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15:55, 26 May 2006

Relatives of Chilaev kidnapped in Chechnya notified on his death

The relatives of Bulat Chilaev, employee of the "Civil Assistance" committee for assistance to refugees kidnapped in Chechnya on April 9 by soldiers of unknown units, have been notified that Bulat and Aslan Israilov, resident of Grozny who disappeared simultaneously with him, were killed on the day of "disappearance," reports Svetlana Gannushkina.

15:43, 25 May 2006

Picket was held in Chechnya with a demand to find kidnapped Chilaev

Today, from 2 to 3 p.m., the "Civil Assistance" committee and the "Memorial" human rights centre held a picket protesting against kidnapping of Bulat Chilaev, employee of the program of assistance to sick people of the "Civil Assistance" committee.

15:40, 25 May 2006

High delegations from the Council of Europe to visit Azerbaijan

The Council of Europe information centre in Azerbaijan has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan, are arriving with a two-day visit today.

15:36, 25 May 2006

Today, human rights activists to meet with Chechen President Alu Alkhanov

Today, after the completion of the picket of protest in Grozny against the kidnapping of Bulat Chilaev, employee of the "Civil Assistance" committee, which, as already has been reported by the "Caucasian Knot," is to be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on the Akhmad-Khadji Kadyrov square in the Chechen capital, a meeting of human rights activists with Chechen President Alu Alkhanov will take place.

15:04, 25 May 2006

"West" battalion possibly involved in kidnapping human rights activist in Chechnya

Today, from 2 to 3 p.m., the "Civil Assistance" committee and the "Memorial" human rights centre will hold a picket protesting against the kidnapping of Bulat Chilaev, employee of the program of assistance to sick people of the "Civil Assistance" committee.

14:55, 25 May 2006

Head of administration of the Datykh settlement in Ingushetia detained

On May 24, Magomed Padiyev, head of administration of the Datykh settlement in Ingushetia, and his bother have been detained.

14:48, 25 May 2006

More than 4000 people excluded from the list of refugees in Chechnya

Six temporary shelters on the territory of the Chechen Republic have been vacated as a result of TS checks.

14:47, 24 May 2006

"The Voice of Beslan" intend to apply to European Court of Human Rights

Relatives of those who died as a result of seizure of school number 1 in Beslan intend to apply to the European Court of Human Rights.

14:32, 24 May 2006

Azerbaijanis in Iran prepare mass actions

A meeting in Tabriz is going to be held on May 28, Independence Day of Azerbaijan, as a continuation of the actions of protest of Azerbaijanis residing in Iran.

14:29, 24 May 2006

Georgian NGO action against arbitrariness of police dispersed in Tbilisi

Tonight the Georgian police has dispersed scores of representatives of non-government organizations and political parties holding an action of protest on the Rustaveli avenue in front of the Georgian parliament.

14:19, 23 May 2006

Prosecutor's office of Dagestan appealed against the Khasavyurt court judgment on unlawfulness of arrest of Boliev, human rights activist

The prosecutor's office of Khasavyurt has appealed in the Supreme Court of Dagestan the ruling of the Khasavyurt town court of May 17 of this year on invalidating the November 16, 2005 award of the magistrate of section No 35 on the arrest of Osman Boliev, the local human rights activist, for two days for defying the orders of militia officers.

14:16, 23 May 2006

"Amnesty International": hostility towards foreigners, Chechens and human rights activists grows in Russia

The "Amnesty International" human rights organization in its new report expresses concern with the growth of xenophobia in Russia and violations of human rights in the Chechen conflict.

14:12, 23 May 2006

Women picket the Government building in the capital of Chechnya

Today, a group of women are picketing the entrance to the territory of the Chechen Government building in Grozny.

14:10, 23 May 2006

SFD ombudsmen to gather in Volgograd

Ombudsmen from nine subject provinces of SFD will discuss problems connected with observance of human rights in the course of the international scientific and practical conference "Public relations and human rights in the south of Russia: History, modern times, perspectives" which is to be held in Volgograd.

14:06, 22 May 2006

Alexander Cherkasov: "Disproportionate and unselective use of force takes place in North Caucasus"

This morning, rubbles have started to be removed on the place of the operation in Khasavyurt on the liquidation of militants.

14:03, 22 May 2006

Memory Day of Adygeis perished during the Russian-Caucasian war marked in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria

Two meetings were held on May 21 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in front of the memorial to the victims of the Russian-Caucasian war.

13:52, 22 May 2006

The term of arrest of Stomakhin, author of the "Caucasus-centre" Chechen separatists' site, extended

According to Frumkin, Stomakhin is still held in the prison hospital of the Moscow pre-trial prison "Matrosskaya Tishina."

13:47, 20 May 2006

Armenia signs Protocol 13 to the Convention on Human Rights on abolishing the death penalty

Vardan Oskanian, head of the Armenian MFA, has signed the 13th Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights abolishing the death penalty under any circumstances.

13:39, 20 May 2006

International organizations condemn the attack on journalist in Azerbaijan

The OSCE Baky office has resolutely condemned the "brutal attack" on Bakhaddin Khaziev, the chief editor of the opposition newspaper "Bizim Yol" ("Our way") and deputy chairman of the Party of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA).

13:33, 20 May 2006

Residents of the village of Mekhtiabad in Azerbaijan are against harassment of believers

Yesterday, on May 19, a group of residents of the village of Mekhtiabad in Azerbaijan held an action of protest in front of the mosque "Teze Pir" in which the Directorate of Caucasian Moslems (DCM) is located.

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