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23:11, 18 March 2005

Children's rights checked in Dagestan

Leading to more than 150 violations revealed.

22:47, 18 March 2005

Prisoners go on hunger strike

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

23:35, 17 March 2005

Government shares death toll figures

A Chechen official gives figures for Russian casualties in Chechnya.

22:56, 17 March 2005

EU state may be violating rights

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

23:07, 16 March 2005

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.

23:05, 16 March 2005

Azeri leaders threaten war, pin blame on Armenia

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

23:03, 15 March 2005

Student's rights violated in Georgia

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

23:12, 14 March 2005

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.

23:57, 11 March 2005

Shifting responsibility

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

22:36, 11 March 2005

High-ranking police officers involved in kidnappings

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

23:50, 10 March 2005

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.

23:08, 9 March 2005

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.

23:54, 8 March 2005

Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange fire

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

23:14, 7 March 2005

Abductions still underway in Chechnya

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

23:52, 5 March 2005

Police officer murdered in Chechnya

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

22:36, 5 March 2005

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

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

23:59, 4 March 2005

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.

23:58, 4 March 2005

More casualties in Chechnya

A bomb kills a reconnaissance unit commander.

23:57, 4 March 2005

Police officer found dead in Grozny, Chechnya

Criminals took the policeman's pistol with eight cartridges and ID.

23:48, 4 March 2005

Ajarian youth demand withdrawal of Russia's military base

Local students and members of the Kmara ("Enough") organisation staged a rally near Batumi Secondary School No.5, the military base stationed not far from it.

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