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July 20, 2007 13:07

• Statement of the HRC "Memorial" on tragic events in Ingushetia

  On July 19, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" made a statement on tragic events in Ingushetia.

July 20, 2007 12:52

• Relatives of Azamat Gorbakov, detained in Ingushetia, deny his involvement in criminal activities

  On May 13 in the city of Karabulak, Ingushetia, a special targeted operation was conducted by employees of the FSB Department for the Republic jointly with representatives of the Department for Public Safety of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs and Investigatory group of the RF State Office of Public Prosecutor for the South Federal District (SFD), as a result of which Azamat Gorbakov, a local resident of 24, was detained.

July 19, 2007 23:28

• Trepashkin has adjudged three thousand euros from Russia

  The European Court for Human Rights has satisfied the complaint of Mikhail Trepashkin, retired FSB colonel, against his custody conditions at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility (SIZO) of the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Dmitrov.

July 19, 2007 21:20

• Presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh are over

  According to Sergey Nasibyan, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), out of 92,117 voters in the lists, 70,235 persons, or 76.25 percent, have cast their ballot papers.

July 19, 2007 20:32

• Supreme Court approves 13 years of imprisonment for Chechnya natives

  Today, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld the guilty verdict to two natives of Chechnya - Bislan Badalov and Hasambek Ahmetkhanov - and their accomplices condemned by the Tver Regional Court for kidnapping and extortion.

July 19, 2007 12:38

• "Unwanted" journalists turned away from Public Prosecutor's press conference in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Today, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, the correspondent of the IA "Regnum" and a number of other journalists who have been long working in the Republic were not admitted to the press conference of Oleg Zharikov, newly-appointed Public Prosecutor of Kabardino-Balkaria.

July 19, 2007 11:21

• Azerbaijan: Armenians are accused of destroying historical monuments

  Armenians have erased ancient inscriptions and pictures from the walls of the "Sary Musa" sanctuary in the Hachyntyurbetli village of the occupied Agdam District. Instead, they pictures crosses and inscriptions in the Armenian language.

July 18, 2007 23:15

• CEC of Nagorno-Karabakh checked up the data on pre-election violations

  On July 13 and 16, the electoral headquarters of Masis Mailyan, candidate for President of Nagorno-Karabakh, sent complaints to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), which listed more than 40 facts of possible law violations.

July 18, 2007 22:26

• Politicians and public figures of Ingushetia are indignant with teacher's murder and act of terrorism in the cemetery

  The law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia continue to investigate into the murder accomplished at night on July 16 in the centre of Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Sunzha District of Ingushetia.

July 18, 2007 18:13

• Human rights activists: LDPR deputy Abeltsev has slandered Trepashkin

  The public committee "In Defence of Political Prisoner Advocate Mikhail Trepashkin" has addressed the RF General Public Prosecutor with a demand to hold investigation into the fact of slander in relation to ex-FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin.

July 18, 2007 13:56

• OSCE approves Azerbaijani decision on oppositional mass medium

  Yesterday, on July 17, the Baku OSCE office made a statement welcoming the use for the first time in Azerbaijan by the Yasamal District Court of the European case law in the case related to a mass medium.

July 18, 2007 11:19

• Georgia drafts a bill on fighting racism

  The Union "Civil Movement of Multinational Georgia" (CMMG) begins drafting the bill "On Fighting Racism and Racial Discrimination."

July 17, 2007 17:43

• The RF Supreme Court wishes to itself consider claims against Russia

  The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (RF) is drafting a bill that assumes to vest it with the powers to consider the applications of Russian citizens who bring actions against the state.

July 17, 2007 17:00

• Prosecutor's Office: case on the explosive found on Botashov spoils the image of Adygea

  On July 3, the Republic's Radio informed, with reference to Kaplan Daurov, head of the UBOP of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Adygea, that on June 27, in the apartment of Ibrahim Botashov, located in Takhtamukai District of Adygea, employees of the UBOP of the MIA of Adygea found a self-made explosive device.

July 17, 2007 14:51

• Parents of the militants lost in Kabardino-Balkaria receive answer from the State Office of Public Prosecutor on the fact of cremation

  On June 22, 2007, a group of parents of the militants, who had fallen victim in Kabardino-Balkaria, addressed Deputy General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation (RF) for the South Federal District, and to head of the investigatory group, with an application requesting explanations on the fact of cremation of the bodies of their sons.

July 17, 2007 13:35

• Book by Thomas Holtz about current Caucasian conflicts presented in Georgia

  Presentation of the book "Georgian Diary. Chronicle of Wars and Political Chaos in Post-Soviet Caucasus" (2006) written by American journalist Thomas Holtz was held in the capital of Georgia.

July 17, 2007 12:23

• Report on ensuring access to information presented in Abkhazia

  A report was presented in Sukhumi entitled "Research on Access to Information in Abkhazia and Its Effect on Life of People," prepared within the Project "Better Authorities' Work on Ensuring Access to Information in Abkhazia," executed by the "Article 21" in partnership with the Sukhumi Media-Club.

July 17, 2007 12:06

• Kuznetsov's defender: authorities persecute best Russian advocates

  The investigation materials in relation to Boris Kuznetsov, advocate of ex-senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan, have been declared to be a state secret, Victor Parshutkin, defender of Kuznetsov who escaped from Russia, said.

July 17, 2007 11:41

• Dagestan debates on shooting down peaceful meeting

  A roundtable was held in Dagestan on observance of human rights in the Republic with participation of Lev Ponomaryov, head of the Public Movement "For Human Rights," Upumazil Omarova, Ombudswoman at the President of Dagestan, members of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" and others.

July 17, 2007 11:13

• Facts of incredible corruption are investigated in Chechnya

  The Republic's Public Prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov made the statement that corruption in Chechnya is prospering at all social levels and has reached unbelievable scale.