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Mutsolgov: Public Board on Human Rights in Ingushetia should address real problems
The Public Board for Human Rights now set up in Ingushetia will make sense only in case all its members are involved in real work aimed at solving existing problems, believes Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the Ingush Human Rights Organization "MAShR".
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In Dagestan, Farid Babaev's brother states pressure on murder witnesses
Sedredin Kanberov, a new suspect in the murder case of Farid Babaev, Dagestan human rights activist and member of "Yabloko" Party, is in hiding, but his brother Ruzmedin Kanberov, who is an employee of the central machinery of the MIA, exerts pressure on the witnesses, said the casualty's brother Arthur Babaev.
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Lokshina: people are still leaving South Ossetia for Georgia
The population of the Akhalgori (Leningori) District of South Ossetia, frightened by Ossetian civil guardsmen, continues leaving for Georgia, while the enclave Georgian villages are completely burnt down. This was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Tatiana Lokshina, representative of the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Beslan terror act victims refuse to leave court building
About 60 residents of Beslan refuse to leave the building of the Leninskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz until the chair at the trial meets them. The reason is in the permanent postponement of the court sessions. Today's one has also failed.
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HRC "Memorial": in Dagestan, armed conflicts are religion-motivated
Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, employee of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", has stated in the press conference in Moscow on November 24, dated to one year anniversary of the murder of Dagestan human rights activist and oppositional politician Farid Babaev, that armed conflicts in Dagestan have religious character.
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Moscow holds picket in memory of Farid Babaev killed in Dagestan
A memory picket of Dagestan human rights activist and member of the "Yabloko" Party Farid Babaev took place today in Moscow near "Kropotkinskaya" Metro from 11:15 to 12:00 a.m. Moscow time.
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Georgia and South Ossetia exchange prisoners
In the evening on November 11, the six Georgians who stayed in South-Ossetian captivity were released in exchange for the two Ossetians who were freed by Georgia on November 12. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from Varvara Parkhomenko who works for the "Demos" Centre.
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Opposition of Ingushetia is satisfied with meeting with Evkurov
Representatives of the Ingush opposition - Maksharip Aushev, Magomed Khazbiev and Musa Pliev, who had a meeting on November 3 with the new President of Ingushetia, believe that Yunus-Bek Evkurov is capable to change the situation in the republic for the better.
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Mutsolgov: terror act in Vladikavkaz told on Ingushes at once
Immediately after blowing up of the "Gazel" taxi in Vladikavkaz, the Ingushes, who tried to drive through the "Chermen Circle" in the border of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, faced problems, Magomed Mutsolgov, leader of the Ingush Human Rights Organization "Mashr", told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
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Emil Adelkhanov: 10,000 come to rally in Georgia
Today, the opposition rally in Georgia attracted "about ten thousand persons: this is the capacity of the square in front of the Government Palace in Tbilisi; it is all packed by people, and the crowd does not decrease," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent quotes his contact - Emil Adelkhanov, member of the Board of the NGO "Caucasian Institute", who is in the place of events.
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Lawyers: appeals of Ingushetian MIA's boss deserve GPO's reaction
Victor Travin, President of the "Collegium for Legal Defence of Car Owners", believes that the appeals of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia to road-patrol servicemen to "break windscreens" and "shoot at cars" of those drivers who refuse to remove tinted glasses under militia's order is a cause for the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) to react.
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In Ingushetia, Evloevs' advocates insist on bringing Zyazikov to court
On November 18, the Supreme Court of Ingushetia will consider the advocates' petition asking to re-qualify Magomed Evloev's murder case into "intentional homicide". The advocates hope to get support of the new President of the Republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov in bringing Murat Zyazikov as a witness or accused in the case on this crime.
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Murat Zyazikov's resignation was inevitable, experts say
Resignation of Murat Zyazikov from the post of President of Ingushetia was inevitable, since it was too obvious that he had lost control over situation in his Republic and exhausted the patience of federal authorities, as Russian analysts regard.
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Khazbiev: people of Ingushetia thank President Medvedev for dismissing Zyazikov
Magomed Khazbiev, head of the Ingush Nationwide Rally Organizing Committee, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that people of Ingushetia are triumphant and thank Russian President Dmitri Medvedev for dismissing Murat Zyazikov.
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SFD regions hold actions in memory of victims of political repressions
For the first time on October 30, officials took part in the events commemorating victims of political repressions, held in the regions of the South Federal District (SFD). The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it at the secretariats of the Human Rights Society "Memorial" in Nalchik and Astrakhan.
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