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14:52, 5 November 2003

Human rights defense was discussed in Khasavyurt

The seminar participants studied and discussed international legal documents, analyzed specific cases that had been heard in the Strasburg Court and UN system, got practical training and consultations.

13:49, 5 November 2003

Former Armenian premier urges opposition to unite to remove authorities

"The opposition must unite and take resolute actions to dismiss the authorities by the active Constitution," announced Aram Sarkisian.

12:55, 5 November 2003

Temporary accommodation centers for IDPs in Chechnya are to be equipped with autonomous power supply sources

A spokesman of the Chechen presidential press service reported it referring to the data of the Chechen Migration Service Department.

12:29, 5 November 2003

Nino Burdjanadze met with short-term OSCE observation mission head

"I expressed my position regarding the elections. The authorities are playing with us. They want us to be silent regarding the mass ballot fraud in order to let us clear the 7% barrier. But we are not going to do so," Nino Burdjanadze said after the meeting with the OSCE observer.

11:57, 5 November 2003

Valery Khatazhukov: "The Kremlin is in many respects responsible that there is no civil society in Kabardino-Balkaria"

"While Moscow imposes the political regime on the republic, the public organizations of Kabardino-Balkaria that does not accept this regime turn out outsiders for the Russian legal system," stated executive director of the republican human rights public center in Kabardino-Balkaria Valery Khatazhukov.

11:26, 5 November 2003

Tbilisi center was paralyzed by Georgian opposition protest

A protest action by the Georgian opposition practically paralyzed Tbilisi's central artery, Rustaveli Avenue, on Tuesday night. Nearly 10,000 opposition supporters moved to the Central Elections Commission building.

23:08, 4 November 2003

Poet Rasul Gamzatov died in Moscow

The poet wrote dozens of books in poetry and prose and articles in the Avar and Russian languages.

22:37, 4 November 2003

World community forgot about Karabakh conflict

This is an opinion of the British journalist, Caucasian office coordinator of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting Thomas de Waal, who is the author of the book about Karabakh "The Black Garden". Thomas de Waal presented his book - the first English language edition on the Karabakh conflict - at the International Press Center in Baku on October 30.

21:38, 4 November 2003

Cold weather seriously complicated life in tent camps of Chechen refugees

As the pressure in gas lines leading to the camps is low, the temperature in many tents does not rise higher than several degrees above zero.

20:54, 4 November 2003

Memorial: Chechen deputy prosecutor's assertions are contrary to fact

The information and analytical Internet agency "Caucasian Knot" publishes a text of the declaration of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" concerning the recent statements of the Chechen Public Prosecutor's Office on the number of people disappeared without a trace on the territory of Chechnya.

17:01, 3 November 2003

Dispute between Turkish citizen deported from Kabardino-Balkaria and republican law-enforcement bodies was finished by court

The Nalchik City Court disaffirmed the decisions made before to impose an administrative penalty on Khadzhy Bayram Bolat and annul his Kabardino-Balkarian residential permit, the Turkish citizen's lawyer announced.

16:05, 3 November 2003

Russian soldiers and police are attacked in public in Chechnya

Attacks on Russian soldiers and policemen are quite common in public places in Chechnya and most often occur in marketplaces and public telephone centers.

16:02, 3 November 2003

Local observers: "Parliamentary election in Georgia was chaotic and uncoordinated"

The Georgian Young Lawyers Association, which observed the course of the voting, declared that it was about to register claims, as well as to lodge complaints to election commissions concerning the violations during the election.

13:49, 3 November 2003

Human Rights Watch: EU leaders at summit must highlight human rights abuses in Russia

European Union leaders should use their summit with Russia next week to voice concerns about recent developments in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia, Human Rights Watch said October 31.

13:34, 3 November 2003

Government-backed bloc "For New Georgia" is in the lead in parliamentary election

On the night of November 3, Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairwoman Nana Devdariani told a press conference the first results of the election in several dozens of 2,811 election stations of the republic.

22:26, 1 November 2003

Commissioner for Human Rights in Krasnodar Territory seconded initiative of public associations in Territory's Legislatives Assembly

He addressed an appropriate letter to chairman of the committee for culture, sport, information policy and relations with public associations of Krasnodar Territory's Legislative Assembly Kharchenko I. N., who took the initiative in the adoption of the aforementioned law.

22:18, 1 November 2003

Children in North Osetia will be taught tolerance

A two-day seminar devoted to tolerance and rights of the child finished in Vladikavkaz on October 30.

22:16, 1 November 2003

UN Civilian Police in Abkhazia will not provide security and maintain public order

The elements of 12 people on the Abkhazian side and 8 - on the Georgian one will be mandated to carry out the observation, to advise local law-enforcement agencies and to assist with their consolidation.

20:31, 1 November 2003

Polish OSCE observers keep on working in Azerbaijan

Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (Azerbaijan) Leyla Yunus expressed her admiration and gratitude to the Polish OSCE observers of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe mission.

20:30, 1 November 2003

Unauthorized picket of Organization for Karabakh Liberation activists was dispersed in Baku

The OKL held the picket in front of the "Evropa" hotel building, protesting against the arrival of the Armenian Foreign Ministry's delegation in Baku to the 9th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization for the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Member States.

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