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November 14, 2003 15:52

• Alan Chochiev considers himself to be first political prisoner in Russia

  We call your attention to some extracts from the statement of October 29 made by the arrested South Osetian public figure Alan Chochiev.

November 14, 2003 15:13

• Leaders of Chechen separatists plan no large-scale operations

  "We are going to continue our guerilla tactics, hit-and-run subversive actions, but there will be no large-scale combats ", said a representative of the separatists' command.

November 14, 2003 13:57

• Chechen refugees in Austria left to the mercy of fate

  It has become known that the Chechen refugees living in the "Azul" camp for displaced people in Treiskirchen, Austria, have been suffering indignities from the Austrian authorities for the second week already.

November 13, 2003 17:09

• Georgian opposition breaks off negotiations with government

  "All of the resources in the negotiations with the government have been used up. Thus a mass meeting will take place in Tbilisi on Friday, at 4 p.m., the only demand in which will be the impeachment of President Shevardnadze," said one of the opposition leaders Mikhail Saakashvili.

November 13, 2003 16:39

• Abkhazian public organizations discuss problem of return of Abkhazian Mahajirs' descendants to historic native land

  A round table discussion was held in Sukhum on November 11 on the initiative of the non-government public organization "Center for Humanitarian Programs". It was devoted to the problems of return of descendants of Mahajirs - who were forced to leave their native land in the 19th century as a result of the Caucasian War - to Abkhazia.

November 12, 2003 21:50

• Alan Chochiev faces demand to stop criticizing Dzasokhov

  Relatives of the South Osetian public figure Alan Chochiev arrested in Vladikavkaz report he is still in prison and continues the hunger strike he started on October 19.

November 12, 2003 20:27

• Georgian ruling bloc ready for concessions to opposition to stabilize situation in Georgia

  Tonight Eduard Shevardnadze is to meet representatives of the radical opposition blocs: Mikhail Saakashvili of Saakashvili - National Movement, Georgian parliament speaker Nino Burdjanadze of Burdjanadze - Democrats, and former parliament speaker Zurab Zhvania.

November 12, 2003 19:17

• Conciliation Resources members paying familiarization visit to Nagorny Karabakh

  Jenny Norton and Lara Griffiths, members of the British non-government organization "Conciliation Resources", arrived in Stepanakert for a familiarization visit. They were received by Foreign Minister of Nagorny Karabakh Ashot Gulian.

November 12, 2003 17:38

• "Satsita" camp fired from grenade-gun

  The camp inhabitants hold the "arms of the law" were celebrating Day of the Militia and decided to mark their professional holiday in such an extravagant way.

November 12, 2003 17:05

• New discussion club: Karabakh settlement to be first topic to discuss

  The republican newspaper of Nagorny Karabakh "Azat Artsakh", the Stepanakert Press Club and the independent newspaper "What To Do" have founded a discussion club, within which round tables touching upon the most urgent problems in Nagorny Karabakh will be periodically conducted.

November 12, 2003 16:29

• "Journey of Peace" delivered letters to Chechen children and made Alley of Peace in Grozny

  A successive stage of "the people's peacemaking action" "Journey of Peace", which started in Yekaterinburg a month ago, is over.

November 12, 2003 14:21

• U.S. Government's humanitarian program in Armenia to clear territory of mines

  American specialists have done researches and ascertained that 11,108 hectares remain mined in Armenia.

November 12, 2003 13:47

• Meeting for freedom and democracy

  A meeting "for democracy and against lawlessness and high-handedness" arranged by the Russian Democratic Yabloko Party was held in Moscow, on Pushkinskaya Square, on November 7.

November 12, 2003 12:54

• Rauf Arifoglu arrested for long

  Experts hold Rauf Arifoglu will surely be imprisoned for a month or two, and after it President Ilkham Aliyev's petition will let him be released.

November 12, 2003 12:08

• Unauthorized demonstration of anarchists held under antiwar slogans

  "We feel with the persecuted Chechens and want to remind everybody that things happening in Chechnya will have an inevitable effect on our own life, and not only by regular kamikaze explosions," the organizers of the action note in their press release.

November 12, 2003 11:09

• Expert of "Yeni Musavat" newspaper to be under arrest

  On November 3, the Nasiminsky District Court pronounced judgment to hold in custody Eldar Tagiev, an expert of the "Yeni Musavat" newspaper.

November 11, 2003 22:58

• Antiwar conference in Boston

  The conference "Chechnya: Humane Catastrophe and Way to Peace" is to be held in Boston, the U.S., on November 14-15, with documentaries being shown.

November 11, 2003 22:54

• Pro-government bloc leads Georgia's parliamentary elections

  According to information received by the Central Election Commission from 2,716 out of 2,870 polling stations, For New Georgia won 20.6% of the vote. At some of the polling stations the elections have been declared invalid because of the violations and at some other stations the second round of the elections will be held.

November 11, 2003 19:14

• Organization for Karabakh Liberation to picket embassies of UN Security Council Member States in Baku

  The protest is caused by the passive, as the organization believes, activity of Russia, the U.S., China, France, and Great Britain on the Karabakh conflict settlement.

November 11, 2003 18:30

• Georgian opposition rallies continue in Tbilisi

  Despite the rain, about three hundred people gathered at the square and the crowd of protesters was gradually growing.