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500 citizens of Georgia annually become victims of human trafficking. Such information is contained in the report on human trafficking (illegal trade in human beings) prepared by the US State Department.

Alu Alkhanov, President of Chechnya, has welcomed the ruling of the RF Supreme Court presidium to the effect that the "Ulman's case" will be considered by a panel of three professional judges and not by a jury.

Armenia, like Georgia and Azerbaijan, is listed among the second category countries where women, children and men become victims of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation and forced labour.

Yesterday, June 6, the Staropromyslovski district administration in the Chechen capital tried to move internally displaced persons (IDP) from the temporary shelter (TS) in Derzhavin Street of Grozny.

Nurdi Nukhazhiev, Chechen ombudsman, has refuted information of certain human rights activists on the discovery in the centre of Grozny of a secret prison in which people were tortured and killed.

The today's issue of the newspaper "Kabardino-Balkarskaya Pravda" carries an article titled "Wanted!" with photographs of 24 individuals listed as wanted on the suspicion of taking part in the attack on Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, last October.

The authorities of Dagestan delay the compensation for the damage inflicted on civilians as a result of secret operations on liquidation of militants.

"Quite possibly, the complaint may be recognized as a priority and will be considered by an accelerated procedure," said Dina Vedernikova.

Yesterday, June 5, the Kabardino-Balkaria MIA published the lists of militants wanted in connection with the attack on Nalchik last October.

"Go to your villages!" declared Khozhbaudi Estamirov, head of Staropromyslovski district administration of the capital of Chechnya, to the residents of the temporary shelter for refugees (TS) located at 289, Derzhavin Street in Grozny.

On June 3-4, 2006, a two-day seminar "Counteracting violations in North Caucasus" was held, which was organized by the regional human rights organization "Chechen Committee of National Salvation" headed by Ruslan Badalov, with the financial support of the European Commission office in the RF.

On May 29, 30 and 31, employees of the "Memorial" human rights centre examined and made video and photo records of vacant buildings in the Chechen capital where prior to May 27 the RF MIA Operational Group in October district of Grozny had been dislocated, and previously the Temporary department of internal affairs (TDIA) of the district, reports Dmitri Grushkin, employee of the "Memorial" HRC to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The hunger strike of the "Independent Azerbaijan" university (IAU) students in which about 60 persons take part has been lasting for 5 days.

Upon the instruction of Khozhbaudi Estamirov, head of Staropromyslovski district administration of the capital of Chechnya, 47 families of forced migrants are to be moved out from the TS at 289, Derzhavin Street located on the territory of the former kindergarten.

Gudrat Gasanguliev, member of the Azeri delegation who has taken part in the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Paris, reports to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that a document on the situation in South Azerbaijan has been submitted to the political committee of the NATO PA.

"Echo Moskvy" radio reports that a soldier of regular military service from Karachaevo-Cherkessia has died in one of the military units of Stavropol Territory.

As the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has been informed at the Baku office of the Movement for National Emergence of Southern Azerbaijan (MNESA), mass arrests of participants in the actions of protest continue in South Azerbaijan.

Starting from today and in the course of the coming ten months, an action is to be held in Armenia devoted to the problems of children's rights.

In order "not to impede the investigation or aggravate the situation" in Volgograd, Governor Nikolai Maksiuta has temporarily prohibited all marches and meetings in the city.

" To acquit... owing to the innocence of the defendant of committing the crime... The material evidence, i.e. RGN grenade (without a fuse), shall be destroyed upon the ruling coming into force, " runs the court ruling passed on May 18 by Khasavyurt town court (Dagestan) on the criminal case of human rights activist O. Boliev.