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November 15, 2006 22:06

• Russia and European Union discussed human rights violations in North Caucasus

  On November 8, the fourth round of regular Russia-EU consultations on human rights was held in Brussels. Russia was represented by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

November 14, 2006 23:58

• Arrests of Georgian natives continue in Moscow

  In Moscow, they go on with mass arrests and deportations of Georgian natives. This was the topic of the press conference "'Road to Calvary' of Georgian in Moscow Continues" held today in the Independent Press Centre.

November 14, 2006 22:39

• Georgia accuses Russia of fascism

  Georgia has compared Moscow's actions towards Georgians with persecutions of Jews in Germany in 1930s, the Reuters reports.

November 14, 2006 22:36

• Chechen authorities refute Human Rights Watch's information on tortures in the Republic

  The authorities of Chechnya assert that the Human Rights Watch International Organization, which published yesterday a large-scale report on tortures in Chechnya, has essentially exaggerated the scale of the problem.

November 14, 2006 22:33

• Kondopoga court sent back Mozgalyov's case to prosecutor's office

  Today, the court of the Korelian town of Kondopoga has sent back to the prosecutor's office the case against one of the instigators of the mass fight that led to the murder of two locals.

November 14, 2006 13:59

• One of examinations on Beslan recognized illegal

  The Leninskiy District Court of the city of Vladikavkaz has recognized the so-called situational examination on Beslan act of terror to be illegal.

November 13, 2006 23:59

• Council of Europe: South Ossetia referendum was useless and unfair

  The Council of Europe regards the referendum on South Ossetia independence from Georgia to be "excessive, useless and unfair."

November 13, 2006 23:58

• 96 percent vote for Kokoity at South Ossetia presidential election

  Bella Plieva, head of the Central Electoral Commission of South Ossetia, informed that 96% of voters have cast their ballots for Eduard Kokoity, incumbent president of South Ossetia, and so far, ballot papers from 64 out of 78 constituencies, that is about 80% of the total, have been processed.

November 13, 2006 23:51

• Human Rights Watch: they continue torturing inmates in Chechnya

  The International Organization Human Rights Watch has disseminated a report on tortures in Chechnya.

November 13, 2006 23:50

• "Commersant": Litvinenko, FSB ex-officer, was poisoned for information on Politkovskaya's murder

  Mr. Litvinenko asserts that on November 1, in a restaurant in the Piccadilly Circle, Mr. Scaramella gave him a certain document: "I understood from the text that the people mentioned therein could have actually organized Anna Politkovskaya's murder."

November 13, 2006 23:08

• Claim of Borozdinovskaya residents to Defence Ministry to be considered in December

  On December 18, the Presnya Court of Moscow will consider on the merits the claim lodged by 41 residents of the Chechen Borozdinovskaya village to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on collection of 126 million Russian roubles.

November 11, 2006 22:51

• Several meetings are planned to mark the 40th day of Anna Politkovskaya's death

  Russian human rights activists have submitted a notification to the authorities on a picket to mark the 40th day after Anna Politkovskaya's murder, the "Echo Moskvy" reports. It is planned for the evening of November 15 in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park of Moscow.

November 11, 2006 22:49

• Suspect of Politkovskaya's murder moves his version of the crime

  Militia lieutenant colonel Alexander Prilepin, searched on suspicion of participation in Anna Politkovskaya's murder, gave an interview to journalists of the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" newspaper, in which he declared his innocence and that the crime was politically motivated.

November 11, 2006 22:46

• KGB of South Ossetia: Georgia's special agencies prepared coup d'etat and Kokoity's murder

  The Committee for State Security ("KGB") of South Ossetia has informed about disclosure of the plot devised by special agencies of Georgia on physical destruction of Eduard Kokoity, president of the Republic.

November 11, 2006 22:43

• Human rights activists: the Chechnya resident dissatisfied with the European Court's verdict has to blame himself for loosing compensation

  Saidali Luluev, who was not happy with the judgment of the European Court on the case of his wife's murder in Chechnya, had himself objected to his name being mentioned in the claim documents, since feared that it could damage his judge career, Arsen Sakalov, director of the Ingush Public Organization "Legal Initiative" that assisted the Luluevs family in lodging the complaint to Strasbourg, told.

November 11, 2006 22:26

• NATO Secretary General is against referendum in South Ossetia

  Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, has declared that the Alliance stands against the independence referendum and presidential election in South Ossetia to be held on November 12.

November 11, 2006 13:05

• Prosecutor's office detained Sadretdinov acquitted on Khlebnikov's murder again

  The Moscow prosecutor's office detained again Fail Sadretdinov who was earlier acquitted on the case of murder of Paul Khlebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine.

November 11, 2006 01:43

• Editors of the leading mass media of Azerbaijan continue their hunger strike

  A group of editors of Azerbaijani mass media continue their hunger strike action. The protesters' requirements have not changed, they still demand from the authorities to address the problem of "Azadlyg" newspaper and other mass media.

November 10, 2006 23:23

• 160 NCOs were successful to reregister in Russia

  A total of 160 non-commercial organizations (NCOs) from 17 countries have passed the reregistration procedure in Russia, including human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" and "Amnesty International."

November 10, 2006 23:13

• Member of Chechen family, winner of European Court suit, indignant with its decision

  Saidali Luluev, husband of Nura Lulueva, a peaceful resident murdered in Chechnya, whose family is the winner of the yesterday's, November 9, case versus Russia at the European Court for Human Rights, remains unsatisfied with the Court's judgment.