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17:02, 15 February 2004

US Embassy prepares report on situation with trafficking in Georgia

The risk exists that Georgia may be transferred from the second group of countries to the third one, which will damage the country's international image and may reduce financial help from abroad.

17:00, 15 February 2004

Ex-president of unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria dies as a result of attempt on his life

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev died in a hospital in Qatar as a result of an attempt on his life, reported an Al Arabiya TV Channel correspondent with reference to medical sources in Doha (Qatar's capital).

16:56, 15 February 2004

Information campaign on program of Meskhetian Turks' resettlement from Kuban region to US begins

The first meeting of workers of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with Meskhetian Turks will be held on February 16 in the village of Kholmskaya, Krasnodar Territory's Abinsky district. The IOM representatives will inform the Meskhetian Turks about the program of resettlement to the United States.

16:54, 15 February 2004

LINKS director visits Nagorny Karabakh

Representatives of British and American non-government organizations (NGOs) that worked out a joint project to promote the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and to create the atmosphere of trust in the region made a three-day visit to the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh.

23:55, 13 February 2004

Zamoskvoretsky Court to consider complaint by mother of victim of terrorist act on Dubrovka

On February 17, the Zamoskvoretsky Intermunicipal Court of Moscow will consider a complaint by people suffered as a result of the terrorist act on Dubrovka against actions of investigative bodies in the course of the investigation into the criminal case.

23:30, 13 February 2004

New public movement created in Karabakh

Eduard Agabekian, a deputy of the Karabakh parliament, made a statement to the National Assembly. He announced on behalf of the initiative group that Movement - 88 was a new political movement to be formed.

23:06, 13 February 2004

Meeting in Gudermes devoted to explosion on Moscow metro

A meeting arranged by the district administration and leaders of the Chechen regional branch of the United Russia party was held on the central square of Gudermes on February 10.

22:30, 13 February 2004

Azerbaijan human rights activists on lack of freedom of assembly in republic

"Article 49 "Freedom of Assembly" of the Constitution has been suspended in the republic in fact after the presidential election of 15 October 2003 and the clashes between demonstrators and the police that followed the election on 15 and 16 October," reads the statement.

18:18, 13 February 2004

"Peace to Our Home" action devoted to problems of young people in Chechnya

Hundreds of people abroad and only a few in Russia responded to the peacemaking action arranged by the offices of Human Rights Center "Memorial" in Nazran and Grozny.

17:23, 13 February 2004

Azerbaijan is ready to start negotiating Karabakh problem from beginning

"Today there is no principle that both the sides accept in the Karabakh settlement, therefore Azerbaijan has full authority to start from the beginning," said Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev.

16:30, 13 February 2004

Office of Chechen human rights representative may reopen

There is a possibility that the office of Abdul-Khakim Sultygov, special envoy for human rights in Chechnya, which was officially terminated by President Putin a month ago, continue its activity in the republic later this year.

16:09, 13 February 2004

Satellite press conferences Yerevan-Baku

On February 6 and 10, two more satellite press conferences Yerevan-Baku were held within the framework of the project of the Yerevan and Baku Press Clubs "Possible Resolutions of the Karabakh Conflict: Expert Evaluations and Media Coverage".

15:51, 13 February 2004

70 Bailovskaya prison inmates continue hunger strike

The number of prisoners taking part in the hunger strike at the Bailovskaya prison has risen to 70. A further 7 activists of the Musavat party and Azerbaijan Popular Front, not in prison, are also taking part.

18:03, 12 February 2004

Regional administration picketed in Krasnodar

Residents of the Krimsky district picketed the regional administration in Krasnodar on February 9.

17:28, 12 February 2004

Ex-chairman of Abkhazian Supreme Soviet declares for war with breakaway republic

Former chairman of the Abkhazian Supreme Soviet Tamaz Nadareishvili declares against the signing of the agreement between Georgia and Abkhazia that the war will not be resumed.

17:00, 12 February 2004

Symbol of Freedom awarded to head of Krasnodar human rights organization

The ceremony to present the 2003 Symbol of Freedom, a sign of public recognition instituted in the field of human rights, will be held at the Marble Hall of the House of Journalists in Moscow on February 17.

16:20, 12 February 2004

23 February is International Day of Actions Against War in Chechnya

The Antiwar Club and Committee for Antiwar Actions have issued a statement in which they called upon everybody to "join the actions aimed at the cessation of war in Chechnya, establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration in Chechnya and political settlement of the conflict" on 23 February, the day of memory of people fallen victims to Stalin's deportation.

16:01, 12 February 2004

120 refugee families returned from Ingushetia to North Osetia in 2003

120 families of displaced persons returned to the places of their former residence on the territory of North Osetia for 12 months of 2003, according to the data by the Ingush State Committee on Refugees and Displaced Persons.

15:32, 12 February 2004

Volunteer for Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship detained in Ingushetia

A volunteer for the interregional NGO Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship, Alkhazur Batayev, was detained in the tent camp for Chechen refugees "Satsita" by officers of Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district police department on February 10.

15:04, 12 February 2004

FSB hunts for Chechen bards' songs

FSB (Federal Security Service) officers wage a fierce struggle against songs by Chechen singers in Ingushetia. It is prohibited to sale cassettes with songs by Timur Mutsurayev, Khas-Magomed Khadzhimuradov and Islam Alimsultanov in the republic.

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