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April 09, 2008 11:51

• Ecologists suggest UN representatives to remove Sochi Olympiad objects away from reserves

  Public ecological organizations are protesting against construction of some of the Olympic objects. They think it was a blunder to select Sochi as the place for Winter Olympics. This opinion was made public at the meeting that took place on April 8th at the central office of the Sochi National Park.

April 09, 2008 11:47

• In Armenia, during inauguration of Serzh Sarkisyan police tried to disperse the mourning action

  Today in Armenia, on the day of inauguration of the newly elected President Serzh Sarkisyan, friends and relatives of the casualties at night of March 1 held a rally; and the police tried to disperse it.

April 08, 2008 13:24

• Medvedev asked to investigate disappearances of people in Northern Caucasus

  Human rights activists want a letter to be sent to Russian president-elect Dmitri Medvedev with a demand to hold an efficient and fair investigation into disappearances of people in Northern Caucasus.

April 08, 2008 13:16

• Chapliani: Gipsies should be integrated into Georgian society

  Koba Chapliani, Director of the Centre of National Minorities at the Office of Ombudsman of Georgia, thinks that the time has come for the state to make Gipsies an integral part of the Georgian society.

April 08, 2008 13:07

• Azerbaijan: journalist Agyl Khalil denies his links with homosexuals

  It follows from the message of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan, which was read on air of the state TV Channel, that the reason of the attempt on Agyl Khalil, an employee of the "Azadlyg" newspaper was the offence of his rejected sexual partner Sergey Strekalin.

April 08, 2008 12:35

• In Armenia, policemen detain hunger-strikers from Razdan

  In Armenia, early on April 8, in Vanatur district of the city of Razdan, policemen detained nine participants of the hunger strike in support of oppositional activist Sasun Mikaelyan and brought them to the police station.

April 08, 2008 12:32

• Igor Sazhin: Russia's authorities save money by underpaying Chechen war veterans

  One of the reasons why authorities of Russia refuse to pay money compensations to former servicemen in Chechnya is in the authorities' intention to minimize expenses on militaries, asserts Igor Sazhin, Chairman of the Komi Human Rights Committee "Memorial".

April 08, 2008 12:27

• In Moscow, Krasnodar advocate demands to stop arbitrariness of law enforcers

  Today, at 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in Moscow, in Slavyanskaya Square, near the monument to Cyril and Methodius, a picket was held by some 20 human rights activists from the Urals, North of Russia, Siberia and other regions.

April 08, 2008 12:21

• Relatives think that figurant in the "Neva-Express" case needs hospitalization

  According to brother of Salambek Dzakhkiev, a defendant in the case of blowing up the "Neva-Express", who is now kept at the SIZO of Novgorod, Salambek needs hospitalization and thorough treatment.

April 08, 2008 12:05

• European Court rules Russia to pay 14,000 euros to Chechen war veteran

  The European Court for Human Rights has obliged Russia to pay over fourteen thousand euros to Oleg Tetsen, 29, a participant of the war in Chechnya, for breaching his rights to fair trial and possession of property.

April 07, 2008 11:36

• SIZO inmate Suren Surenyants stops his hunger strike in Armenia

  Because of his health aggravation, Suren Surenyants, member of the Political Board of the "Republic" Party, has stopped his hunger strike in Armenia.

April 07, 2008 11:32

• European Commission allots 11 million euros to Chechen war victims

  The Commission of European Communities (CEC) has approved granting humanitarian aid in the sum of 11 million euros to the victims of the armed conflict in Chechnya.

April 07, 2008 11:29

• In North Ossetia, leaders of "Voice of Beslan" reach reconciliation in court

  Today, the Pravoberezhny Court of North Ossetia has closed the criminal case against Ella Kesaeva, leader of the All-Russian Public Organization "Voice of Beslan", accused under four Articles of the Russian Criminal Code. Respondent Marina Melikova has cried quits.

April 07, 2008 11:26

• In Azerbaijan, hunger-striking political prisoners have health problems

  Today is the 13th day of the hunger strike continued by a group of journalists and public figures of the country who demand release of convicted journalists and political prisoners.

April 07, 2008 11:21

• Khalilov: law enforcers of Krasnodar Territory benefit from Gypsies' legal illiteracy

  Law enforcement bodies of Krasnodar Territory can benefit from the fact that Gipsies are ignorant of their rights and freedom. This concern was expressed to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Timur Khalilov, deputy chairman of the Krasnodar City Gipsies' National-Cultural Autonomy.

April 07, 2008 11:17

• In Dagestan, Mukhu Aliev treats the ban of "Nord-Ost" play as provocation

  Today, President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev, speaking to a specially convoked press conference, has categorically refuted the information that he had given instructions to ban the second performance of the play "All in Your Hands", staged on the motives of the tragic events that took place in the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in Moscow.

April 05, 2008 12:50

• ECT: custody conditions in Northern Caucasus become better

  The delegation of the European Committee against Torture (ECT) has finished their working visit to Northern Caucasus, which took place from March 27 to April 3.

April 05, 2008 12:47

• Ingushes of Germany ask Spain not to extradite refugee Gasaev to Russia

  Today in Frankfurt am Main a picket was held with a demand to Spanish authorities not to deport to Russia Murad Gasaev, a refugee from Ingushetia, who is suspected by Russian law enforcement bodies of taking part in the activities of armed underground in Northern Caucasus.

April 05, 2008 12:41

• ADC "Memorial" draws authorities' attention to situation with Gipsies

  From now on, the Anti-Discrimination Centre "Memorial" starts to hold actions dated to the International Day of Gipsies marked annually on April 8.

April 05, 2008 12:34

• Armenians of Europe rally in Brussels to protest on events in Yerevan

  Today, representatives of the Armenian Diaspora who live in Holland, France and Belgium will hold a protest action near the buildings of the European Union and European Commission in Brussels. The participants of the action plan to express their protest against the post-election events in Armenia.