02 October 2003, 12:56

Moscow Helsinki Group on presidential elections in Chechnya

The third number of the Moscow Helsinki Group Bulletin, which came out on October 1, proceeds with the theme of the human rights monitoring of the presidential elections in Chechnya.

The bulletin is published with the informational assistance of the "Caucasian Knot" Internet mass media, with the support of the Russian Research Center for Human Rights, the Human Rights House Network, and the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.

The following materials are in the third number of the Bulletin:

  • Aleksandr Cherkasov, "Memorial". Fast Ride on "Dead Souls";
  • Tatyana Lokshina. These Are Not Elections, This Is a Fraud (Chechen refugees on the presidential elections in Chechnya);
  • Svetlana Kovalyova. Four Talks;
  • Interview with Abdula Bugayev, a Candidate for the Chechen Presidency;
  • Interview with Nikolay Payzulayev, a Candidate for the Chechen Presidency;
  • Chechen Elections in the Mirror of the Central Press;
  • Chechen Presidential Elections: the Chronicle;
  • Context (a section of reports introducing the readers to the background against which the Chechen presidential election campaign is developing).

Source: Moscow Helsinki Group

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