News

November 17, 2003 19:17

• New assault against Open Society Institute in Moscow

  Unknown people reportedly attacked the Foundation's guard at about 10:50 p.m. Moscow time. Four security guards suffered as a result and were taken to the Sklifosofsky Institute of Emergency Care.

November 17, 2003 18:59

• Supreme Court of Azerbaijan reduced convicts' sentences

  On November 14, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan reduced sentences of Alikram Aliyev, leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, and Jabrail Alizade, chair of the Union of Baku and Baku Villages.

November 17, 2003 17:53

• Murder of refugee in Ingushetia

  On November 8, the body of Imran Kagirov was found on a bank of the Sunzha River near the Ingush village of Barsuki. Imran had been a 1972-year born displaced person from Chechnya; he had lived in the place of IDPs' compact residence in the Nasir-Kort settlement, Nazran.

November 17, 2003 15:46

• Institute of Peace and Democracy about tasks of democratic public organizations

  We call your attention to the statement by Leyla Yunus, director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy.

November 17, 2003 14:47

• Vladikavkaz: attempt on candidate for Russian State Duma elections

  Since September 30, human rights activist Ruslan Makayev has been advocating constitutional rights of the officers of law-enforcement structures as leader of the public organization "Law Is Superior to Power".

November 17, 2003 14:27

• National Movement leader Mikhail Saakashvili: 2-thousand contingent of Adjarian police to be shifted to Tbilisi

  "Two thousand Adjarian police in mufti are about to arrange provocations in the places where the opposition holds meetings against the official authorities," announced Mikhail Saakashvili.

November 17, 2003 13:31

• Use of fentanyl on Dubrovka recognized by FSB

  The office of the All-Russian Movement "For Human Rights" received a reply made by the FSB (Federal Security Service) Department for Moscow and Moscow region to the movement's September inquiry about the composition and concentration of the gas and the duration of it use when storming the theatre building.

November 17, 2003 12:54

• Teachers from Grozny participated in seminar on civil education in Kamensk-Shakhtinsk

  The seminar started close contacts between Chechen and Don teachers. Many ideas of joint projects in the field of legal education and enlightenment of pupils occurred.

November 17, 2003 12:08

• 50,000 US dollars demanded by security structure for kidnapped Chechen teenager

  Magomed Akhayev, a 17-year-old resident from the Alkhan-Yurt village in the Urus-Martan district, was kidnapped from his home a month ago and his family is convinced the operation was carried out by members of one of the Chechen security forces.

November 17, 2003 12:06

• Amnesty International welcomes the November 13 decision of Bow Street Magistrates' Court, London, to decline the request of the Russian Federation for the extradition of the Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakayev

  "The widespread use of torture and ill-treatment by the Russian authorities, as documented by Amnesty International and other human rights groups, had given rise to well-based fears for Akhmed Zakayev's physical safety if sent back to Russia," Amnesty International said.

November 15, 2003 17:17

• London's court refused to extradite Akhmed Zakaev to Russia

  Judge Timothy Workman announced the court decision. He pointed out that Zakaev's return to Russia would be an unfair decision.

November 15, 2003 15:22

• Two prosecutors taken hostages a year ago were released in Chechnya

  Deputy Public Prosecutors of the Shatoysky and Shalinsky districts of Chechnya Nadezhda Pogosova and Aleksey Klimov were released during a special operation by republican security agencies.

November 15, 2003 15:17

• Opposition has finished its meeting in Tbilisi, but its leaders declare actions of disobedience will continue

  The opposition action at the Parliament building was halted on Friday night. Only a few young people, obviously protecting the stretched placards and flags, remained at the building in the Saturday morning.

November 15, 2003 15:14

• Actions of protest in Tbilisi grow in scale

  On November 14, the number of people holding a meeting in Tbilisi reached 30-35 thousand.

November 15, 2003 14:56

• Conference on human rights

  The Delegation of the European Commission in Russia is planning to hold a conference in the beginning of December connected with shooting new projects selected within the framework of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the European Union program.

November 15, 2003 14:45

• Refugees live without light and warmth

  Adults have already got accustomed to the life in any conditions, but it is hard to see how the families with new-born and small children live, says a resident of the center for temporary accommodation.

November 14, 2003 19:14

• Big war in Chechnya is over

  Commander-in-Chief of the North Caucasian Military District Colonel General Vladimir Boldirev made such a statement at an enlarged meeting of the district's military council today.

November 14, 2003 17:39

• Election results outside Georgia declared invalid

  The Mtatsminda-Krtsanissky District Court of Tbilisi declared invalid the results of the November 2 parliamentary elections at all the polling stations abroad.

November 14, 2003 16:55

• Chechen refugees forced to go home

  Several cases with false signatures of refugees were signaled from Ingushetia's "Sputnik" camp situated in the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village when unknown suspects filled in application blanks on behalf of internally displaced persons for their return to Chechnya.

November 14, 2003 16:18

• Security and stability in Northern Caucasus

  The Peacemaking Mission named after General Lebed is going to hold a coordinating conference devoted to the analysis of the Russian population element in providing security and stability in the Northern Caucasus. It is to take place on November 14-15.