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December 22, 2007 22:48

• "Iman" newspaper: masses of youngsters leave Chechnya

  The massive migration of young people from Chechnya to European has acquired a scale of a real national disaster.

December 22, 2007 22:43

• Families of victims of the air crash near Donetsk demand a new investigation

  The relatives of the victims of the accident with the Anapa - St-Petersburg flight of the Tu-154 aircraft, which crashed down in August 2006 near the city of Donetsk, have addressed President of Russia Vladimir Putin with a demand to hold a repeated objective criminal investigation.

December 22, 2007 22:39

• Political scientist Eldar Namazov detained in Azerbaijan

  On December 22 the police have detained political scientist Eldar Namazov, head of the Forum "In the Name of Azerbaijan", and several other members of the Committee in Defence of the Freedom of Speech.

December 21, 2007 21:33

• Human rights activist of Kabardino-Balkaria ask Kanokov to investigate violations of believers' rights

  On December 20, a press conference was held in the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Centre, where Valery Khatazhukov announced the open letter addressed to President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov and telling about violations of the rights of Moslems in the Republic.

December 21, 2007 21:28

• Oppositional activist demands that Burdzhanadze stop political terror in Georgia

  Teo Tlashadze, an activist of the movement "For United Georgia", has addressed Nino Burdzhanadze, today's acting President Georgia, with a demand of protection and safety for all those who have differing political views.

December 21, 2007 21:25

• "Memorial": fabrication of criminal cases in progress in Chechnya

  The number of kidnappings and extrajudicial executions has essentially decreased in Chechnya, but fabrication of criminal cases is on the rise.

December 21, 2007 21:22

• European Court finds application "Umaeva versus Russia" eligible

  On December 11, 2007, the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg recognized the complaint of the resident of Chechnya "Umaeva versus Russia" to be eligible.

December 21, 2007 21:14

• "Dagestan Mothers" inform Posecutor's Office about tortures in SIZO of Makhachkala

  The NGO "Dagestan Mothers for Human Rights" has addressed the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan with a petition stating that detainee Ilyas Dibirov is exposed to tortures at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility of Makhachkala.

December 21, 2007 21:09

• Ella Kesaeva: Supreme Court of North Ossetia deceives "Voice of Beslan"

  From today's morning, Ella Kesaeva and other members of the "Voice of Beslan" Committee are standing at the building of the Supreme Court of North Ossetia - they are not let inside, and the supervisory complaint has been accepted by nobody so far.

December 20, 2007 20:35

• Georgia: Government Used Excessive Force on Protesters

  The Georgian government resorted to excessive force on November 7 when it violently dispersed demonstrators here in the country's capital and raided the private Imedi television station, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

December 20, 2007 18:27

• During 15 years, 983 applications were lodges to the European Court for Human Rights versus Armenia

  Within the period from April 26, 1992, till December 15, 2007, a total of 983 applications were lodged to the European Court for Human Rights versus this country.

December 20, 2007 18:21

• HRC "Memorial": civilians taken hostages of special operation in the capital of Chechnya

  The Human Rights Centre "Memorial" informs that during special operation in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, people found themselves in the role of hostages in the situation, when an intensive skirmish burst out between the parties.

December 20, 2007 18:15

• Court arrests a suspect of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train

  Today, the Malaya Vishera District Court has satisfied the petition of the prosecutor's office to arrest Salanbek Dzagiev, a resident of Ingushetia, suspected of involvement in blowing up the "Neva-Express" train.

December 20, 2007 18:10

• Chechnya: the "Chechen Society" newspaper deprived of its room for the comment on the course of elections

  The editorial board of the independent political newspaper "Chechen Society", published in Chechnya, was forced to leave its office in the building of the House of Press in Grozny.

December 20, 2007 17:59

• Dagestan Moslems collect signatures in support of Turkish theologian

  In the capital of Dagestan, the believers have launched a campaign in support of Said Nursi, a well-known Turkish theologian and philosopher, whose works have been declared to be extremist literature.

December 20, 2007 17:50

• Karpova: recognition by Patrushev of special agents' blunders at Dubrovka terror act is a lie

  Tatiana Karpova, head of the "Nord-Ost" public organization, has stated that the words of Nikolai Patrushev, Director of the FSB, who gave his comments on the act at the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre in Moscow, cannot be true.

December 20, 2007 17:40

• PACE considers appointing Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan

  The today's session of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE in Paris has discussed the issue of appointing Special Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

December 19, 2007 20:12

• Mirza Sakit's wife asks to put him to the hospital of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan

  Rena Zakhidova, wife of Mirza Sakit, a journalist of the "Azadlyg" newspaper, has sent a letter to the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan with a demand to put her husband into the medical establishment of the Ministry of Justice.

December 19, 2007 20:04

• In the capital of Chechnya residents of the house stormed by power agents were not evacuated

  In the capital of Chechnya, the residents of the house, which was stormed in the course of a special operation held by power agents at night of December 16, say that they were not taken out of the building during the storm.

December 19, 2007 19:55

• Preliminary session of Appeal Court considers complaint of the editor of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper

  Today, the Appeal Court has held a preliminary session on the complaint of Einullah Fatullaev, convicted editor-in-chief of the "Real Azerbaijan" newspaper.