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23:59, 19 January 2005

Policemen do not hide implication in assault against journalist

Sarmat Parastayev, a brother of director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies Alan Parastayev taken to the Gudushuari medical center in Tbilisi, Georgia, has reported that Alan was beaten by officers of the South Osetian Interior Ministry.

23:55, 19 January 2005

Azerbaijan can suffer from US attack against Iran

Some time ago, the Arabian media reported that the United States was going to attack Iran from three directions: from Iraq, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The Caucasian Knot correspondent has turned to Azerbaijan political scientists for comments on the issue.

23:15, 19 January 2005

IHF, FIDH indignant at kidnappings of Maskhadov's relatives

Today, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) have addressed an open letter to President Putin on the kidnappings of Aslan Maskhadov's relatives by Chechen enforcement agencies.

23:59, 18 January 2005

Chechen student's sentence to be appealed

Vladimir Suvorov and Zezag Usmanova, the defense of Zara Murtazaliyeva - a resident of Chechnya convicted by the Moscow City Court on January 17, are extremely dissatisfied with the court decision. The court sentenced the 22-year-old student from Chechnya to 9 years' imprisonment.

23:57, 18 January 2005

Journalist sees political motives behind his beating

Director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies Alan Parastayev supposes that political motives are behind his beating by officers of the South Osetian Interior Ministry on December 30, 2004.

23:56, 17 January 2005

Azerbaijan authorities consider HRW report biased

In the latest report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) lays strictures on actions of the Azerbaijan authorities and mentions numerous violations of human rights.

23:54, 17 January 2005

NGO raided, no comments given

The special operation in the office of the Information Center of the Council of NGOs, which is situated in Nazran, Ingushetia, was conducted on January 12. A group of military men in masks armed with automatic rifles and light machine-guns rushed into the flat in the center of Nazran the organization rented as an office.

23:21, 17 January 2005

Two special operations in Dagestan

Private houses, which rebels from the Dzhennet group were supposed to be in, were stormed in two Dagestani towns, Makhachkala and Kaspiysk.

23:45, 14 January 2005

Azerbaijan pilgrims to turn to European Court

A group of believers is staging a rally in front of the Saudi Arabia Embassy to Azerbaijan demanding that visas should be granted to them to participate in the Hajj. The diplomatic mission of Saudi Arabia has delivered an official note of protest to the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry.

23:40, 14 January 2005

Shariat organization succeeds to Dzhennet rebel group

Rebels under the command of Rasul Makasharipov have been killing policemen, judges and prosecutors in Dagestan since 2002. The number of their victims has already reached 30 people.

23:12, 14 January 2005

ICRC employee disappears in Chechnya

Chechen law enforcers are checking information about the happening and searching for the people who went away in a car together with Said Husein Deniyev, said an officer of the Chechen Interior Ministry.

23:55, 13 January 2005

Purge in NGO office

Head of the Information Center of the Council of NGOs Taisa Isayeva thinks that yesterday's incident showed the lack of professionalism of Ingush special services.

23:46, 13 January 2005

Azerbaijan opposition may unite

"It's time for all democratic forces to unite and put an end to authoritarianism in Azerbaijan," said chair of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli.

23:37, 13 January 2005

Bagapsh wins presidential election

68,225 people, or 90.1%, voted for Sergey Bagapsh, and 3,467 people, or 4.5%, did for Yakub Lakoba.

23:57, 12 January 2005

Georgian police units move to villages bordering on Abkhazia

They will assure the safety of people in the villages of Ganmukhuri and Khurcha in Georgia's Zugdidi district, announced Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania.

23:32, 12 January 2005

Deaths from torture registered in police departments

In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, chairman of the Azerbaijan Committee Against Torture Elchin Bekhbudov said that 7 deaths from torture were registered in Azerbaijan in 2004.

23:20, 12 January 2005

Armenian, Azerbaijan foreign ministers meet in Prague

Spokesman for the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry Metin Mirza told the Caucasian Knot correspondent that there were no changes in positions of the sides but there was some approach.

23:52, 11 January 2005

Yeni Musavat published again

The publication of one of the main newspapers of the Azerbaijan opposition, Yeni Musavat, was resumed on January 10. It happened due to "the latest financial means", announced editors of the newspaper.

23:48, 11 January 2005

European Court considers Viktoria Sypchenko's claim

The European Court of Human Rights is considering a claim of Viktoria Sypchenko, a resident of the town of Bataysk, Rostov Region. Earlier, she was put on probation for three years under the article "Fraud". Viktoria was pregnant, nevertheless she was under arrest in the course of investigation.

23:03, 11 January 2005

Abkhazian parties, NGOs declare against presidential election

"The time given for the preparation and holding of the election sufficed only for continuation of the chosen tactics ? to come to power by all means, but not for the holding of the fair election of the head of state," leaders of some Abkhazian parties and non-governmental organizations announced in a joint statement.

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