Ingush Web Site Lawsuit

The European Court of Human Rights has accepted a lawsuit filed by the family of Magomed Yevloyev, the slain owner of the opposition web site Ingushetiya.ru, RIA-Novosti reported.

Yevloyev was shot dead while in police custody in August 2008.

“Two month ago we sued for violating the second article of the Human Rights Convention [the right to life], and recently the appeal was accepted,” Musa Pliev, a spokesman for the family, told RIA Novosti.

Russian courts have denied appeals by Yevloyev’s family. The official version of his death says Yevloyev was killed when a pistol accidentally went off as he tried to wrestle with a police officer. (MT)

8 Insurgents Die in Clashes

MAKHACHKALA — Eight insurgents were killed in clashes with police and special forces along the border of Chechnya and Ingushetiya, authorities said Saturday.

A statement from the Chechen Interior Ministry said the clashes included one near the Ingush village of Chemulga in which four fighters were killed.

It said all the clashes were the result of counterterrorism operations by police forces. (AP)

For the Record

• Ten parties will contest Moldova’s July 29 snap parliamentary election, five fewer than in an April election in which a Communist victory triggered violent protests, the Central Election Commission said Friday.  (Reuters)
• Dalia Grybauskaite, the first female president of Lithuania, took office Sunday, promising to use her financial experience to help the Baltic state tackle one of the worst economic crises in the European Union.(AP)