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14:32, 12 May 2005

It has been 11 years since the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was reached, but peace remains very fragile in the region.

13:54, 12 May 2005

Chechnya overridden

Casualties and abuse continue in Chechnya.

12:13, 12 May 2005

Dagestan turning into hotspot

Civilian and law enforcement casualties mount in Dagestan.

13:54, 11 May 2005

Opposition parties prohibited from holding public meeting

Azerbaijani authorities threaten to use force in the event of an unauthorised public meeting of the opposition.

12:30, 11 May 2005

Law enforcement agents targeted in Dagestan

More than 20 officers of Dagestani law enforcement agencies have been killed since the beginning of 2005.

17:50, 6 May 2005

Separatists report abuse

Chechen separatists claim federal forces have abducted members of Doku Umarov's family.

17:49, 6 May 2005

Police officer commits suicide

A riot police officer shoots himself in the head.

17:47, 6 May 2005

Women protest against abuse

Several dozen women hold a picket against abductions in Chechnya.

17:45, 6 May 2005

Racist slaughter on VE eve

Three young men hack Azerbaijani to death.

11:32, 5 May 2005

Deserters may be sued

Georgian military authorities deny hazing with respect to the ethnic Armenians who deserted the army.

11:31, 5 May 2005

Torture in pre-trial detention centre denied

A detainee denies torture in the pre-trial detention centre of Ingushetia's Internal Affairs Ministry.

11:28, 5 May 2005

Chechnya's young go to mountains

Young men are reported to increasingly often go to rebels in the mountains.

09:32, 4 May 2005

Ossetian-Ingush conflict handled

A plan is implemented to settle the conflict.

09:28, 4 May 2005

Torture in pre-trial detention

An Ingush opposition leader says detainees are tortured in a pre-trial detention centre.

09:26, 4 May 2005

Twelve flee from ethnically motivated hazing

Twelve servicemen desert the Georgian army.

08:46, 1 May 2005

Shaving as method

Police in Azerbaijan fight Wahhabism by shaving beards.

08:35, 1 May 2005

Refugees denied foreign assistance

Azerbaijan's Tax Ministry blocks Norwegian Refugee Council accounts.

07:52, 1 May 2005

Another attack on opposition press

The AZAL airline bans sale of opposition newspapers.

22:37, 30 April 2005

Country report on terrorism for Georgia - 2004

The report on Georgia from the U.S. State Department's <a href="http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm" target="_blank">Country Reports on Terrorism 2004</a>.

22:36, 30 April 2005

Country report on terrorism for Azerbaijan - 2004

The report on Azerbaijan from the U.S. State Department's <a href="http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm" target="_blank">Country Reports on Terrorism 2004</a>.

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