dagestan turning into hotspot

  Civilian and law enforcement casualties mount in Dagestan.

May 11, 2005 13:54

• Opposition parties prohibited from holding public meeting

  Azerbaijani authorities threaten to use force in the event of an unauthorised public meeting of the opposition.

May 11, 2005 12:30

• Law enforcement agents targeted in Dagestan

  More than 20 officers of Dagestani law enforcement agencies have been killed since the beginning of 2005.

May 06, 2005 17:50

• Separatists report abuse

  Chechen separatists claim federal forces have abducted members of Doku Umarov's family.

May 06, 2005 17:49

• Police officer commits suicide

  A riot police officer shoots himself in the head.

May 06, 2005 17:47

• Women protest against abuse

  Several dozen women hold a picket against abductions in Chechnya.

May 06, 2005 17:45

• Racist slaughter on VE eve

  Three young men hack Azerbaijani to death.

May 05, 2005 11:32

• Deserters may be sued

  Georgian military authorities deny hazing with respect to the ethnic Armenians who deserted the army.

May 05, 2005 11:31

• Torture in pre-trial detention centre denied

  A detainee denies torture in the pre-trial detention centre of Ingushetia's Internal Affairs Ministry.

May 05, 2005 11:28

• Chechnya's young go to mountains

  Young men are reported to increasingly often go to rebels in the mountains.

May 04, 2005 09:32

• Ossetian-Ingush conflict handled

  A plan is implemented to settle the conflict.

May 04, 2005 09:28

• Torture in pre-trial detention

  An Ingush opposition leader says detainees are tortured in a pre-trial detention centre.

May 04, 2005 09:26

• Twelve flee from ethnically motivated hazing

  Twelve servicemen desert the Georgian army.

May 01, 2005 08:46

• Shaving as method

  Police in Azerbaijan fight Wahhabism by shaving beards.

May 01, 2005 08:35

• Refugees denied foreign assistance

  Azerbaijan's Tax Ministry blocks Norwegian Refugee Council accounts.

May 01, 2005 07:52

• Another attack on opposition press

  The AZAL airline bans sale of opposition newspapers.

April 30, 2005 22:37

• Country report on terrorism for Georgia - 2004

  The report on Georgia from the U.S. State Department's <a href="http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm" target="_blank">Country Reports on Terrorism 2004</a>.

April 30, 2005 22:36

• Country report on terrorism for Azerbaijan - 2004

  The report on Azerbaijan from the U.S. State Department's <a href="http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm" target="_blank">Country Reports on Terrorism 2004</a>.

April 30, 2005 22:34

• Country report on terrorism for Armenia - 2004

  The report on Armenia from the U.S. State Department's <a href="http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm" target="_blank">Country Reports on Terrorism 2004</a>.

April 30, 2005 22:31

• Country report on terrorism for Russia - 2004

  North Caucasus related excerpts from the report on Russia from the U.S. State Department's <a href="http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm" target="_blank">Country Reports on Terrorism 2004</a>.