News

January 09, 2004 18:42

• Vyacheslav Tikhomirov: federal forces in Chechnya change tactics of fight against kamikaze terrorist

  According to him, a special emphasis in this work will be laid on the disclosure of persons connected with armed units and on the prevention of terrorist acts in the stage of their preparation.

January 09, 2004 18:00

• Chechen refugees will possibly be evicted from three camps

  The Chechen refugees living in three temporary accommodation centers in the village of Troitskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district, take a risk of becoming roofless.

January 09, 2004 17:57

• Azerbaijan Foreign Minister hopes public will be tolerant towards Armenian servicemen's visit to Baku

  "Azerbaijan is a member of many international organizations, and it have to be a receiving county for various actions, in which representatives of the Armenian side take part even if we do not want it," he told journalists on January 8.

January 09, 2004 15:53

• Journalist Aleksandr Zhabsky continues hunger strike in Volgodonsk

  The journalist is going to continue the hunger strike until the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms takes effect with respect to him.

January 09, 2004 14:45

• Anapa City Court decided to deport two Turks-Meskhetians

  The materials of the administrative case were considered in the absence of the men called to account. They had not been even notified of the time and place of their consideration.

January 09, 2004 14:15

• Chechen State Council intends to decide issue of tent camps in Ingushetia before March 1

  The Chechen State Council intends to find out what and who is slowing down the process of return of forced migrants to their homes in Chechnya from three refugee camps in the Republic of Ingushetia.

January 09, 2004 13:50

• Azerbaijan intellectuals call to hold anti-Armenian actions of protest

  A group of Azerbaijan intellectuals calls to hold an action of protest against Armenia's occupation of a part of the Azerbaijan territory, including Nagorny Karabakh. The action is expected to be held on February 26.

January 09, 2004 13:26

• Armenian Defense Ministry denies statements by Azerbaijan on killing of two shepherds

  The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan issued a statement on January 7, accusing the Armenian snipers of the Monday murder of two shepherds: Orudzh Shukyurov and his son Mukhubbat Shukyurov.

January 09, 2004 12:25

• Night abduction of residents of Kulari village

  Gunmen in masks and camouflage uniform rushed into the house of the Isayev brothers on the night of December 9-10, 2003 and took them in an unknown direction.

January 09, 2004 12:10

• Necessity to prolong mandate of Peacekeeping Forces in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone no longer exists

  The headquarters of the Peacekeeping Forces in Sukhum has already received the decision by the Council of Heads of CIS States that the peacekeepers will stay in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict until one of the parties declares for their withdrawal.

January 09, 2004 11:36

• Quadripartite meeting between Georgian and Abkhazian sides with participation of Russian peacekeepers and UN military observers, first in 2004

  12 people have been abducted, three of whom have been killed, in the conflict zone through the fault of the Abkhazian side for the last two weeks, by information of the Georgian side.

January 08, 2004 17:28

• Discussion on Karabakh problem in PACE adjourned

  There will be no debates about the problem of Nagorny Karabakh during the January and April sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

January 08, 2004 17:26

• Mikhail Trepashkin's keeping conditions changed for better

  In exchange for the cessation of torture and moving to the better ward, Trepashkin had to make a signed statement that he had no claims against his keeping conditions at the investigatory isolation ward.

January 08, 2004 17:17

• Majority of Abkhazian population do not want to take part in Georgian presidential elections

  Results of a mini survey conducted in Sukhum by the Caucasian Knot correspondent is evidence of it.

January 08, 2004 16:35

• Denials of information about oppression against Armenian population in Abkhazia

  The article "Oppression Against Armenian Population in Abkhazia" published on the gruzia.ru website has produced a strong reaction in the republic.

January 08, 2004 15:49

• Human rights explanatory dictionary to be published in Azerbaijan

  The idea to create a human rights explanatory dictionary has already received backing from experts of Lund University, Sweden, which is a partner of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights.

January 08, 2004 14:38

• Azerbaijan NGOs struggle for release of people arrested during October 15-16 mass riots in Baku

  We call your attention to the appeal made by Azerbaijan NGOs to the Council of Europe in which they urge it to promote the release of all people arrested in connection with the October 15-16 developments in Baku and to take measures in order to make Azerbaijan meet obligations undertaken by the county to the Council of Europe.

January 08, 2004 11:35

• NGO Fair Elections on January 4 presidential elections

  "Fair Elections' preliminary assessment of the election day is based on the data that we have received from our observers in the field. The results of our observation force us to conclude that the facts of voters' disenfranchisement were not observed on January 4," reads a statement by the organization.

January 08, 2004 10:57

• Reporters Without Borders asks for explanation concerning arrest of journalist of Azerbaijan opposition daily Baki Khaber

  The international press freedom organisation, which can see no justification for remanding him in custody, and moreover for such a long period, has asked for an explanation from interior minister, Ramil Usubov and the general prosecutor, Zakir Garalov.

January 06, 2004 22:56

• Book of remembrance dedicated to servicemen from Mari El killed in Chechnya

  The book was published by the republican committee of soldier's mothers with the financial support of Russia's representative office of the Foundation for Civil Liberties.