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12:42, 8 November 2003

Conflict situation around Soros Foundation building in Moscow

Owners of the building that the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation) is situated in raise claims to the American management of the Foundation. Kantemir Karamzin, head of the "Sektor-1" Close Corporation - the owner of the building, announced it.

09:49, 8 November 2003

Editorial staff of "ArmeniaNow" on-line weekly concerned over threats to journalist

On November 4, John Hughes, editor-in-chief of the on-line weekly "ArmeniaNow" and director of the "New Time" Journalism Training Center, addressed a letter to Armenian Military Prosecutor Gagik Jangirian.

09:11, 8 November 2003

Opposition supporters was fired at meeting in Zugdidi

Before the meeting had begun, the gunmen - about 30 people - opened fire from submachine guns and a grenade launcher.

08:54, 8 November 2003

Opposition in Georgia rejected election results

The Burdjanadze - Democrats opposition bloc led by Parliament Speaker Nino Burdjanadze said they would not recognize the results of the parliament election of November 2 and would abstain from working in the new parliament.

23:23, 7 November 2003

Revival Union intends to launch manifestation in Tbilisi

Supporters of the Revival Union, led by Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze, are gathered today in the Philharmonic Hall in the center of Tbilisi to celebrate the success in the November 2 parliamentary elections.

23:50, 6 November 2003

There is "apparent lack of political will" in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, hold OSCE and CoE leaders

"Despite considerable pre-electoral assistance from the Council of Europe and OSCE, the elections held in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2003 did not meet international standards due to an apparent lack of political will in these countries," stated CoE/OSCE meeting participants.

23:41, 6 November 2003

Election observer was detained in Ajaria

Election observer from the Georgian Young Lawyers Association Giorgi Mshvenieradze was detained by the Ajarian authorities on November 2, while he was monitoring the elections in Kobuleti; he was sentenced to three-month pre-trail detention.

23:39, 6 November 2003

Ruling Georgian bloc faces possible split

"I have no intention of cooperating with the Government, whose members have all proved to be cowardly rabbits. It's immoral when the street opposition keeps demanding that voting results be rigged, and when the Government agrees to do this," said Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia, one of the leaders of the ruling pro-presidential "For New Georgia" bloc.

23:36, 6 November 2003

Georgian opposition is preparing to mobilize its supporters

After presenting an ultimatum to President Eduard Shevarnadze, leader of the National Movement opposition bloc Mikhail Saakashvili urged the crowd in front of the Central Election Commission's building to disperse and to get ready for mobilization.

18:05, 6 November 2003

Alkhan-Yurt: four students were detained

On November 4, 2003 in the village of Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya's Urus-Martan district, Russian security agents, jointly with officers of Chechen Interior Ministry, arbitrary detained and took in an unknown direction four residents of this village.

17:21, 6 November 2003

Activity of some international humanitarian organizations in camps of IDPs in Ingushetia attracted close attention of FSB

Ingush Migration Service head Ivan Pomeschenko announced it. According to him, close checks of the humanitarian missions' activity will start as early as just after the New Year's Day.

17:07, 6 November 2003

Civil society and problems of Chechnya

Participants in the All-Russian Conference of Civil Society Organizations that took place in Moscow on October 26-28 have published their resume.

16:43, 6 November 2003

Chechen National Rescue Committee chairman sued Ingush Migration Service Department acting head

The Chechen human rights activist considers Ivan Pomeschenko is to be called to account for his public defamatory allegations and offences against him.

11:25, 6 November 2003

New meeting was held in Tbilisi, with 5 thousand people being participants

The demonstrators supported the demand to Georgian President Eduard Shevarnadze to cease garbling parliamentary election results and acknowledge a victory of "National Movement" led by Mikhail Saakashvili.

11:24, 6 November 2003

Georgian Interior Ministry instituted criminal action against opposition leaders

According to Interior Minister Koba Narchemashvili, the police do their best to keep up order. And the use of force is not excluded if necessary.

11:21, 6 November 2003

Discord between Georgian opposition activists: one part calls upon the other to refrain from holding protest actions

Leader of the opposition bloc "New Rules" David Gamkrelidze said it was inadmissible "to show muscles so that to put pressure on the Central Election Commission."

23:21, 5 November 2003

Statement of Scientific and Information Center "Memorial" concerning rejection of former political prisoner Yuli Ribakov's registration as candidate for State Duma Deputy chair

The statement reads, "A new totalitarian regime has been finally established in the country today. The KGB officer, dictator, who has unleashed state terror in the country, is at the head of it. The methods are still the same: falsification and elimination. And we have no choice but to defend out civil stand and independence."

22:52, 5 November 2003

Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia offers cooperation in special report preparation

As it is known, when the Commissioner presented a report on his activity in 2002 at a round table, he came to the agreement with NGO leaders that their organizations would take part in the preparation of the Commissioner's reports.

17:40, 5 November 2003

Internews protests against monopolization of electronic media by authorities

Yesterday Internews' Media Rights Institute made a statement regarding the monopolization of Azerbaijan electronic media by the authorities.

17:02, 5 November 2003

Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship volunteer was released

On November 1, 2003, the Information Center of the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship received a report that Zairkhanov Ibragim (Rustam) Zelimkhanovich, 1979, was released on October 29, 2003.

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