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17:41, 24 January 2004

Saakashvili takes oath on tomb of King David the Builder

Georgia's elect President Mikhail Saakashvili received blessing of Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and took an oath on the tomb of King David the Builder in the Gelati monastery.

17:22, 24 January 2004

It is not time to bring up question of granting pardon to people arrested in connection with October 15 and 16 events

Chief of the president's staff section to work with law-enforcement agencies Fuad Alekserov told journalists about it.

16:09, 24 January 2004

Abkhazian Defense Minister: republic controls its territorial waters itself and will counteract any trespasses

Abkhazian Minister of Defense Vyacheslav Eshba commented on the statement by chief of the Georgian coastguard service David Gulua that his department was going to impose a blockade on the Abkhazian area of water. The minister said such statements have been heard for 10 years.

15:34, 24 January 2004

Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan's government unleashes crackdown

Azerbaijan's government has unleashed a massive crackdown on the political opposition in the wake of the fraudulent October presidential election, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released on January 23.

14:57, 24 January 2004

Refugees protest against camp closure

On January 22, about two hundred refugees from the Satsita tent camp, which is near the village of Sleptsovskaya, rallied in protest against the closure of refugee camps in Ingushetia scheduled for March 1.

21:16, 23 January 2004

Reporters Without Borders urges President Chirac to stand up for Azerbaijan journalist

Reporters Without Borders urged French President Jacques Chirac to raise the case of a prominent jailed editor to try to obtain his release, during an official visit by President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, on 22-23 January.

19:55, 23 January 2004

Human rights activists: Russian military exaggerate number of rebels in Chechnya

"Officials of Russian security agencies have been giving the same numbers of "active bandits" for four years. It means the only thing for me: at such a pace the "counterterrorist operation" here will last for tens of years," says an activist of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" in Grozny.

19:05, 23 January 2004

Dmitry Medoyev: security issues tend to become most important in South Osetia

The Caucasian Knot own correspondent in South Osetia conducted an interview with Dmitry Medoyev, a political scientist, member of the Institute of History and Archeology of the Republic of North Osetia - Alania and former foreign minister of South Osetia.

13:57, 23 January 2004

Journalists and human rights activists on Abdul-Khakim Sultygov's dismissal as Russian president's human rights representative in Chechnya

Abdul-Khakim Sultygov's dismissal as Russian president's human rights representative in Chechnya "has nothing to do with protection of human rights and freedoms in Chechnya", said Anna Politkovskaya, a Novaya Gazeta correspondent.

12:32, 23 January 2004

Reinstatement of refugees in Ingush migration service's lists started in Satsita camp

On January 21, the first case was registered in the Satsita camp when a refugee illegally taken off the books was reinstated in the Ingush migration service's lists.

12:30, 23 January 2004

Authorities will not speed up resettlement from tent camps

The President of Ingushetia said that the federal authorities and the leadership of Ingushetia and Chechnya would jointly solve the problem of displaced persons who stay on the Ingush territory.

23:51, 22 January 2004

Mother of hostage killed in "Nord-Ost" to sue investigative bodies

The press conference "Mother of a Hostage Killed in "Nord-Ost" Sues Investigative Bodies for Inaction" will take place at the Independent Press Center on January 26.

23:25, 22 January 2004

Putin gives Kadyrov control over human rights

Russian president Vladimir Putin gave his loyal Chechen boss full control over human rights in the region Wednesday in a move aimed at improving stability there ahead of a re-election bid.

18:32, 22 January 2004

Coffins from Chechnya keep on arriving in Astrakhan Region

The letter of the Committee of Soldier's Mothers of Astrakhan Region.

17:44, 22 January 2004

10 prisoners facing charges in connection with October events in Baku released

Yashar Jafarli denied the statement by the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's Office that the released people had admitted their guilt and asked the head of the state to set them free.

16:36, 22 January 2004

Abdul-Khakim Sultygov dismissed as Special Envoy of the Russian President for Human Rights and Freedoms in Chechnya

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an appropriate order, reports the president's press service.

16:17, 22 January 2004

Soldiers opened fire on car with police officers in Chechnya

An APC with servicemen rammed a Volga car on the Rostov-Baku federal route in the village of Gikhi.

15:20, 22 January 2004

North Caucasian forum on migration focuses on issues of cooperation between state structures and public associations

The North Caucasian forum on migration "Ways and Methods of Cooperation and Coordination in the Work of State Structures, NGOs and International Humanitarian Organizations That Solve Problems of Refugees and IDPs in the Region" opened in Nalchik on January 21.

14:54, 22 January 2004

Novorossiysk human rights activist Mikhail Konstantinidi released

Local ecologists and human rights activists believe the authorities started to prosecute Konstantinidi in response to the fact that with his legal assistance, citizens of Novorossiysk gained an unprecedented court victory over Kaspiysk Pipeline Consortium (KTK).

12:45, 22 January 2004

UN raises concern about Russian authorities' intention to close all tent camps in Ingushetia by 1 March

The United Nations believes that the principle of sanctuary as such is seriously compromised if refugees are forced to move out without being provided with another place to live.

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