News

September 29, 2003 11:41

• Human rights monitoring of Moscow Helsinki Group

  The second number of the MHG Bulletin which is devoted, like the first one, to the theme "Presidential Elections in Chechnya: Human Rights Monitoring" came out on September 26.

September 27, 2003 16:41

• Shamil Burayev: "Morality, law and order are a foundation of our common home - the Chechen Republic"

  The interview with the Chechen presidential contender Shamil Burayev was conducted by Ruslan Umarov, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".

September 27, 2003 11:34

• Interview with Chechen presidential contender Nikolay Payzulayev

  The interview with the Chechen presidential contender Nikolay Payzulayev was conducted by Ruslan Umarov, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".

September 26, 2003 16:02

• Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov: "The sooner we form power organs, the sooner we restore our republic"

  The Chechen presidential election is a subject of general attention and interest both in the republic and outside. One can not say it is going impeccably, but no one has expected it. Chechen Election Commission Chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov told in his interview to Ruslan Umarov, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot", how the course of the election campaign is seen out of the commission's office.

September 25, 2003 18:43

• "Mkhedrioni" leader overstayed his prison term

  Head of non-government organization "Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights" Nana Kakabadze accused the judiciary of dragging out a case of Giga Gelashvili, one of the leaders of "Mkhedrioni" organization.

September 25, 2003 16:02

• Interview with Chechen presidential contender Kudus Saduyev

  The interview with the Chechen presidential contender Kudus Saduyev was conducted by Ruslan Umarov, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".

September 25, 2003 12:44

• Despotism of authorities in refugee camp: details

  On September 22 officials of the Ingush migration service with the assistance of OMON (militia platoon for special purposes) officers and officers of the Russian interior ministry's united group cut off the gas supply to the camp of displaced persons "Bela", which is situated in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district.

September 24, 2003 23:54

• Abkhazian delegation initiated that Georgian-Abkhazian meeting in Tbilisi be carried over

  "Such a decision was made because of the absence of security blankets for the Abkhazian delegation members. The itinerary offered by the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia - by cars across Georgia - did not suit us," said Shamba.

September 24, 2003 23:52

• Azerbaijanians picketed their own embassy in Moscow

  Action initiators assert their aim is "to draw attention of the European Union Member States to the human rights problems in Azerbaijan and express their disagreement with the EU Member States' passive stance on this issue."

September 24, 2003 23:51

• Disabled people in Stavropol Territory will get jobs owing to assignment of workplace quotas for them

  Stavropol Territory's government approved the legislation "On the Assignment of Workplace Quotas for Giving Employment to Disabled People in Organizations of Stavropol Territory".

September 24, 2003 23:43

• Chechen women's appeal to Chechen presidential contenders

  "We appeal to you with a request and a wish not to lose a veritable Chechen spirit, which you inherited from our forefathers," reads the appeal.

September 24, 2003 23:40

• Taman police foiled picket holding against ammoniac terminal construction in Kuban

  A picket in protest against illegal actions of the Togliattiazot corporation, which keeps on constructing an ammonia reloading terminal on the Taman Peninsula, was to be held in the village of Volna on September 19, 2003.

September 24, 2003 17:38

• Manifestation of radicals for peace and democracy in Chechnya was put off

  The prefecture of the Moscow's Central Administrative District refused to accept radicals' notification about holding the picket "Chechnya: the UN Interim Administration, and Not the Imitation of Elections!" on Teatralnaya Square on October 3.

September 24, 2003 17:07

• Human rights defenders ask Bush to influence Putin

  Russia's forces are committing abuses against displaced Chechens in Ingushetia, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on September 23.

September 24, 2003 17:05

• Law on freedom of information has been passed in Armenia

  The law supposes maximum transparency of a government's activity, as well as keeping society abreast of executive power work.

September 24, 2003 15:57

• Georgian observers are to take part in Chechen presidential election monitoring

  As it was reported at the State Chancellery of Georgia, the idea of Georgian observers' participation in the monitoring of the Chechen election belonged to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

September 24, 2003 15:55

• Chechen students who were detained on suspicion of terrorism in Krasnodar had taken part in assault of Grozny on federal forces' side

  Several Chechen students who arrived at the Krasnodar Institute of Law of the Russian Interior Ministry for studies were detained in Krasnodar.

September 24, 2003 14:49

• "Sweep-up" at Ingush farm

  In the early hours of September 22 Russian and Ingush forces carried out a "sweep-up" operation at the former dairy complex #1 near the Nasyr-Kort village in Ingushetia, in which displaced Chechens are currently living.

September 24, 2003 14:48

• Meeting of protest in Grozny

  A mass action of protest took place on Teatralnaya Square, Grozny's Leninsky District, on September 22. According to data, over 200 people participated in the action.

September 24, 2003 14:23

• UN Interim Administration in Chechnya: letter of Nikolay Khramov and Anna Zaytseva to State Duma deputies

  "We earnestly ask you once again to familiarize yourself with the text of the appeal "For Establishment of the UN Interim Administration in Chechnya" and, if you agree with it, attach your signature to it," reads the letter.