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April 17, 2004 15:39

• Georgian-Abkhazian meetings to be held in Moscow and Geneva

  The Prime Minister of Abkhazia and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Georgia met on April 16 in Sukhum to discuss the Georgian-Abkhazian meetings set for April - in Moscow and Geneva.

April 17, 2004 15:12

• International Helsinki Federation reports on numerous violations of human rights in Armenia

  In its report, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) has summarized the evidence of violations of freedom of assembly, of freedom of movement, of freedom of the media, and of the persecution of political dissenters that have occurred in Armenia.

April 17, 2004 14:58

• Human Rights Watch: Georgia returns terrorist suspects to countries practicing torture, including Russia

  The human rights organization recommends that the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture examine and establish clear standards and criteria for the use of diplomatic assurances by governments with the purpose of ensuring that governments adhere to their absolute obligation not to expose persons to a risk of torture.

April 17, 2004 14:30

• Chechen NGO denies functionaries' statements on situation in Satsita refugee camp

  According to data of the Chechen National Rescue Committee, 1,500 people in 300 tents are officially registered on the territory of the Satsita camp, though the real number of people living in this temporary accommodation center exceeds 2,000 people.

April 17, 2004 14:17

• Great number of war crimes against civilian population registered in Chechnya

  16 civilians were killed in the Chechen Republic for seven days, 7 of them were children.

April 16, 2004 20:19

• Akhmed Zakayev: only Chechens themselves can stand up for their right to live

  Akhmed Zakayev, special envoy of Aslan Maskhadov and prime minister of the unrecognized Ichkerian government, has made a statement on the April 15 vote at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

April 16, 2004 19:09

• Colonel Aleksandr Litvinenko sings appeal for interim UN administration in Chechnya

  On April 15, FSB (Federal Security Service) Colonel Aleksandr Litvinenko, the author of the books "FSB Blows Up Russia" and "LCG ? Lubyanka Criminal Group" who received political asylum in England, joined the appeal "For an Interim United Nations Administration in Chechnya" initiated by the Transnational Radical Party.

April 16, 2004 18:53

• Former defense minister arrested in Armenia

  Lieutenant-General Vagarshak Arutyunian is charged with making appeals to overthrow the power by force.

April 16, 2004 18:47

• Operation to search for rebels continues in southern districts of Chechnya

  The Russian military and officers of local security agencies have been conducting large-scale operations in several southern districts of Chechnya for the last few days.

April 16, 2004 16:31

• Second round of parliamentary elections in Adjaria frustrated

  "All responsibility for the frustration of the elections lies with the Adjarian leadership and those people who create illegal armed units there," said Chairman of the Georgian Central Election Commission Zurab Chiaberashvili.

April 16, 2004 12:45

• Armenian politicians discuss situation in country

  "A corridor is left even during military operations so that people can leave, but on April 13 the people were encircled on all sides," said Erdzhanik Abgarian, board member of the Armenian National Movement.

April 16, 2004 11:54

• Journalists beaten during dispersal of opposition meeting in Armenia, OSCE to seek punishment for the guilty

  The OSCE is deeply concerned over the use of force during the dispersal of the opposition meeting, said Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin.

April 16, 2004 11:31

• Karabakh foreign minister sees no objective preconditions for renewal of military operations

  "The level of fighting efficiency of the Karabakh army gives hope that the balance of forces in the region, due to which the truce is preserved, will be maintained in the future too," the minister said.

April 16, 2004 11:22

• Village administration chief, security man killed in Chechnya

  Unidentified gunmen opened automatic fire at the Lada car in which head of the village administration Alvi Valiyev was driving at 9:45 p.m. on April 15.

April 16, 2004 10:52

• Meeting participants block off Kavkaz federal route in Dagestan

  Residents of Dagestan's Tsumadinsky and Botlikhsky districts held an unauthorized meeting, demanding that immediate measures be taken in connection with a disappearance of their friends.

April 16, 2004 10:29

• Rights defenders, students protest against state terror in Armenia

  Human rights organizations, NGOs, and students held a meeting in the center of Yerevan on April 15.

April 16, 2004 10:11

• UN Commission rejects resolution on human rights violations in Chechnya

  The draft resolution was submitted by representatives of the European Union, who believe Moscow must be more active in stopping what they consider to be violence against civilian Chechens on the part of the federal forces.

April 15, 2004 23:04

• Armenian oppositionists enter their headquarters sealed up by police

  Albert Bazeian, a leader of the party Anrapetutiun (Republic), said they were going to turn to the European Court of Human Rights in view of the illegal closure of the party's office and the damage done to it.

April 15, 2004 18:26

• Hotline for victims of ethnic discrimination

  By means of it, qualified lawyers will give primary advice to the suffered.

April 15, 2004 17:46

• Adjarian Interior Minister: no velvet revolution in autonomy

  "I want Tbilisi to know that the November [2003] developments will not repeat themselves in the Adjarian autonomy. The local population will defend the elected power to the end," said Djemal Gogitidze.