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October 12, 2007 11:09

• Estemirova: I'll spend the award money to protect victims of fabricated cases in Chechnya

  Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" in Chechnya, the laureate of the first annual world award named after Anna Politkovskaya, is going to spend the award money on legal assistance to victims of tortures and faked criminal cases in Chechnya.

October 11, 2007 20:52

• "Mother's Law" makes comments on amendments in the law on military draft in Russia

  The "Mother's Law" human rights organization of soldiers' parents (Volgograd) makes comments on cancellation of delays from recruiting to the military service granted on family circumstances and future changes in the law "On Conscription and Military Service."

October 11, 2007 15:58

• Forum in memory of Politkovskaya held in Washington

  The International Conference "Russia - a Year after Anna Politkovskaya's Murder" is currently underway in Washington.

October 11, 2007 15:54

• Turkey recalls its ambassador from the USA after Congress adopts resolution on genocide of Armenians

  Today Turkey has recalled its ambassador from the USA. The motive was the passing a resolution by the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of the Congress on recognition of the fact of genocide in relations to Armenians in the epoch of the Ottoman Empire.

October 11, 2007 15:49

• Human rights activists tell President of France about situation in Northern Caucasus

  The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about the meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy by Svetlana Gannushkina, member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and member of the Board on Human Rights under President of Russia, and Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the HRC "Memorial."

October 10, 2007 12:16

• Relatives of murdered resident of Ingushetia Gorbakov deny his belonging to terrorists

  According to relatives of Albert Gorbakov who was killed last night, neither Albert nor his detained brothers Shamil and Kaloy had any explosives as of the moment of detention.

October 10, 2007 12:13

• Trepashkin's trial postponed till November 7

  The consideration of the cassation complaint of Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB officer, appointed for today at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court against the ruling on toughening his custody conditions has failed again.

October 10, 2007 12:10

• Azerbaijan: Einullah Fatullaev wants to invite MFA head to the court

  In Azerbaijan, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has petitioned to summon Elmar Mamediarov, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

October 10, 2007 12:05

• President of France meets members of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

  Today in Moscow, the topics of the meeting of French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the activists of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" were the freedom of speech and situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus.

October 10, 2007 12:01

• Tortured Dagestan resident adjudges 5 million roubles from Russia

  Khanali Umakhanov, formerly accused of organizing the terror act in Kaspijsk (Dagestan) on May 9, 2002, has managed to adjudge five millions roubles from the government of Russia.

October 10, 2007 11:58

• Number of judicial claims against journalists grows in Azerbaijan

  In September, the Azerbaijani courts considered over 50 cases related with slander charges. In the course of the trials, the claimants demanded to arrest 15 journalists and collecting fines from them to the total sum of 1.680 million manats (about 2 million US dollars).

October 10, 2007 11:55

• Aushev brothers kidnapped in Chechnya were kept in Urus-Martan

  Magomed Maksharipovich Aushev, 22, and Magomed Osmanovich Aushev, 25, who were kidnapped by a group of unidentified power agents on September 18, were first kept in the Urus-Martan District and then transferred to the mountain Shatoy District of Chechnya.

October 09, 2007 23:03

• Suicide motives of an Armenian girl of 19 investigated in Nalchik

  The parents of Armenian girl Anaida Ch., 19, who committed suicide on July 18 by jumping from the 12th floor of one of high blocks in Nalchik, have learned that the suicide motive was a rape committed on their daughter, but for the third month already they fail to achieve the appropriate investigation into the incident.

October 09, 2007 23:01

• Trial in camera of the attack on Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria

  On October 11 at 10 a.m., the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria will start its closed (in camera) preliminary hearings on the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, when militants made an attack on Nalchik.

October 09, 2007 22:57

• Chaika confirms that Anna Politkovskaya's murder is cleared

  Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of Russia, has stated today at the press conference in Yerevan that the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya is solved, and once the investigation is over, it will be transferred to the court.

October 09, 2007 22:53

• Azerbaijan: court dismisses the claim against the editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper

  On October 8, the Yasamal District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Svetlana Ahmedova, finished the litigation on the claim of the Minister of Economic Development Geidar Babaev against the editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper ""Azadlyg" Ganimat Zakhidov.

October 09, 2007 22:48

• Okruashvili let out on $6-million bail

  Early on Tuesday, October 9, after depositing a bail in the sum of 10 million laris (about 6 million US dollars) Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, was released from Prison No. 7 in Tbilisi.

October 08, 2007 19:09

• Participants of Moscow meeting in memory of Politkovskaya cried for freedom

  In the Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow, a meeting was held on October 7 in memory of Anna Politkovskaya.

October 08, 2007 19:05

• "North-Caucasian Platform" pickets Russian Embassy in Turkey

  The protest action held on October 4 at the Russian Embassy in Istanbul (Turkey) was organized by the "North-Caucasian Platform."

October 08, 2007 19:01

• Lagunina: Radio Liberty never said that Trepashkin accused advocate Kosik of her links with FSB

  The Radio Liberty has nothing in common with the information disseminated by media on its behalf that ex-FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin, condemned for disclosure of state secrets, suspects his advocate Lyubov Kosik of her tie-up with the FSB and work in the interests of the prosecution.