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23:25, 2 October 2006

Source in the Ministry of Defence: Russia's war on Georgia is possible

At a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council in the "Novo-Ogaryovo" Residence, president Vladimir Putin disclosed those standing behind the espionage scandal in Georgia and arrests of Russian servicemen.

22:58, 30 September 2006

J. Chirac: to accede the EU, Turkey has to recognize genocide of Armenians

Turkey has to acknowledge its mistakes of the past including the 1915 genocide of Armenians in order to join the European Union, President of France Jacques Chirac who is paying his state visit to Armenia stated at the press conference on Saturday, September 30, in Yerevan.

17:41, 28 September 2006

Court founds arrest of human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov to be legitimate

The Tverskoj Court of Moscow has found legitimate the three-day arrest ruling of Lev Ponomaryov, head of the Public Movement "For Human Rights."

12:03, 28 September 2006

Picket against war in Chechnya starts in the centre of Moscow

Today at 5:30 p.m., in the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in the centre of Moscow, a picket against the war in Chechnya was organized by the Committee of Antiwar Actions and Antiwar Club.

11:52, 28 September 2006

Arrest of Lev Ponomaryov caused public protests in Kabardino-Balkaria

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that a picket was organized on September 3 in Moscow near the Solovki Boulder in memory of Beslan events.

11:48, 27 September 2006

Kabardino-Balkaria: children of the militants who perished on October 13, 2005, are paid social pensions

The children of the militants who perished during October events in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, have begun to receive social pensions at a rate of 1035 roubles per month.

11:43, 27 September 2006

Prosecutor-General's Office of Azerbaijan allowed Eldar Salaev to leave abroad for medical treatment

On September 30, Academician Eldar Salaev will leave for Turkey to continue his treatment.

11:30, 27 September 2006

Azerbaijan: another life convict hang himself in Gobustan prison

It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that another life-term prisoner has committed suicide in Gobustan prison (Azerbaijan).

10:02, 27 September 2006

Participants of the picket in memory of Beslan victims condemned in Moscow

Yesterday, September 26, Judge Natalia Dyatlova from the Moscow Magistrate Court District No. 370 delivered her judgment on administrative cases of the participants of the mourning human rights picket held on September 3 this year "In Memory of Beslan Tragedy," which was prohibited and dispersed by the authorities of the capital.

15:13, 17 July 2006

"The Other Russia" discussed situation in Northern Caucasus

On July 11 and 12, 2006, the "Renaissance-Moscow" hotel hosted an All-Russian Conference "The Other Russia," convoked by the Action Committee of the All-Russian Civil Congress.

20:21, 15 July 2006

Journalist Arrested in Azerbaijan is Worse

Yesterday, July 14, the state of health of Sakid Zakhidov, the satirist journalist arrested in Azerbaijan, sharply deteriorated, told Emin Husseinov, head of committee for the protection of S. Zakhidov's rights, to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

20:48, 14 July 2006

FC Approved Amendments into the Law on Extremism

Today, the Federation Council plenary session approved amendments into the Federal Law "On Counteracting Extremist Activity ", which more precisely formulate the notion of "extremist activity."

20:40, 14 July 2006

Inmates of Gobustan Prison in Azerbaijan Tried to Commit Suicide

The administration of Gobustan prison (Azerbaijan) goes on exerting pressure on the participants in the hunger strike, trying to make them stop it, according to the sources linked with the prisoners' relatives who provided information to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

20:33, 14 July 2006

OSCE is Concerned about Sentencing the "Eni Fikir" Activists in Azerbaijan

Said Nuri, activist of the "Eni Fikir " ("New Thinking") youth organization, who is under a suspended sentence of five yours in prison in Azerbaijan, has called the sentence on his companions-in-arms unfair, noting that the court hearing was conducted with violations of the law.

20:29, 14 July 2006

NGOs and Abkhazian Journalists Stand up for Parastaev and Tskhovrebov

Today, representatives of a number of Abkhazian NGOs and journalists disseminated a joint declaration in which they note that people in Abkhazia have enthusiastically welcomed the decision to declare 2006 the Year of Abkhazia in South Ossetia and the Year of South Ossetia in Abkhazia.

15:08, 13 July 2006

Information about death of arrested ex-minister of public health of Azerbaijan was not true

Information about death of Ali Insanov, former Health Minister, was not confirmed, runs the message of the Public Relations Centre of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) of Azerbaijan.

19:31, 12 July 2006

Authorities of Azerbaijan admitted the fact of hunger strike of the prisoners at Gobustan prison

In his interview to Radio Liberty, a senior official of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan admitted the fact of hunger strike held by the inmates of the Gobustan prison. But the official insisted that only three life convicts are on the action.

19:29, 12 July 2006

OSCE expresses concern with arrest of journalist in Azerbaijan

Miklosh Kharashti, OSCE mass media representative, expressed his concern in relation to arrest in Azerbaijan of Sakit Zakhidov, a satirical journalist.

19:23, 12 July 2006

Hunger strike of refugees in North Ossetia continues

June 30, 2006, inhabitants of the refugee settlement Maiskiy of the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia declared themselves getting prepared for a hunger strike action.

19:42, 11 July 2006

Human rights activists dissatisfied with new amendments on extremism

Amendments to the law "On Counteracting Extremist Activities," adopted in the first reading by the State Duma, will impede the work of human rights activists and journalists who criticize bureaucrats, Russian human rights activists think.

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