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11:31, 16 June 2004

Civilian population suffer from hostilities in Chechnya

227 people suffered as a result of violations committed by Russian military men and Kadyrov's people in May.

22:43, 15 June 2004

Bomb found near Nazran office of Danish Refugee Council

The bomb was taken away and neutralized at about 2:30 p.m. today.

22:36, 15 June 2004

Well-known lawyer buried in Chechnya

Abdulla Khamzayev's relatives, his close friends, residents of Urus-Martan, and his human rights colleagues gathered to bid farewell to the known defender of victims of war crimes and human right violations.

18:10, 15 June 2004

Project to protect prisoners' rights presented in Azerbaijan

The project will end with seminars for police officers and prosecutors. Among the subject matters are "The Role of Interior Agencies in the Protection of Human Rights", "About the Police", and "Cooperation between the Ombudsperson and Police Agencies".

17:34, 15 June 2004

Rodina faction to promote international recognition of Abkhazia

Members of the Rodina faction of the Russian State Duma accompanied by representatives of Krasnodar Region visited Abkhazia, Dmitry Rogozin being head of the delegation.

16:13, 15 June 2004

3 policemen injured in car explosion near Grozny

A self-made explosive device went off not far from the village of Nagornoye, Chechnya's Grozny district, on June 14, according to the interior ministry. All the suffered men were taken to hospital.

16:11, 15 June 2004

NGO doubts of authorities' will to protect freedom of speech

The appearance of skinheads in the courtroom, abuse and threats during a trial against people who used violence against journalists are evidence that the criminals are non-punishable and the authorities do not show will to protect freedom of speech, reads a statement by the Association of Investigative Journalists.

14:48, 15 June 2004

South Osetia denies arrest of republican customs officers by Georgian police

On June 14, the media reported with reference to chief of the Georgian financial police David Kvezerashvili that "the Georgian financial police have detained three customs officers of the breakaway republic of South Osetia near the village of Megvrekisi.

14:41, 15 June 2004

Villagers complain about arbitrariness of local government officials

Gumar Tkhamokov, a 47-year-old resident of the Psychokh village, who is a disabled man of the second group, came to the office of the village administration head in the evening of June 1 to ask why water supply had been cut off such a long time. In two hours, he was taken from there with a skull injury and a rib fracture.

12:51, 15 June 2004

New NGO unites refugees in Nagorny Karabakh

Approximately 25 thousand refugees, most of whom were deported from Azerbaijan, live in Nagorny Karabakh now, according to Nagorno Karabakh's Department for Refugees and IDPs.

12:12, 15 June 2004

Georgians from Azerbaijan hold protest action in Tbilisi

Participants asserted in particular that local Azerbaijan authorities closed Georgian schools in the region stage-by-stage, forced Georgians living in the region to change their family names and give children Azerbaijan names, and subjected them to other forms of national discrimination.

12:09, 15 June 2004

Skirmish in Abkhazia's Gali district

Sources in the conflict zone reported that a skirmish between members of an Abkhazian armed unit and Russian peacekeepers left a member of the Abkhazian group, a certain Dzidzaria, badly wounded and the Russian peacekeeper whose family name is Stupnik wounded.

12:03, 15 June 2004

Georgian-Osetian talks suspended

A spokesman for the South Osetian government announced that "the holding of the talks with Tbilisi is unreal after the situation in the zone of the Georgian-Osetia conflict had become extremely tense."

21:02, 14 June 2004

Murder attempt on Chechen policemen might be revenge

Three were killed in a "clean-up" in Orjonikidzevskaia. Sunzha district, Ingushetia, on June 12, so investigators say a following blast near that place might be rebels' revenge for their associates.

21:01, 14 June 2004

Chechnya marks Russia's 'Independence Day'

Explosions on roads marked Russia's Day in Grozny on June 12.

20:59, 14 June 2004

Chechen public figures want to see Saidullaev

Some Chechen public leaders would like to meet with Malik Saidullaev, a candidate for president of the republic who also ran in 2003, to discuss ways to make the upcoming election "clean and honest."

20:58, 14 June 2004

Gantamirov to run for president

Bislan Gantamirov, former deputy prime minister of Chechnya, is going to lodge papers to the local electoral commission to run for president of the Chechen Republic.

18:23, 14 June 2004

Samara's Chechens, Ingush demand equal rights

The Chechen-Ingush community of Samara held a protest meeting on June 10 demanding that abuses on an ethnic basis should be stopped and seeking protection from the Russian president.

18:20, 14 June 2004

Abkhaz Women Association addresses Georgian NGO leaders

Below is a full-text version of a statement addressed to leaders of a number of Georgian NGOs by the Abkhaz Women Association alarmed with some developments in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

17:18, 12 June 2004

Another Armenian oppositionist released from custody

Vagarshak Arutyunian, the member of the political council of the opposition party Anrapetutiun (Republic) and former Armenian defense minister, was released from custody after giving a written undertaking not to leave a place.

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