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Mar 10 2010, 19:00; CK correspondent
Azerbaijani Appeal Court upholds verdict to bloggers
| Today, in Baku, the Azerbaijani Appeal Court, chaired by Judge Gail Mamedov, has upheld the verdict of the first instance court to bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade. |
Mar 10 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Journalists detained in Ingushetia: publications in media saved our lives
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Israpil Shovkhalov, editor-in-chief, and Abdullah Duduev, chief editor, of the Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh", detained by power agents in Ingushetia on March 9, assert that timely publications in media about their detention allowed them to survive.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
NATO exercises of in Vasiani and Putin's revelations on Georgian democracy.
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BERG...man. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
The Patriarchy interferes and calls; it was all clear with it long ago! Misha, having released the detainees; this test has failed, and it's my great, GREAT! pity:-(
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Gorgud, Azerbaijan, Baku. See below selective translations from the posts of Caucasian Knot's bloggers. See more in the Russian version :
Will they really succeed? Azerbaijan can do without imprisoning journalists
Mar 09 2010, 23:30
ODIHR: trials on March 1, 2008, events revealed imperfections of Armenian judiciary
| The succession of litigations in the aftermath of the post-election violence that burst out in March 2008 in Yerevan has revealed deficiencies of the judicial system of Armenia. This is stated in the report of the Office of Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe). |
Mar 09 2010, 23:20
In April, ECtHR to consider Sandro Girgvliani's murder in Georgia
| On April 27, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will consider the case about the murder in Georgia in 2005 of a bank employee Sandro Girgvliani. |
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Mar 09 2010, 23:00
Rally in support of Fatima Margieva held in Vladikavkaz
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On March 8, in North Ossetia, the committee for release of the teacher of the South-Ossetian State University Fatima Margieva held a sanctioned rally. The protesters gathered in the Theatre Square of Vladikavkaz with a demand to stop criminal prosecution of Margieva.
South Osetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, North Osetia - Alania
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Mar 09 2010, 22:50
Lebedev: UN Special Representative's report on his visit to South Ossetia is lopsided and biased
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The Russian delegation labelled as politicized the report of Walter Kelin, Special Representative of Secretary General of the United Nations on Internally Displaced Persons' Rights, which summed up his visit to South Ossetia. The report was presented on March 8 at the 13th Session of the United Nations on Human Rights (HRS) held in Switzerland. In the opinion of Mikhail Lebedev, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Branch and other international organizations in Geneva, the report is lopsided, biased and contains factual mistakes.
South Osetia, Russia, Georgia
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Mar 09 2010, 22:20
Claim of Novorossisk UVD head to Dymovskiy and Karastelyov to be considered on March 23
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Today, the Primorskiy District Court of Novorossisk has obliged the city UVD (Interior Department) bosses to present the proofs of the fact that it was personally Major Alexei Dymovskiy who had placed a video appeal in the Internet with criticism of the situation in law enforcement bodies. Today, also the date was appointed for consideration of the suit of the head of the UVD to human rights activist Vadim Karastelyov.
Krasnodar region, South Federal District
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Mar 09 2010, 22:10
Inspectors deny detention of second suspect of attacking human rights activist Karastelyov
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The Investigatory Committee refutes information about detention of the second suspect in the case about the attack committed against Vadim Karastelyov, an expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights, who is representing the interests of former militiaman Alexei Dymovskiy.
Krasnodar region, South Federal District
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Mar 09 2010, 21:20; CK correspondent
Fate of Chechen resident who disappeared in Ingushetia still unknown
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Mair-Ali Vakhaev, a resident of the Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya who disappeared on February 11 in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, is still undetected. The law enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic now nothing about his fate. A source from there does not exclude that Vakhaev could be killed by militaries, and his body hidden.
Ingushetia, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 09 2010, 21:00; CK correspondent
Armenian Appeal Court cuts journalist Pashinyan's imprisonment
| The Appeal Court of Armenia has upheld the verdict passed by the general jurisdiction court of communities Kentron-Nork-Marash to oppositionist Nikol Pashinyan. At the same time, the court ruled to apply amnesty and halved his custody term. |
Mar 09 2010, 19:00; CK correspondent
In Ingushetia, Pliev's relatives, who failed to find him in SIZO of Pyatigorsk, resume picket
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Relatives of Mikail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia who disappeared in Pyatigorsk, refute the information that Mikail was found. On March 8, his wife received a call from a man, who presented himself as an inspector and said that her husband was in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Pyatigorsk. However, when relatives and a lawyer came there, they failed to find Mikail there, while SIZO employees asked them to come again on March 12.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Stavropol region
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Mar 09 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Israpil Shovkhalov and Abdullah Duduev, editors of "Dosh" magazine, detained In Ingushetia
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The editor-in-chief of the Caucasian independent magazine "Dosh" Israpil Shovkhalov has reported by telephone that today together with the chief-editor of the magazine Abdullah Duduev they were on business trip in Ingushetia, and were detained there by power agents.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Ingushetia
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Mar 08 2010, 23:40; CK correspondent
Nalchik holds rally on Memory Day of Balkars' deportation victims
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The rally of Balkars, held today in Nalchik, at the Memorial to victims of violent deportation of the Balkar nationals, has instructed the Board of Elders of the Balkar People (BEBP) and the organization named "Balkaria" to initiate the process of self-identification of the Balkar people, since the problems raised by the BEBP on behalf of the nation are not solved. About 500 persons present at the event have voted unanimously for the initiative.
Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 08 2010, 20:00; CK correspondent
Chechen residents treat Bastrykin's idea to fingerprint all NCFD residents differently
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The offer of Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia, to enforce mandatory fingerprinting for all citizens of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), caused extremely negative reaction in public and human rights activists. However, President Ramzan Kadyrov has treated this initiative as "normal".
North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Mar 06 2010, 16:00; CK correspondent
Residents of Ingushetia state that militia used force against participants of spontaneous rally
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Participants of the rally held in Plievo village after its resident Mikail Pliev was kidnapped on March 5 on his way from Nazran to Pyatigorsk complain that militiamen dispersed the rally and applied force to some of the protesters.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Mar 05 2010, 23:00
Sappers to blow up mine-studded houses in the venue of special operation in Ingushetia
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Two private houses in the special operation zone in Ekazhevo village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, had been mined with non-extractable mines, as reported by a source in power agencies. According to his story, these buildings will be blown up by sappers. The body of supposed Said Buryatskiy, found after examination of the operation venue, was already delivered to the Centre of Forensic-Medical Examination of the Ministry of Defence in Rostov-on-Don, where the genetic examination will be held to identify the casualty.
Ingushetia, North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya
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Mar 05 2010, 22:40; CK correspondent
Thomas Hammarberg disappointed that murder of journalist Guseinov is still unsolved
| The situation with the freedom of mass media, operation of the law-enforcement system of Azerbaijan and situation with NGOs were the main topics of debates in the course of the visit to the country on March 1-5 of Thomas Hammarberg, High Commissioner of the Council of Europe on Human Rights. |
Mar 05 2010, 22:10; CK correspondent
Examination results of Denisova's PCs cause lawyers' doubts
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Prior to start litigation on the case of Anastasia Denisova, head of the public organization "ETnIKA", accused of using counterfeit software in her home and office computers, the equipment, which was confiscated at search, was subjected to examination. The Prosecutor's Office of Krasnodar entrusted the Inter-Regional Public Organization (IRPO) "Union of Criminalists" to make the examination.
Krasnodar region, South Federal District
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Mar 05 2010, 22:00; CK correspondent
Elmira Suleimanova re-elected as Azerbaijani Ombudsperson
| At today's session of the Parliament, Elmira Suleimanova, 72, was re-elected to the post of the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan for her second term of 7 years. The opposition and human rights activists differed in their opinions on this re-appointment. |
Mar 05 2010, 21:00; CK correspondent
Dagestan: residents are negative to overall fingerprinting
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Activists of public and political circles of Dagestan have criticized the offer of Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia to take fingerprints of all residents of Northern Caucasus. In their opinion, the procedure would break the rights of residents of the region, which is a full-fledged part of Russia, not an enclave inhabited exclusively by criminals.
Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District, Russia
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