News

October 08, 2003 18:23

• Well-known Chechen journalist and film director Said-Magomed Khachukayev was arrested in Belgium

  The Association of Chechens in Belgium has protested against the illegal detention of Said-Magomed Khachukayev and urged international, public and human rights organizations to interfere and do everything possible for the detainee's immediate discharge.

October 08, 2003 18:01

• Ingushetia must remain safe haven for displaced Chechens

  Amnesty International is concerned that the Russian authorities have not given sufficient guarantees that the principle of voluntary return as well as the integrity and dignity of the IDPs will be respected.

October 08, 2003 17:00

• Sergey Kovalyov: "The Council of Europe diverges from its democracy support commitments"

  The human rights defender raised deep concern about the future of the Southern Caucasus as gross breaches of democracy took place in all the three countries of the region.

October 08, 2003 15:39

• Problems of displaced persons are in focus of attention of Stavropol Territory's public

  A round-table discussion on migration policy issues took place in Stavropol on the basis of the Stavropol Agrarian University on October 6.

October 08, 2003 15:02

• Observers and human rights defenders give conflicting accounts of election violations

  Antuan Arakelyan, a human rights activist from the "Strategy" center, said, "I went to several election districts and perhaps 50-60% of people voted, but surely not 80%."

October 08, 2003 13:54

• Sulumbek Maigov: "Presidential elections will have no effect on the situation in Chechnya"

  In the opinion of the former special representative of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria President Aslan Maskhadov, there is no ground to speak about a radical turn in the situation in Chechnya and the arrangement of peaceful life while peace talks between the belligerents are not started.

October 08, 2003 11:38

• President of Chechnya is to be inaugurated on October 19

  According to the data of the Chechen election commission, over 80% of the constituents voted for the republic's head Akhmad Kadyrov in the elections last Sunday.

October 08, 2003 11:33

• Azerbaijan Diaspora established Moscow Relief Fund for Refugees, Displaced Persons and Shakhid Families of Azerbaijan

  "In such a way Azerbaijanians living outside of the republic want to support, as far as possible, those who suffered as a result of the Karabakh conflict," stressed Organization for Karabakh Liberation Chairman Akif Nagi.

October 08, 2003 11:31

• Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev proposes separating mountainous part of Chechnya from plain one and creating reservation there

  Presidential elections in Chechnya excite only inhabitants of the plains of the republic. This is an opinion of Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev, a former field commander wanted by federal services.

October 07, 2003 23:36

• International conference on Chechnya in Istanbul

  About 100 people participated in the conference, including Turkish parliament deputies, Aslan Maskhadov's official representatives, activists of the international organization "Human Rights Watch", journalists of Turkish TV agencies, radio stations and papers, and Chechen journalists.

October 07, 2003 23:33

• Independent observers and representatives of other Chechen presidential contenders allege elections were falsified

  Independent observers and representatives of other Chechen presidential contenders allege there were no "voters' high activity" and the results of the voting were falsified. According to some data, there were polling stations in Grozny which were visited only by several people in the whole day.

October 07, 2003 23:29

• Foundation for Civil Liberties sent videodisks with films of Chechnya Festival to members of parliaments of Great Britain, France, Germany, and US

  According to the words of Aleksandr Goldfarb, the purpose of the delivery of these disks is to remind the European Establishment that the most terrible barbarities in Europe since the World War II take place in Chechnya before everyone's eyes.

October 07, 2003 19:03

• Armenian foreign ministry considers Azerbaijan is trying to frustrate process of Karabakh conflict settlement

  Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told it in his interview to the National Television of Armenia.

October 07, 2003 18:56

• European Commission doubts presidential elections in Chechnya were free and fair

  The leaders of the European Union stress they will support all arrangements that may contribute to the restoration of peace in Chechnya.

October 07, 2003 13:57

• First congress of World Armenian Organization started in Moscow

  President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Armenia Robert Kocharian attended the congress. Outstanding political and public figures of Russia, Armenia and other countries of the world where members of the Armenian Diaspora live are among the guests of the congress.

October 07, 2003 13:27

• Presentation of new book "Here Live People. Chechnya: the Chronicle of Violence. Part 1 - July-December 2000", which has been published by Human Rights Center "Memorial", is to be held on October 8

  U. Baisayev (a member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial", Nazran, an author of the book), D. Grushkin (a member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial", Moscow, an author of the book), O. Orlov (council chairman of the Human Rights Center "Memorial"), V. Shenderovich (a writer and publicist) will be participants in the presentation.

October 07, 2003 13:24

• Malik Saidullayev explains his decision to stop carrying on business in Russia with lack of guarantees for protection of business and personal rights

  The fact that Malik Saidullayev had been deprived of his registration as candidate for the post of the president of Chechnya also influenced his decision as he thinks it was done "for far-fetched reasons with a gross violation of the Russian law".

October 07, 2003 12:12

• Moscow City Court dismissed yesterday 9 more claims for moral damage compensation declared by former hostages and relatives of people who were killed in terrorist act on Dubrovka

  The total number of claims dismissed by the Moscow City Court has reached 33.

October 07, 2003 10:43

• Results of elections in Chechnya

  According to the preliminary results, acting president of the republic Akhmad Kadyrov won the largest amount of the vote in the elections of the president of Chechnya. Chechen Central Election Commission Chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov told it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 06, 2003 17:34

• Presentation of projects and books of International Society "Memorial" at Frankfurt Book Fair

  The directors of enlightening and human rights projects: Svetlana Gannushkina, Arseny Roginsky, Grigory Shvedov, Aleksandr Cherkasov, and Irina Scherbakova will represent "Memorial".