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October 01, 2003 16:57

• Statement of deputies of unacknowledged Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

  The statement reads, "We claim that the issue of making announcement about the impeachment of President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Maskhadov on September 5, 2003 was not discussed with our participation at the sessions of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, hence it has no legal effect."

October 01, 2003 15:49

• Girl - student of Grozny university was abducted in Grozny

  About 400 people gathered yesterday to hold a meeting in front of the building of the Chechen government in Grozny. They protested against the abduction of Elina Gakayeva.

October 01, 2003 15:46

• 4th world congress of International Association of Abkhazian-Abazin People took place in Sukhumi on September 29

  More than 200 delegates and guests from Russia, Turkey, and Germany participated in the congress.

October 01, 2003 14:27

• Actions of Lithuanian State Security Department, which closed Chechen separatists' website, were pronounced illegal

  A court official reported it.

October 01, 2003 14:26

• Internews Azerbaijan denounced violence against journalists and human rights activists

  The Media Rights Institute calls upon the country's government to make normal conditions for the publication of the Our Nakhchivan newspaper, hold an inquiry into the incident, and punish the guilty.

October 01, 2003 12:54

• Abduction of Roshni-Chu villager

  On the night of September 28, officers of Russian security structures abducted local Musa Ganayev in the village of Roshni-Chu, Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan district.

October 01, 2003 12:53

• Bombing in mountain districts of Chechnya

  For the last few days Russian air forces have been massively bombing mountain gorges and forest tracts in the Vedensk, Nozhay-Yurt, Sunzha, Urus-Martan, and Achkhoy-Martan districts of Chechnya.

October 01, 2003 12:51

• Anatoly Popov left hospital and departed for Grozny

  This was reported at the press service of the republic's government.

October 01, 2003 12:49

• Refugees were left roofless in rain

  On September 29, twelve families of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia were roofless during the torrential rain.

October 01, 2003 12:47

• Another refugee from Chechnya was kidnapped in Nazran

  Ziyavdi Lanzhuyev, a refugee from the Chechen Republic, was detained and taken away in an unknown direction by officers of unknown security agencies.

October 01, 2003 12:38

• Arab League and Organization of the Islamic Conference representatives will observe Chechen presidential election.

  Other international organizations will also send their observers to the election.

October 01, 2003 12:35

• Regional tournament in game "The Convention on the Rights of the Child" is to take place in Kuban

  A quiz on the history of the creation of the Convention, a competition of posters "The Convention on the Rights of the Child and local community" and other contests are to be held within the limits of the tournament.

September 30, 2003 19:33

• Appeal of Russian human rights organizations: "Dangerous tendencies in the development of the Russian society in view of human rights violations"

  The appeal reads, "The increasing pressure on the mass media, public organizations, and business has been added to the despotism of the law-enforcement agencies, bloody war in Chechnya, which existed in Russia before too."

September 30, 2003 17:43

• FSB was denied access to Kavkaz Center website

  Kavkaz Center has figured out the hacker because of the hacker's own negligence. The hacker turned out to be the FSB of Russia.

September 30, 2003 17:41

• Talk show on issue of access to information took place in Stepanakert

  Stepanakert's Press Club jointly with a number of public organizations did a talk show on September 28 on the Artsakhskoye Public Television within the framework of the program of the international organization "Article 19" that is aimed at the development of freedom of speech in the Southern Caucasus.

September 30, 2003 15:13

• Ruben Shugarian: "The return to Europe for Armenia is a return home"

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugarian stated that the search for regional stability in the Southern Caucasus was a complex one.

September 30, 2003 15:11

• High-ranking official of disbanded Ministry for Press was killed in Chechnya

  Deputy director general of the "Chechenpechat" union Said-Husein Khamzatkhanov was killed on Saturday in the Chechen-Aul village, Chechnya's Groznensky rural district.

September 30, 2003 15:09

• National Press Club condemns violence against journalists

  The last case, as it is noted in the NPC statement of September 28, is that which happened with editor-in-chief of the Or newspaper Gayane Mukoian.

September 30, 2003 13:03

• Alex Goldfarb: "The trial against war criminals of the Russian Federation will be given earlier than the many think"

  The Chechnya Film Festival, which was held in New York and Washington last week, with the rooms being overcrowded, is moving to Moscow.

September 30, 2003 12:59

• EU doubts elections in Chechnya will be held in compliance with law

  Italy, which is in the chair of the European Union now, stated its concern in respect of the presidential elections in Chechnya scheduled for October 5.