Labourites accuse Georgian authorities of legislative preparation of election falsifications April 12, 2008 12:39 The Labour Party is blaming the authorities of Georgia that falsification of elections was prepared at the legislative level.
OSCE Special Representative accuses Azerbaijani law enforcers of fabricating cases against journalists April 11, 2008 15:10 Today, Miklos Harasti, Special Representative of the OSCE for the press issue, has made a statement on the occasion of prosecution of journalists in Azerbaijan, in which he has accused law enforcement bodies of falsifying cases against journalists.
In Moscow, people commemorated the victims of "zachistka" in the Chechen village of Samashki April 11, 2008 15:05 In the evening on April 10, a picket was held in the Pushkin Square of Moscow in memory of the victims of the "zachistka" (clean-up) committed by Russian troops in the Chechen village of Samashki on April 7 and 8, 1995, during which over one hundred residents were killed.
Nagorno-Karabakh places data on Maraga tragedy in Internet April 11, 2008 14:58 Upon the initiative of the Karabakh-based company "Mlechny Put" (Milky Way) supported by the government of Nagorno-Karabakh, the website www.maragha.nk.am was launched with the information about the massacre of Armenians committed in the Karabakh village of Maraga, located in the Martakert District, on April 10, 1992.
LJ blogs discuss video on hostage-taking by federal troops in Chechnya April 11, 2008 14:55 The LiveJournal blogs in Internet continue discussing a fragment of the documentary "Chechen Trap" showing operations in Chechnya during the first war campaign, which was placed by one of the bloggers - dmitryhorse.livejournal.com.
Armenian oppositionists suspend their hunger strike April 11, 2008 14:52 In response to the request of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first president of Armenia and leader of the opposition, the arrested oppositionists stopped their hunger strike on April 11.
Moscow City Court will not consider the "Ingushetia.Ru" case April 11, 2008 14:47 Today, the Moscow City Court has refused to consider the case about recognition of the website "Ingushetia.Ru" as an extremist one and its ban.
Charny: Moscow authorities conceal growth of ethnic-motivated crimes April 11, 2008 14:42 According to Semyon Charny, expert of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau, recently Moscow has witnessed a rise in number of interethnic crimes, but the authorities of Russia hush up these facts and figures.
Petros Makeyan, Armenian oppositionist on hunger strike refuses to drink water April 10, 2008 18:19 Petros Makeyan, Chairman of the Democratic Homeland Party, who is kept in the Penitentiary Establishment "Nubarashen" and who declared a termless hunger strike on April 2, on April 9 refused to drink water.
In the capital of Georgia, political and public figures commemorated the events of April 9, 1989 April 10, 2008 18:12 A roundtable "April 9: Lessons of the Past", dedicated to the events 19 years ago, was held at the Tbilisi International Press Centre of the RIA "Novosti".
13 years ago in Chechnya, Russian militaries massacred residents of Samashki village April 10, 2008 18:05 In April 1995, regiments of federal armed forces made a punitive "zachistka" (clean-up) in the village of Samashki, Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, which turned into massacre of unarmed people, robberies and marauding.
Old Ritualists want to sell their land in Sochi at $200,000 for a hundredth of hectare April 10, 2008 18:01 The Christian Old Ritualists who are evicted now from the Imereti Valley in Sochi want to be redeemed by the authorities for the land alienated from them for erection of Olympic objects at the rate of at least $200,000 for a hundredth of hectare.
Armenia: protest actions as accompaniment to concert in honour of Sarkisyan's inauguration April 10, 2008 17:58 The celebratory concert organized in the evening on April 9 in the Republic Square of Yerevan in honour of inauguration of Serzh Sarkisyan, newly elected President of Armenia, from time to time was accompanied by chants performed of isolated groups of people: "Serzhik, go away!", "Levon is President!"
Relatives of arrested activists of Armenian opposition demand release April 09, 2008 12:18 The wives, sisters and mothers of the arrested activists of the opposition of Armenia have addressed the authorities with a demand to release political prisoners and stop prosecutions of their family members.
Armenians of Los Angeles demand not to recognize Sarkisyan as president-elect of Armenia April 09, 2008 12:15 In connection with the inauguration of Serzh Sarkisyan, in the evening on April 8, more than five thousand Armenians went out to the protest action in the vicinity of Los Angeles called "Minor Armenia" with a demand not to recognize Sarkisyan president-elect of Armenia.
Suit of the Ministry of Property of Dagestan to the "Women's Charitable Hospital" to be considered on April 11 April 09, 2008 12:09 Today, the Arbitration Court of Dagestan has considered the suit of the Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Dagestan to the Regional Public Foundation "Women's Charitable Hospital". The case was postponed till April 11.
Miklos Harasti calls President of Azerbaijan to release arrested journalists April 09, 2008 12:07 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev shall release the arrested journalists. This statement was made by Miklos Harasti, OSCE spokesman for the freedom of speech, at the press conference on the outcomes of his visit to Azerbaijan.
In Dagestan, editor-in-chief of the "Dagestanians" newspaper acquitted April 09, 2008 11:56 Today, the Leninskiy Federal Court of the capital of Dagestan has finished the trial of Alisultan Gazimagomedov, editor-in-chief of the "Dagestanians" newspaper.
Ecologists suggest UN representatives to remove Sochi Olympiad objects away from reserves April 09, 2008 11:51 Public ecological organizations are protesting against construction of some of the Olympic objects. They think it was a blunder to select Sochi as the place for Winter Olympics. This opinion was made public at the meeting that took place on April 8th at the central office of the Sochi National Park.
In Armenia, during inauguration of Serzh Sarkisyan police tried to disperse the mourning action April 09, 2008 11:47 Today in Armenia, on the day of inauguration of the newly elected President Serzh Sarkisyan, friends and relatives of the casualties at night of March 1 held a rally; and the police tried to disperse it.