Founders of the "Educated Media" declare self-liquidation July 09, 2007 21:57 The "Educated Media" Foundation, which is the assignee of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (ANCO) "Internews," has declared its self-liquidation.
Azerbaijan: the arrested satirist starts a hunger strike July 09, 2007 21:04 Last Sunday, on July 8, satirical poet Mirza Sakit who had been sentenced in Azerbaijan, began his hunger strike action in colony No. 14 in protest against violation of his rights.
Abkhazian public demands to find those attempted on Ankvab July 09, 2007 19:12 Today at 8:15 a.m. in the city of Gudauta, an attempt was made on Prime Minister Alexandr Ankvab. The head of Abkhazian Government was hospitalized with slight wounds in his back.
The Armenian language can be awarded regional status in Samtskhe-Javakhetiya July 09, 2007 18:27 The District Assembly of Akhalkalaki (Georgia) has made a decision to set up a special board consisting of members of the Assembly and Armenian and Georgian specialists to tackle the issue of awarding the Armenian language in Samtskhe-Javakhetiya the status of the regional language along with the state Georgian language.
Kabardino-Balkaria: trial of militiamen accused of beating teenagers postponed July 09, 2007 15:43 The court session of the Elborus District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria on the case of beating by employees of the local ROVD of two teenagers due to take place today has failed because of non-appearance of one of the main witnesses.
"Novye Izvestia": Russians are not definite in their attitude to migrants July 09, 2007 13:44 Russians have not defined their attitude to migrants. This is the conclusion of the "Novye Izvestia" newspaper based on the poll conducted by the "Public Opinion" Foundation (POF).
North Ossetian Ingushes protest against kidnapping of locals July 09, 2007 11:32 On July 7, two residents of Chermen village, Prigorodny District, Mukhazhir Gaisanov, 61, and Magomed Torshkhoev, 67, disappeared. On July 8 and 9, relatives and fellow-villagers of the missing persons took part in spontaneous meetings.
Armenia does not believe in complete disclosure of Hrant Dink's murder July 07, 2007 21:35 On July 2 the first hearing took place at the Court of Istanbul of Hrant Dink's murder case. The trial of 18 defendants lasted for about 12 hours. For 12 of them, the custody was chosen to be the freedom restriction measure.
Activists of the "Equality Institute" released in Georgia July 07, 2007 17:48 Representatives of the Georgian nongovernmental organization (NGO) "Equality Institute" Jaba Dzhishkariani, Leval Gogichaishvili and David Dalakishvili were released from arrest today at 2:00 p.m.
Azerbaijan: criminal case initiated against officer who gave up his citizenship July 07, 2007 17:13 The conflict of the Azerbaijani officer with the top managers of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) started two years ago after inspection at the Peace-Making Battalion of Azerbaijan in Iraq, where numerous violations had been revealed.
After approval of Sochi-2014 application the second wave of protest begins July 07, 2007 13:23 The residents of the Imereti Lowland are preparing their new meetings of protest against their eviction.
Relatives of those perished in Nalchik: they burnt torture traces in crematorium July 07, 2007 12:07 The relatives of the militants who fell victim during the 2005 autumn attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria are convinced that cremation of the militants' bodies was nothing else but an attempt of the authorities to destroy the traces of tortures applied to them and lawless executions.
President of Abkhazia blames Georgia for escalating the conflict July 07, 2007 11:56 Today, President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh has met Ivo Petrov, deputy special representative of the UN Secretary General in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, and chief military observer of the UN Mission General Khan-Khattak.
Azerbaijan upholds the verdict to journalists who abused Prophet Mohammed July 06, 2007 23:53 Today in Azerbaijan, the Appeal Court has considered the complaint of Samir Sadatoglu, editor-in-chief of the "Sanat" (Culture) newspaper, and publicist Rafik Tagi.
Azerbaijani human rights activists meet "Ago" Group July 06, 2007 23:00 The "Ago" Group that is now in Azerbaijan met human rights activists. The meeting considered the situation with the freedom of speech, the law "On Freedom of Assembly," the staff of electoral commissions, voters' lists, the problem of political prisoners, etc.
Sh. Torosyan: Javakhk problems in Georgia should be solved systemically July 06, 2007 16:30 The numerous problems existing in Javakhk now have an addition: Georgian authorities intend to dismiss all the Armenians who do not speak Georgian.
"Memorial": European Court's decisions on Chechnya do not reduce the crime count July 06, 2007 16:25 The judicial system of the European Court for Human Rights is far from being perfect, since it resorts to forcing a respondent-state to pay out compensation. Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," called this practice the "impunity tax."
State Duma has passed the law on fighting extremism July 06, 2007 15:57 The Russian State Duma has passed in the third and final reading the law on strengthening the struggle against extremism.
Dagestan native sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for driving his comrade-in-arms to suicide July 06, 2007 15:46 In February 2006, at anonymous polling on the problem of hazing in the army, held in the military unit No. 22292 of the 85th Motor Rifle Division, a number of servicemen pointed to private Ruslan Velkhiev as an infringer of statutory relations.
Secretary of Dagestan Security Council met refugees from Borozdinovskaya village July 06, 2007 13:13 On July 5, Ahmed-Nabi Magdigadzhiev, Secretary of the Security Council of Dagestan, had a meeting with the initiative group of the refugees from Borozdinovskaya village.