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Events in Ingushetia

November 02, 2005 21:20

A local resident is abducted and police officer is killed in the republic.

Suspects confirm torture in Nalchik

November 01, 2005 20:17

Caucasian Knot contacts one of those detained on suspicion of taking part in the Nalchik attack on 13 October.

Trial continues in empty courthouse

November 01, 2005 19:46

Victims fail to come another hearing of the Beslan attack case.

Living conditions extremely poor in Grozny

November 01, 2005 19:44

Residents of the Chechen capital complain of authorities' inattention towards such problems.

Opposition denied assembly

November 01, 2005 19:42

The government of Baku prohibits the opposition from holding a public meeting.

'Clean-up' numbers soar in Chechnya

November 01, 2005 19:40

Residents of the republic indicate that the number of "clean-ups" in Chechnya has grown dramatically.

Police post attacked

November 01, 2005 19:38

A group of armed people attack a checkpoint wounding two officers.

Chechnya's president demands stopping abductions

October 31, 2005 19:32

President Alkhanov is "very much concerned that abductions have been more for ransom than for other motives lately."

Three wounded in Chechnya

October 28, 2005 19:04

Bomb blasts wound three Russian military men in the republic.

Maskhadov 'was killed by his guard'

October 28, 2005 18:57

The results of a ballistic examination of a bullet from the body of Aslan Maskhadov are announced.

Sentence for Borozdinovskaia passed in Chechnya

October 27, 2005 20:21

One officer of the Vostok battalion is given a suspended sentence of three years for the <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/814535.html" target="_blank">clean-up</a> in Borozdinovskaia.

Two abducted in Chechnya

October 27, 2005 19:34

Two persons are abducted overnight in the republic.

New extrajudicial executions in Chechnya

October 27, 2005 19:31

Two dead bodies with numerous shrapnel wounds are found in the republic.

Crackdown in Adygeia

October 26, 2005 22:35

A group of six Muslims are detained and tortured in Adygeia "in connection with the Nalchik events."

Police violence raging in Kabardino-Balkaria

October 26, 2005 21:25

Those suspected of the attack on Nalchik are being tortured and humiliated.

Kulayev case under way in N Ossetia

October 25, 2005 21:14

The prosecution begins to read out the evidence of those victims who have refused to come to the trial.

Head of administration killed in Chechnya

October 25, 2005 21:10

Unknown attackers shoot dead the Chechen-Aul head of administration.

Nalchik attack caused by repressions

October 24, 2005 16:19

The attack on Nalchik was caused by repressive actions of Kabardino-Balkaria's government, think Muslims.

Attacks on military men in Chechnya

October 24, 2005 16:14

Three are killed and seven are wounded in the republic.

Rights still abused in Chechnya, Ingushetia

October 21, 2005 20:35

A human rights defender summarises a trip to Ingushetia and Chechnya.