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July 03, 2008 11:08

• Azerbaijani Baptists complain of pressure in Zagatalskiy District

  Ilya Zenchenko, leader of Evangelic Baptists of Azerbaijan has condemned "the recent pressure" on the members of his community who live in the village of Aliabad of Zagatalskiy District.

July 03, 2008 11:05

• In Azerbaijan, court rejects petitions of journalist Halil's defender

  Today, the Nasiminskiy District Court of Baku continued the process on Sergey Strekalin accused of inflicting on March 13, 2008, a knife wound to Agil Halil, an employee of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper. The victim was involuntarily brought to the courtroom.

July 03, 2008 10:55

• Volgograd Regional Ombudsman improves custody conditions for pre-trial suspects

  The Ombudsman for the Volgograd Region has managed to convince the GUVD (Chief Department of Internal Affairs) commanders to improve custody conditions of the suspects and detainees kept in the pre-trial detention facility of the city of Volzhskiy.

July 03, 2008 10:51

• European Court finds Russia guilty of kidnapping four Chechen residents

  Today, the European Court for Human Rights has passed decisions on three cases of four residents of Chechnya, where Russia has been found guilty of breaching several articles of the Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

July 03, 2008 10:46

• Armenian opposition demands to investigate beating of Ter-Petrosyan's supporters

  Today, Levon Zurabyan, spokesman of the Nationwide Movement of Armenia, has demanded from the authorities to find those guilty of organizing the incident in the Severny Avenue of Yerevan on July 2, when several supporters of the opposition were beaten.

July 03, 2008 10:43

• No explosive traces found in house ruins in Sochi

  According to preliminary data of the explosive-technical examination that became known today, no traces of any explosive matter have been detected in the place of explosion of house No. 39 in Lesnaya Street located in the Blinovo micro-district of the Adler District of Sochi.

July 03, 2008 10:39

• In Krasnodar, Tuapse hostel dweller pickets Territory's Court

  Today, Anatoly Malyshev, a resident of Tuapse, has held a solo picket opposite the building of the Krasnodar Territorial Court. He tried to draw the attention of the executive and judicial powers to the problem of the tenants who are evicted from the hostel located in Zvezdnaya Street.

July 02, 2008 12:07

• In Northern Caucasus, murders come in place of kidnappings

  In Northern Caucasus, the tactics of kidnapping of those suspected of links with the armed underground is replaced by the tactics of liquidating them during special operations. We get this conclusion after analyzing the kidnapping rate versus the casualties of special operations aimed to capture those announced to be militants or their aides.

July 02, 2008 11:59

• Man rejected at Endocrinology Centre dies in Kabardino-Balkaria

  On July 1, in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Vladimir Arakelov, 54, a resident of Zelenograd, Moscow Region, died because the medical aid was not promptly rendered. Bella Arakelova, the victim's spouse, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about the incident.

July 02, 2008 11:55

• Explosion in Kabardino-Balkaria injures militiaman and his children

  Today in the morning, an explosion took place Khasanya village located in the suburb of the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, as a result of which a militiaman and his children were wounded.

July 02, 2008 11:44

• "Rostekhnadzor" gives no cause yet of explosion in Sochi house

  The explosion that took place today at 5:01 a.m. in Sochi killed a woman, born in 1941, and her grandson, born in 1993. 16 other victims applied for medical and psychological help. One woman had a hypertonic crisis.

July 02, 2008 11:39

• "Beslan Mothers" hope for cooperation with the new city newspaper

  On July 1, the first issue of the newspaper named "Vestnik Beslana" (Beslan Mercury) appeared, where the administration of local self-government of Beslan is the founder.

July 02, 2008 10:38

• Human rights activists: Azerbaijani authorities manage to suppress critics even in Europe

  The inflow of petrodollars allows the authorities of Azerbaijan to suppress critical voices not only at home but even abroad, for example, in Europe. This was a conclusion made by a group of Azerbaijani human rights activists who observed the work of the PACE summer session in Strasbourg.

July 02, 2008 10:36

• Nukhazhiev: 300 persons buried in a mass grave in Chechnya

  Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Ombudsman for the Chechen Republic, has reported that about 300 human remains have been found buried in the Grozny District of Chechnya, near the territory of a former asphalt plant.

July 01, 2008 13:14

• Media leaders of North Ossetia discuss journalists' problems

  Today, the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, has hosted a meeting of the leaders of Republic's mass media. During the roundtable on the topic "Role of Mass Media in North Ossetia. Problems and Prospects", the participants have discussed a number of issues, including those related to the freedom of speech, independence and efficiency of mass media in the Republic.

July 01, 2008 13:10

• US Ambassador calls Azerbaijani authorities to defend journalists

  Ambassador of the USA Ann Dersey has called the authorities of Azerbaijan to strictly punish the persons guilty of violence against journalists.

July 01, 2008 13:07

• HRC "Memorial" presents Part Four of Violence Chronicle in Chechnya

  On June 27, a press conference was held at the central library of Grozny, where the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" (HRC "Memorial") presented Part Four of the Violence Chronicle in Chechnya named "People Live Here", covering the period from July to September 2001.

July 01, 2008 13:03

• Editorial board of "Novaya Gazeta" indignant by disclosing whereabouts of the person accused of murdering Politkovskaya

  The editorial board of "Novaya Gazeta", where the assassinated journalist Anna Politkovskaya worked as an observer, will demand "initiation of a criminal case on the fact of information leaks from the bowels of the State Office of Public Prosecutor."

July 01, 2008 13:01

• Residents of Chechnya suspect "Vostok" of concealing tombs of their victims

  Residents of the Gudermes District of Chechnya suspect that the militaries of the special-purpose battalion of the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff) "Vostok" (East) are destroying the tombs of their victims.

July 01, 2008 12:58

• In Azerbaijan, court decides to force journalist Halil to trial

  Today, the Nasiminskiy District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Shakhin Abdullaev, has continued the trial of Sergey Strekalin accused of inflicting a knife wound on March 13, 2008, to Agil Halil, a journalist of the "Azadlyg" (Freedom) newspaper.