News

January 06, 2004 20:13

• Parliament of Azerbaijan ratifies European Social Charter

  Azerbaijan's ratification of the European Social Charter is a commitment undertaken by the country to the Council of Europe.

January 06, 2004 19:11

• Chechen children spend winter holidays in Saratov

  20 orphan children from Chechnya arrived in Saratov. They are on an 18-day vacation at the "Udarnik" rehabilitation center, along with orphan children from Saratov.

January 06, 2004 18:53

• Former Azerbaijan political prisoner died

  According to the report by the Moscow association of Talish culture "Avesta", Alyasaf Makhmudov, a former political prisoner, follower of Alyakram Gummatov, died in Moscow on December 31, just six months after he had been granted a pardon on July 17, 2003 and had been discharged.

January 06, 2004 18:17

• "Society of Peoples Under Threat of Elimination" collects signatures of Austrians demanding to stop war in Chechnya

  The Austrian international human rights organization "Society of Peoples Under Threat of Elimination" has collected 10,000 signatures of Austrian citizens demanding to stop war in Chechnya.

January 06, 2004 16:36

• Charitable Foundation "Our Care to the Generation of the Future" pays special attention to Chechen orphan children

  The Interregional Non-Profit Charitable Foundation To Protect Childhood "Our Care to the Generation of the Future" was registered on April 23, 2001. Its members and voluntary helpers have arranged more than 50 acts of charity since that time.

January 06, 2004 15:44

• Dagestani Interior Ministry on Gelayev's possible death in avalanche

  "Gelayev can be one of the extremists who are still hiding in mountain forests from retribution, or he can be among the militants who died in a snow avalanche," Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan and chief of the public security service Major General Magomed Omarov said in an interview.

January 06, 2004 13:03

• South Osetian President comments upon visit of Mikhail Saakashvili

  The fact that Mikhail Saakashvili was permitted to come is no more than a good will gesture of the republican leadership, said President of South Osetia Edward Kokoity.

January 06, 2004 12:16

• Action of protest of Chechen refugees in Austria

  In the capital of the Austrian state of Styria, Graz, Chechen refugees organized protest actions against oppressions from the direction of the city authorities.

January 06, 2004 11:37

• Human rights violations and kidnappings are main obstacle to stability in Chechnya

  "Residents of Chechnya say: we don not need any compensations and help, we will build and restore everything ourselves. We just want to be left alone, we want purges and kidnappings to be stopped," said Lyudmila Alekseyeva.

January 05, 2004 23:49

• Dozens of Chechen refugees blocked by Ukrainian military men at frontier with Russia

  Military men made several families, altogether 21 people with small children, get out of the Baku-Kiev train near the Ukrainian frontier station "Red Grave" late in the evening on January 1.

January 05, 2004 23:18

• Resident of Katyr-Yurt village detained

  During the arrest, the servicemen beat all women and took valuables they found in the houses of Aslanbek and his brother.

January 05, 2004 23:16

• 16-year-old citizen of Grozny spent a week under arrest of "Kadyrov's people"

  His parents are seriously worried about their son's fate now. They are hiding him at their friends, as they are afraid he can be abducted for the second time.

January 05, 2004 22:53

• Mikhail Saakashvili: Georgia ready to take bold steps to resolve Abkhazian problem

  "Recent statements by Russian leader Vladimir Putin give us certain hope, though the main thing is that the Georgians and Abkhazians themselves should come to an agreement," stated Saakashvili.

January 05, 2004 20:50

• Alleged information about Ruslan Gelayev's death is not confirmed yet

  The death of the rebels' leader can be asserted for sure only when the body is identified, the source added.

January 05, 2004 20:25

• Mikhail Saakashvili won 95% of votes in presidential election, according to latest data

  The Central Election Commission is still receiving information from some Tbilisi electoral districts, from polling stations abroad and from regional election commissions.

January 05, 2004 19:05

• Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze canceled state of emergency in autonomous republic

  The document reads that the cancellation of the state of emergency is caused by the holding of the Georgian snap presidential election in the autonomous republic on January 4.

January 05, 2004 18:33

• Mikhail Saakashvili: "2004 is the last year when Tskhinvali does not take part in Georgian presidential elections"

  Mikhail Saakashvili's trip to the capital of South Osetia was short and had no excesses.

January 05, 2004 18:22

• Special operation in Achkhoy-Martan district

  Kadyrov's people came to the village in 32 UAZ cars. They told themselves who they were and said their actions had been approved by the Chechen Interior Minister and President Kadyrov.

January 05, 2004 18:04

• The HALO Trust finds it possible to clear Nagorny Karabakh from mines in 7 years

  The two-year prospecting made by the organization on the territory of Nagorny Karabakh showed that the area of 1,500 hectares must be immediately cleared from 15,000 mines of different types.

January 05, 2004 17:00

• President of Nagorny Karabakh: fight for independence to be main task in 2004

  Arkady Gukasian pointed out that the role of non-government and human rights organisations in the creation of civil society in Karabakh has become more important during the last year.