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On May 29, the organization for preservation of Tbilisi named "Tbilisi Amkari" held a preventive protest action with posters "SOS Tbilisi", standing against dismantling historical buildings in the centre of the Georgian capital.

Today, in the Leninskiy District of the capital of Chechnya, building workers have started dismantling the memorial complex erected in Grozny during Dzhokhar Dudaev's rule in memory of the victims of mass deportation of Chechens undertaken in February 1944.

The authorities of Armenia have made "imperceptible" steps to enforce PACE's Resolution No. 1609 dealing with the freedom of democratic institutes in the country. This conclusion was made at the recent session of the PACE's Monitoring Commission held in Kiev.

Four persons out of those wounded in South Ossetia by explosion in the territory of the South-Ossetian OMON (Special Militia) unit in the centre of the city of Tskhinvali have been forwarded to the Republic's Clinical Hospital of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia.

Today, the European Court for Human Rights has made public its decisions on five cases related to residents of Chechnya.

Today, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has continued, at its next session on the case considering the attack on Nalchik, selection of jurymen. Then, the court announced a break till June 11.

Today, the Novopushkinskiy Mini-Park in Moscow was the venue of a 40 persons-strong picket held against violations of human rights and freedoms in Ingushetia. The participants have expressed their concern with the growth of violence and their protest against prosecution of independent media and oppositional leaders in Ingushetia.

On the issue of return of the refugees, the position of Abkhazian leadership remains constant - stage-by-stage return at an initial stage only to the Galskiy District.

Today, in the centre of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, not far from the Republic Square, Arsen Kharatyan, leader of the youth civil movement named "Sksela" (Beginning), was attacked, got a head trauma and was hospitalized.

Dangerous (ideological and political-ideological) forms of radicalism are fed and provoked by seemingly harmless manifestations of radicalism that abound in our life.

In recent years, the Republic's media published no articles aimed at kindling enmity between the Jewish and other nations inhabiting Dagestan, Marta Alekyan, office manager of the Makhachkala Jewish community, has stated.

The Prosecutor's Office has revealed violations of the legislation on prisoners' custody conditions and brought a presentation to the local Department of the Federal Service for Punishment Enforcement with a demand to eliminate the drawbacks.

Six arrested participants of the January rally in Ingushetia are holding a protest hunger strike in the SIZO (pre-trial detention facility) of the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, against extension of their custody term.

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Under the order of Agvan Ovsepyan, General Public Prosecutor of Armenia, Aram Karapetyan, leader of the "New Times" opposition party, has been released from custody under recognizance not to leave.

The Ministry for Labour and Social Development of North Ossetia has designed, together with institutions of local self-government and public associations of invalids, a targeted programme on social support of invalids.

On May 26-27, Kabardino-Balkaria held public hearing on the topic "Youth and Radicalism", organized by the Commission for Interethnic Relations and Freedom of Worship of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Yesterday, on May 26, a complaint was sent to the European Court for Human Rights on behalf of Rovshan Kabirli, editor-in-chief of the "Mukalifate" newspaper, and Yashar Agazade, an employee of the edition.

Manana Nachkebiya, one of the leaders of the United Opposition and a member of the opposition party "New Right-Wingers" believes that the opposition of Georgia possesses all the necessary resources to launch the work of an alternative parliament.

Today, the Kuntsevo District Court of Moscow has suspended the operation of the oppositional website "Ingushetia.Ru" until consideration on the merits during preliminary hearing to take place on June 5 under the application of the Public Prosecutor of Ingushetia.