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November 28, 2003 23:20

• PACE expert to familiarize himself with human rights situation in Azerbaijan

  Malcolm Bruce, Chairperson of the PACE Sub-Committee on Penal Law and Criminology, will meet representatives of Azerbaijan governing bodies and non-government human rights organizations.

November 28, 2003 22:18

• Most of Chechen terrorists hiding in residential localities of Chechnya

  Commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus Valery Baranov disclosed it.

November 28, 2003 21:42

• Interchurch Peace Council of Netherlands continues to search for MIAs in Nagorny Karabakh

  The Interchurch Peace Council is going to appoint a permanent representative to the "Helsinki Initiative - 92" committee of Nagorny Karabakh.

November 28, 2003 20:05

• Russian Foreign Minister to hold separate meetings with Adjarian leader and Abkhazian Premier

  Earlier the Russian Foreign Minister stated Russia has recognized the independence and territorial integrity of Georgia and does recognize it now. "It is Russia's position of principle, and there have been no changes in it," stressed Mr. Ivanov.

November 28, 2003 18:39

• Member of Aslan Zavgayev's election staff killed

  Idris Kadyrov, 50, was brutally killed in the Vedeno district of Chechnya. He was an agent of Aslan Zavgayev, a candidate for the State Duma in Chechnya's single-mandate constituency.

November 28, 2003 18:38

• Vladimir Putin proposed extending the time of presence of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone

  The President of Russia put forward a proposal to the Federation Council to extend the time of presence of the Russian contingent that is a part of the CIS Peacekeeping Forces in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone.

November 28, 2003 17:45

• Fair Elections expresses indignation about fire on flat of Iberiya TV Company journalist

  The Fair Elections non-government organization expresses indignation about the fire on the flat of Lyuba Eliashvili, an Iberiya TV Company journalist and television presenter, and demands that appropriate bodies immediately react to this fact.

November 28, 2003 15:46

• Five policemen wounded in landmine explosion near Shali

  The explosion damaged the Ural truck of the Shali police carrying officers from Altai Territory, who were on detachment in the North Caucasus.

November 28, 2003 15:03

• Abkhazian delegation arrived in Moscow

  The Abkhazian delegation is led by Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba.

November 28, 2003 14:25

• International conference on Russian-Chechen war took place in Copenhagen

  The conference was arranged by Scandinavian support committees for Chechnya. Delegates of the conference were activists of analogous committees from 15 European countries, as well as journalist Anna Politkovskaya and First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Usman Ferzauli.

November 28, 2003 13:31

• Rehabilitation institutions for disabled children function in Stepanakert

  6.1% of the population in the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh are disabled people, according to the data for the first six months of 2003. Most of them became disabled as a result of hostilities on the territory of Nagorny Karabakh. But people who have been disabled since childhood also make a considerable part of them.

November 28, 2003 11:39

• Public forum "Development of Social Partnership in Russian Regions"

  The public forum "Development of Social Partnership in Russian Regions" started in Rostov on November 25.

November 27, 2003 23:22

• How "mates of Arab terrorists" are killed in Chechnya

  On October 18, 2003, at about 5 p.m., Lom-Ali Makalov, a local villager, was mortally wounded in the yard of his house (10 Verkhnyaya Street) in the village of Kulari, the Grozny (rural) district.

November 27, 2003 19:13

• Conference on Conflict Resolution to be held in Saint Petersburg

  The Institute of Psychotherapy and Consultation "Harmony", Russia, and Common Bond Institute, the U.S., have begun preparing the 12th Annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution, which is scheduled for May 10-15, 2004 and will be held in Saint Petersburg.

November 27, 2003 18:27

• International "Recognition Award" conferred on Memorial Office in Nazran

  In Vienna, Austria, on November 13, 2003, the activist of the Memorial Office in Nazran Ousam Baysaev was given the so called "Recognition Award", which is annually conferred on human rights activists by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF).

November 27, 2003 18:07

• Discussions about war and human rights

  The project "Work with Russia's Public Opinion to Form the Unbiased and Balanced Appraisal of Russia's Actions in the North Caucasus and Caucasus as a Whole" has been launched by the Memorial Society in several regions of the country this autumn.

November 27, 2003 16:18

• Veterans of local wars: steps toward dialogue

  The initiative group of the "Working Meeting of Participants in the Movement of Veterans of Local Wars" made a pre-arranged visit to Baku in early November.

November 27, 2003 13:36

• "The first Chechen war" began 9 years ago

  At dawn of November 26, 1994, squads of armed opposition, backed up by Russian tanks and infantry, attacked Grozny from three directions.

November 27, 2003 12:54

• Five presidential contenders already known in Georgia

  Igor Georgadze, ex-state security minister, was the last who submitted an application for registration as a presidential contender to the Central Election Commission (CEC), reported the CEC news center.

November 27, 2003 12:22

• International Herald Tribune: "Shevardnadze was a perfect symbol of the illusion"

  "However badly Eduard Shevardnadze ruled his mountain republic of Georgia, and however tardy his departure, he exited with the grace that will allow him to retain his stature as one of the great statesmen in the final chapter of the cold war," writes The International Herald Tribune.