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May 12, 2004 16:27

• Svetlana Gannushkina convinced any Chechen can be given refugee status rightfully

  We publish the full text of a statement by Svetlana Gannushkina, chair of the Civic Assistance committee for refugees, head of the Migration and Law Network of the Memorial Human Rights Center and a member of the Commission on Human Rights for the Russian President.

May 12, 2004 15:52

• Statement by Chechen National Salvation Committee

  Valery Kraev, first deputy chief of the main penal authority at the Russian Justice Ministry, said on May 7 that the Justice Ministry had information that human rights organizations provide funding for gangs.

May 12, 2004 15:44

• Abkhaz public, political organizations make joint statement

  "There are reasons to believe the ruling political elite are not going to learn their lesson from the Georgian-Abkhaz war," reads the statement.

May 12, 2004 15:32

• Strength of Defense Ministry forces in Chechnya to remain unchanged

  "We think that the composition and strength of Defense Ministry forces, interior troops, and other security agencies are enough for today," said Russian Minster of Defense Sergey Ivanov.

May 12, 2004 14:44

• Armenian opposition keeps on demanding president's resignation

  The opposition still intends to hold a meeting in Yerevan on May 14, in spite of negotiations with the coalition. Moreover, today it will hold a meeting in Vanadzor, another Armenian town.

May 12, 2004 13:58

• Center to Protect Rights of Azerbaijan Refugees and IDPs created in Baku

  One of the Center's main goals is to seek recognition of the Khodzhaly residents as genocide victims.

May 12, 2004 13:27

• Moscow government pays out compensations to victims of Dubrovka terrorist act

  The court has satisfied 26 claims for the compensation of material damage in connection with the loss of the breadwinner, reminded the lawyer. Approximately 30 claims are under consideration.

May 12, 2004 12:47

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkarian village seek help from human rights activists

  The people have been huddling together in a village drugstore for a month already, women and children sleeping on the floor and men living in a garage.

May 12, 2004 11:55

• Trial against Azerbaijan opposition leaders goes without representatives of influential media

  A representative of Azerbaijan Themis, who came out of the court building, suddenly told the people gathered that only selected media could attend the court hearing.

May 12, 2004 11:12

• Lyudmila Alekseyeva: state of servicemen injured in Chechnya 'is tragic'

  Producer Sergey Govorukhin said many times that the state was not able even to provide disabled soldiers with prosthetic appliances.

May 12, 2004 10:24

• Court martial acquits four commandos charged with murder

  A North Caucasus district court martial has acquitted four commandos of the reconnaissance unit in the Russian armed forces' General Staff, citing lack of evidence.

May 11, 2004 21:27

• 2 Russian soldiers killed, 3 wounded in Chechnya

  A place of temporary disposition of an interior unit was shelled by rebels from underbarrel grenade-launchers and fired from automatic weapons.

May 11, 2004 21:08

• New presidential election to be held in Chechnya in September

  The overwhelming majority of people in the republic are convinced that only a candidate having the support of the Kremlin can become head the Chechen Republic.

May 11, 2004 20:23

• New chairman of State Council of Chechnya elected

  Earlier Husein Dzhabrailov held the post of Minister for Nationalities, Information and Foreign Relations in the Chechen government.

May 11, 2004 20:14

• Address purges conducted in Grozny

  Muslim Khadzhiev, a young man, was reportedly detained during these actions and taken in an unknown direction.

May 11, 2004 20:12

• Local detained in Chechnya's Naursky district

  Ali Yusupov, a local resident, was detained by officers of security agencies at a post in the Naursky district of Chechnya.

May 11, 2004 19:44

• Revival party, led by Abashidze, exists no longer in fact

  The Revival party "cannot continue its work since the founder of the party, Aslan Abashidze, has left the county, Gamlet Chipashvili, the former head of the delegation of the Adjarian Autonomous Republic in Tbilisi, said.

May 11, 2004 17:36

• Maskhadov suspects Russian special services of organizing terrorist act in Grozny

  "We have every reason to suspect that the terrorist act was organized by special services of the invaders to get rid of the puppet government that has exhausted all resources of the pseudo-political process," stated the Chechen separatist leader.

May 11, 2004 16:58

• Armenia authorities, opposition agree on start of dialogue

  Parliament Speaker Artur Bagdasarian announced it at the close of a regular meeting between officials of the ruling pro-president coalition and the opposition.

May 11, 2004 16:43

• Georgian president: military exercises in Poti were conducted 'with bead drawn on Adjaria'

  The exercises were conducted not with the purpose of launching an invasion of Adjaria but in order to show Aslan Abashidze the power of federal troops, Mikhail Saakashvili said.