Azerbaijan: Einullah Fatullaev wants to invite MFA head to the court October 10, 2007 12:10 In Azerbaijan, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has petitioned to summon Elmar Mamediarov, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
President of France meets members of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" October 10, 2007 12:05 Today in Moscow, the topics of the meeting of French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the activists of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" were the freedom of speech and situation with human rights in Northern Caucasus.
Tortured Dagestan resident adjudges 5 million roubles from Russia October 10, 2007 12:01 Khanali Umakhanov, formerly accused of organizing the terror act in Kaspijsk (Dagestan) on May 9, 2002, has managed to adjudge five millions roubles from the government of Russia.
Number of judicial claims against journalists grows in Azerbaijan October 10, 2007 11:58 In September, the Azerbaijani courts considered over 50 cases related with slander charges. In the course of the trials, the claimants demanded to arrest 15 journalists and collecting fines from them to the total sum of 1.680 million manats (about 2 million US dollars).
Aushev brothers kidnapped in Chechnya were kept in Urus-Martan October 10, 2007 11:55 Magomed Maksharipovich Aushev, 22, and Magomed Osmanovich Aushev, 25, who were kidnapped by a group of unidentified power agents on September 18, were first kept in the Urus-Martan District and then transferred to the mountain Shatoy District of Chechnya.
Suicide motives of an Armenian girl of 19 investigated in Nalchik October 09, 2007 23:03 The parents of Armenian girl Anaida Ch., 19, who committed suicide on July 18 by jumping from the 12th floor of one of high blocks in Nalchik, have learned that the suicide motive was a rape committed on their daughter, but for the third month already they fail to achieve the appropriate investigation into the incident.
Trial in camera of the attack on Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria October 09, 2007 23:01 On October 11 at 10 a.m., the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria will start its closed (in camera) preliminary hearings on the criminal case on the events of October 13, 2005, when militants made an attack on Nalchik.
Chaika confirms that Anna Politkovskaya's murder is cleared October 09, 2007 22:57 Yuri Chaika, General Public Prosecutor of Russia, has stated today at the press conference in Yerevan that the murder case of journalist Anna Politkovskaya is solved, and once the investigation is over, it will be transferred to the court.
Azerbaijan: court dismisses the claim against the editor of the "Azadlyg" newspaper October 09, 2007 22:53 On October 8, the Yasamal District Court of the capital of Azerbaijan, presided by Judge Svetlana Ahmedova, finished the litigation on the claim of the Minister of Economic Development Geidar Babaev against the editor-in-chief of the oppositional newspaper ""Azadlyg" Ganimat Zakhidov.
Okruashvili let out on $6-million bail October 09, 2007 22:48 Early on Tuesday, October 9, after depositing a bail in the sum of 10 million laris (about 6 million US dollars) Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, was released from Prison No. 7 in Tbilisi.
Participants of Moscow meeting in memory of Politkovskaya cried for freedom October 08, 2007 19:09 In the Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow, a meeting was held on October 7 in memory of Anna Politkovskaya.
"North-Caucasian Platform" pickets Russian Embassy in Turkey October 08, 2007 19:05 The protest action held on October 4 at the Russian Embassy in Istanbul (Turkey) was organized by the "North-Caucasian Platform."
Lagunina: Radio Liberty never said that Trepashkin accused advocate Kosik of her links with FSB October 08, 2007 19:01 The Radio Liberty has nothing in common with the information disseminated by media on its behalf that ex-FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin, condemned for disclosure of state secrets, suspects his advocate Lyubov Kosik of her tie-up with the FSB and work in the interests of the prosecution.
Azerbaijani refugees ask Bako Saakyan to consider their petitions October 08, 2007 18:53 The Civil Society Network named "Refugees and International Law" asks President of Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Saakyan to help refugees from Azerbaijan.
Okruashvili's evidences are a surprise for Georgian opposition October 08, 2007 18:49 The evidences given by Irakliy Okruashvili, former Minister of Defence of Georgia and now the leader of the opposition party "For United Georgia," have stirred up the Georgian society.
General Prosecutor's Office announces clearing Politkovskaya's murder October 08, 2007 18:44 Sources from the General Prosecutor's Office are stating that the murder case of Anna Politkovskaya has been cleared: perpetrators detained, inspectors know the killer and even have assumptions as to the customer of the crime.
Lady journalist from Chechnya is the first Anna Politkovskaya's annual award winner October 05, 2007 17:52 In London, Natalia Estemirova, a journalist and human rights activist from Chechnya, has been awarded with the first annual award named after Anna Politkovskaya.
PACE demands international investigation of Politkovskaya's murder October 05, 2007 17:49 A group of deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has suggested the member countries of the Council to conduct an international investigation into the circumstances of the murder committed last October of Anna Politkovskaya.
International forum in memory of Anna Politkovskaya disrupted in Nizhni Novgorod October 05, 2007 17:44 The international forum in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, an observer of the "Novaya Gazeta," which was to start today, has been disrupted.
People in Turkey protest against the 450th anniversary of voluntary affiliation of Adygs by Russia and 2014 Olympics in Sochi October 05, 2007 15:58 In front of the Russian Embassy in Istanbul, on October 4, the "Zhineps" Circassian Organization of Turkey held a protest action against the celebrations of the 450th anniversary of voluntary accession of Adygs to the Russian state and against 2014 Olympiad to be held in the city of Sochi.