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September 23, 2003 18:19

• Talks between Georgian and Abkhazian delegations in Tbilisi have been postponed till later term

  Talks on working out guarantees of security and nonrenewal of military operations between Georgia and Abkhazia, which were to be held on September 23, have been postponed till a later term because of technical reasons.

September 23, 2003 16:30

• Measures in respect of those who organized mass beating of Chechen students in Nalchik have not been taken yet

  Students were beaten in different parts of Nalchik at the same time. This is evidence that the action was thoroughly planned.

September 23, 2003 16:28

• Chechen media editors are to pay 2,000-ruble fine for publications of report on Beslan Gantamirov's press conference

  On September 18 the Leninsky District Court of Grozny began to try an administrative case against the republican "Vesti Respubliki" and "Molodyozhnaya Smena" newspapers, which are charged with the infringement of election agitation rules.

September 23, 2003 14:37

• European Court is to consider the merits of case of 13 Chechens

  The European Court of Human Rights has declared admissible the application lodged against the governments of Georgia and Russia by 13 Chechens.

September 23, 2003 14:35

• All Chechen territorial election commissions are taken under twenty-four-hour guarding

  "These measures are taken to prevent provocations and possible terrorist acts on the threshold of the Chechen presidential election, scheduled for October 5," reported head of the Chechen interior ministry's press-cutting service Ruslan Atsayev.

September 23, 2003 14:33

• Russian Supreme Court is to consider matter of propriety of Malik Saidulayev's dismissal from presidential race

  Saidullayev was registered as a presidential contender on August 27, and two weeks later the Supreme Court of Chechnya revoked his registration.

September 23, 2003 14:31

• Conference of Scandinavian human rights activists on Chechen conflict took place in Oslo on September 22

  Board Member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov told about it. According to him, the "Memorial" did not receive an invitation to the conference from Scandinavian human rights activists.

September 23, 2003 12:39

• Ravil Gainutdin: "We are not interested in having Moslems join the extremist ranks"

  Speaking in Moscow at the conference "Tolerance as the Basis for the Well-Being of Multinational Russia", Gainutdin said he thought the so-called Wahhabi sentiments among some of the young Moslems were caused by the poor quality of Islamic education, the inability to communicate with extremist-minded people and make them change their mind.

September 23, 2003 12:32

• Mass clashes in Baku

  Mass clashes occurred in downtown Baku on September 21 between supporters of the "Musavat" party leader Isa Gambar running for presidency and police. The incident sparked several minutes before Gambar's meeting with voters.

September 22, 2003 21:21

• Against Russia's policy in the Caucasus

  The Antiwar Committee in Saint Petersburg put out a regular leaflet against the war in Chechnya.

September 22, 2003 17:41

• Details of mass beating of Chechens in Nalchik

  A mass beating of students of the Chechen nationality with the use of cold steel took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, on September 17.

September 22, 2003 16:11

• For three years 150 people have been convicted in Armenia for their refusal to serve

  Most of them are members of the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses", which is unregistered in the country.

September 22, 2003 15:32

• Chechen intellectuals discussed preservation of their nation in globalized world

  More than 40 Chechen intellectuals met in Grozny on September 19 to discuss how best to preserve their nation in the era of globalization.

September 22, 2003 15:29

• US leading Moslem organization supports resolution on Genocide

  The Council of American-Islamic Relations joined the group supporting the US Congress resolution that commemorates the 15th anniversary of the United States ratification of the UN Convention on Genocide, in which the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey at the beginning of the last century is mentioned.

September 22, 2003 14:16

• National Press Club of Armenia objects bill on mass media

  The adoption of such a law in the time that is so decisive for Armenia is inadmissible, therefore it must be prevented by common efforts, stresses the authors of the document.

September 22, 2003 13:12

• Conference of NGOs took place in Chechnya

  A conference of non-government organizations and representatives of the Chechen intelligentsia took place in Grozny on September 19.

September 22, 2003 13:10

• UNHCR Office made protest to Russian Interior Ministry against ban on easy visits of refugee camps in Ingushetia

  On September 18 the police did not let representatives of humanitarian organizations in the Bella camp explaining it with toughening of security measures after the terrorist act in Magas.

September 22, 2003 12:07

• Pre-election passions run high

  An extemporaneous meeting of people showing support for Shamil Burayev's candidacy for the post of the Chechen Republic's president was held in Achkhoy-Martan, Chechnya's district center, on September 13. Shamil Burayev is a former district administration head dismissed from his post by "Chechnya's Acting President" Akhmad Kadyrov on the threshold of the elections.

September 22, 2003 12:00

• Entrepreneurs will be able to hold out only if they unite

  The round table discussion "Administrative Barriers Preventing the Development of Small-Scale Enterprise in Krasnodar Territory" was held in the conference hall of the Krasnodarskiye Izvestiya newspaper.

September 20, 2003 12:04

• Issues concerned with Georgian-Abkhazian settlement were discussed at meeting of Abkhazian Foreign Minister and Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Georgia

  Sergey Shamba and Heidi Tagliavini spoke about a Georgian-Abkhazian meeting on the guarantees of security and nonrenewal of military operations in Tbilisi scheduled for September 23 and about a forthcoming arrival of 20 UN Civilian Police in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.