Brothers abducted in Chechnya January 10, 2006 15:44 Besides, a 16-year-old boy disappears from Avtury, Shali district.
Georgian police detain Russian peacekeepers commander January 09, 2006 17:50 The car in which Colonel Kazantsev and three more people, including the wife of the commander, were driving was detained in the centre of Zugdidi.
Prisoner disappears from jail January 09, 2006 17:47 Mr Rasul Kudayev, charged with taking part in the rebel attack on Nalchik, disappears from the temporary detention isolator in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Federal column attacked in Chechnya January 09, 2006 17:43 Two federal servicemen were killed and another five sustained wounds in the Kurchaloi district.
Two missing found dead January 08, 2006 18:35 The bodies of two police officers are found, thought earlier to have gone missing on the first day of the operation for detention of rebels in Dagestan's Untsukul district.
Three Nalchik attack partakers killed in Kabardino-Balkaria January 08, 2006 18:33 Two of the three rebels killed during today's special operation in the Lesken district may be foreign citizens.
Torture issue raised again in Georgia January 06, 2006 20:34 The chairman of the Georgian Justice Ministry's Penalty Enforcement Department is accused of organising torture and killings of prisoners.
Covert move against opposition January 06, 2006 20:26 Azerbaijan's education minister has ordered heads of national higher education institutions to fire teachers sympathising with the opposition, a source says.
'Federal forces were attacking a deserted base,' says expert January 06, 2006 20:24 The officer reminds that a group of Dagestani policemen were suddenly ambushed near the tunnel several months ago.
Concerns about killings of journalists January 05, 2006 15:38 Human rights defenders are concerned about the freedom of speech situation worldwide, in Russia, and the Caucasus.
Another Beslan attack partaker may be alive January 05, 2006 15:36 There is information that it is Omar Sheikhulayev whom Beslan victims saw among the terrorists who captured the school in September 2004.
Police abuse may be serving as cover January 05, 2006 15:34 Law enforcement agencies in Achkhoi-Martan, Chechnya, refuse to accept statements from relatives of abducted people.
Disappearing in Chechnya January 05, 2006 14:51 Two girls go missing in the republic's Gudermes district.
Several killed in Chechnya January 05, 2006 14:49 Several federal servicemen are killed and wounded in shootings and explosions in Chechnya's districts.
Two killed in Dagestan January 05, 2006 14:47 Two riot police officers are killed in a skirmish with rebels in Dagestan, and several more are wounded.
2005 summarised for Armenia December 30, 2005 13:13 Human rights defender Mikael Danielian enumerates some human rights violations in Armenia in 2005.
Abductions in Chechnya December 30, 2005 13:06 One of those abducted is a close relative of Mr Malik Saidullayev, a well-known Chechen businessman, according to some reports.
Police disperse public meeting in Kabardino-Balkaria December 30, 2005 12:59 "All this is happening because Kabardino-Balkaria is not governed by politics, but by law enforcement and security agencies," says lawyer Larissa Dorogova.
Students go on hunger-strike December 29, 2005 18:26 Students sent down from Azerbaijani higher education institutions for political motives also intend to conduct public meetings and pickets.
Beslan commission's report cribbed December 29, 2005 18:19 Materials from the Prosecutor General's Office and the report of the head of the federal commission for Beslan coincide textually.