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11:39, 12 October 2007

Erdogan refutes information about recall of Turkish ambassador from the USA because of genocide of Armenians

Prime Minister of Turkey Redzhep Tayip Erdogan has refuted the news about the recall of the country's ambassador from Washington because of the issue of the genocide of Armenians.

11:34, 12 October 2007

Andrei Bachman: humanism can help to eradicate violence in the army

Andrei Bachman, a political scientist and activist of antifascist movement of Volgograd, states that it is possible to eradicate violence in the armed forces by means of humanism.

11:30, 12 October 2007

Decision on compensation to Andrei Keilin postponed in Stavropol Territory

The defence of Andrei Keilin, a resident of Karachaevo-Circassia, accused earlier of murdering two Stavropol students on June 3 this year, continues to demand compensation for illegal arrest of their client.

11:25, 12 October 2007

South Ossetia accuses Georgia of kidnapping attempt

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia informed that the Georgian party has made an attempt to kidnap a resident of the Republic of South Ossetia (RSO).

11:21, 12 October 2007

Militia continues detaining Gipsies in the Volgograd Region

In the city of Volzhsk, Volgograd Region, mass detentions of Gipsies by militia continue.

11:09, 12 October 2007

Estemirova: I'll spend the award money to protect victims of fabricated cases in Chechnya

Natalia Estemirova, an employee of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" in Chechnya, the laureate of the first annual world award named after Anna Politkovskaya, is going to spend the award money on legal assistance to victims of tortures and faked criminal cases in Chechnya.

20:52, 11 October 2007

"Mother's Law" makes comments on amendments in the law on military draft in Russia

The "Mother's Law" human rights organization of soldiers' parents (Volgograd) makes comments on cancellation of delays from recruiting to the military service granted on family circumstances and future changes in the law "On Conscription and Military Service."

15:58, 11 October 2007

Forum in memory of Politkovskaya held in Washington

The International Conference "Russia - a Year after Anna Politkovskaya's Murder" is currently underway in Washington.

15:54, 11 October 2007

Turkey recalls its ambassador from the USA after Congress adopts resolution on genocide of Armenians

Today Turkey has recalled its ambassador from the USA. The motive was the passing a resolution by the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of the Congress on recognition of the fact of genocide in relations to Armenians in the epoch of the Ottoman Empire.

15:49, 11 October 2007

Human rights activists tell President of France about situation in Northern Caucasus

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about the meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy by Svetlana Gannushkina, member of the Board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and member of the Board on Human Rights under President of Russia, and Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of the HRC "Memorial."

12:16, 10 October 2007

Relatives of murdered resident of Ingushetia Gorbakov deny his belonging to terrorists

According to relatives of Albert Gorbakov who was killed last night, neither Albert nor his detained brothers Shamil and Kaloy had any explosives as of the moment of detention.

12:13, 10 October 2007

Trepashkin's trial postponed till November 7

The consideration of the cassation complaint of Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB officer, appointed for today at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court against the ruling on toughening his custody conditions has failed again.

12:10, 10 October 2007

Azerbaijan: Einullah Fatullaev wants to invite MFA head to the court

In Azerbaijan, journalist Einullah Fatullaev has petitioned to summon Elmar Mamediarov, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

12:05, 10 October 2007

President of France meets members of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial"

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.

12:01, 10 October 2007

Tortured Dagestan resident adjudges 5 million roubles from Russia

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.

11:58, 10 October 2007

Number of judicial claims against journalists grows in Azerbaijan

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).

11:55, 10 October 2007

Aushev brothers kidnapped in Chechnya were kept in Urus-Martan

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.

23:03, 9 October 2007

Suicide motives of an Armenian girl of 19 investigated in Nalchik

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.

23:01, 9 October 2007

Trial in camera of the attack on Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria

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.

22:57, 9 October 2007

Chaika confirms that Anna Politkovskaya's murder is cleared

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.

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