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March 21, 2005 23:26

• Aliyev signs 'historic' pardon decree

  More than 50 political prisoners are released in Azerbaijan.

March 18, 2005 23:25

• Local government enforces media restrictions

  New accreditation rules may seriously impair media performance.

March 18, 2005 23:11

• New victim of extrajudicial execution

  The dead man was found in the boot of a car on the roadside.

March 18, 2005 23:11

• Children's rights checked in Dagestan

  Leading to more than 150 violations revealed.

March 18, 2005 22:47

• Prisoners go on hunger strike

  The living conditions are 'far from normal' in the prison, an official admits.

March 17, 2005 23:35

• Government shares death toll figures

  A Chechen official gives figures for Russian casualties in Chechnya.

March 17, 2005 22:56

• EU state may be violating rights

  A Chechen couple is searched, interrogated and deported from Finland without any explanation.

March 16, 2005 23:07

• COE official critical of Azerbaijan

  The country may face sanctions in April, unless it can show it is really determined to release its political prisoners.

March 16, 2005 23:05

• Azeri leaders threaten war, pin blame on Armenia

  Statements are highly critical in Azerbaijan, as Armenia allegedly breaks the ceasefire agreement.

March 15, 2005 23:03

• Student's rights violated in Georgia

  Police take tough action to disperse a public meeting of students in Tbilisi.

March 14, 2005 23:12

• More details of Maskhadov's death

  Information is contradictory about <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a>'s death. Many in the republic believe he was killed before 8 March in an area different from that in the official version.

March 11, 2005 23:57

• Shifting responsibility

  Often criticised for its inability to ensure Meskhetian Turks' rights, the Russian government is happy to remind Georgia of commitments.

March 11, 2005 22:36

• High-ranking police officers involved in kidnappings

  Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry neutralises an organised crime group that has long been involved in kidnappings.

March 10, 2005 23:50

• FSB apathy makes people doubt

  Many in Tolstoy-Yurt think <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> was already dead when brought to the village.

March 09, 2005 23:08

• Accounts differ of how Maskhadov died

  There are strong reasons to believe <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> may have been killed by Chechen law enforcement and security agencies under Ramzan Kadyrov's command.

March 08, 2005 23:54

• Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange fire

  The ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has today been violated.

March 07, 2005 23:14

• Abductions still underway in Chechnya

  Seven young men were abducted by people who appeared to be law enforcement officers.

March 05, 2005 23:52

• Police officer murdered in Chechnya

  The body of Zelimkhan Betelgeriyev with gunshot wounds was found in the Leninsky district of Grozny.

March 05, 2005 22:36

• Clean-ups in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan, Sunzha districts

  Locals say 20 people have already been detained and brought away.

March 04, 2005 23:59

• Witness confesses to firing control shots

  The North Caucasus District Court Martial has today interrogated Private Ivan Melekhin, a prosecution witness in the Ulman case.