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HRC "Memorial" and Svetlana Gannushkina receive Sjur Lindebraekkes award
Norwegian Sjur Lindebraekkes Award for democracy and human rights has been given to the Russian Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and Svetlana Gannushkina, Chairperson of the "Civil Assistance" Committee, whose activity is largely associated with the republics of Northern Caucasus.
North Caucasus, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
Society, Human rights
Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out their own ethic charter
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Bloggers of Northern Caucasus suggest working out a Charter of a responsible blogger whose participants would take the responsibility to abstain from offence on ethnic, religious of race grounds. This motion was advanced at a meeting of the bloggers of Northern and Southern Caucasus.
South Caucasus, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, North Osetia - Alania, Karachaevo-Cherkesia
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16 people became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from April, 23, to April, 29
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At least 16 persons became victims of armed confrontation in Northern Caucasus during the period from April, 23, to April, 29. 14 out them perished and two got wounded. These are the totals of calculation by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
North Caucasus, North Osetia - Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia
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Father of Kartoev brothers killed in 2010 in Ingushetia seeks to get their bodies for burial
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Umatgirey Kartoev, a resident of Ingushetia, has come to Moscow hoping to meet Mr Uschakovskiy, Senior Investigator of the Chief Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), and seek assistance in receiving the bodies of his four sons, who were killed on March 2, 2010, during a special operation in the village of Ekazhevo.
Ingushetia, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District, North Caucasus
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In 2011, SFD was at top by number of complaints filed with Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin
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On April 18, Vladimir Lukin, Ombudsman in the Russian Federation, presented at the Council of Federation, a report on the results of 2011: the Ombudsman received 11.9 percent of the total number of complaints from the Southern Federal District (SFD), 5.5 percent from the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD). The greatest number of complaints from citizens of the Russian Federation was devoted to violations of civil rights and freedoms.
Russia, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, South Federal District
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Striking sailors of Dagestani ship stay without food and water in port of Congo
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The Russian fishing ship "Tyulen-6" (Seal-6), which has anchored at the port of the Democratic Republic of Congo and which crew is seeking payment of wage arrears from the ship owner, faces running out of reserve of food.
North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, North Caucasus
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On April 9-15, 23 persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus
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At least 23 persons suffered in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus during the week from April 9 to April 15. Of these, fifteen persons were killed and eight more wounded. These are the results of calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, Chechnya, North Osetia - Alania, Stavropol region, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Dagestan
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Participants of "Gaidar Readings" call to create agglomerations in NCFD
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The roundtable "Policy in Northern Caucasus. What Experts Suggest" was the last event of the Forum "Gaidar Readings" ongoing in Pyatigorsk. In the course of the discussion, experts invited state officials to actively cooperate with various religious groups and create agglomerations in the regions of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).
Dagestan, Stavropol region, North Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Relatives of Murat Tekuzhev, killed in Nalchik, deny his involvement in IAFs
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Relatives of Murat Tekuzhev, the 34-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was killed on March 30 during a special operation in Nalchik, claim that he had not been involved into illegal armed formations (IAFs).
North-Caucasian Federal District, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus
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Seven persons out of the list of political prisoners did not get into “Medvedev’s list”
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The names of seven persons initially included by the opposition into the list of political prisoners are absent among those concerning whom President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev ordered to verify legitimation of their verdicts.
North Caucasus, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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NGO Documents
- Appeal of civil society activists of the Republic of South Ossetia
- Open letter of residents of Novosasitli village Khasavyurt District of Dagestan
Reports
Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
