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23:07, 28 January 2004

Journalists to wear special clothes in Azerbaijan

To avoid such "incidents" from the direction of law enforcement agencies as the beatings of journalists covering the demonstration of the opposition on October 15 and 16, 2003, the Press Council has come up with a design of the uniform for journalists. The new clothes will allow members of "the forth power" to stand out in the crowd.

22:38, 28 January 2004

Human rights activists: authorities in Kuban region do not want to observe law with respect to Meskhetian Turks

A group of human rights activists concerned with the problem of Meskhetian Turks in the Kuban region has issues a statement. The statement came in response to information published by RIA Novosti news agency, which quoted the Russian deputy interior minister, Colonel-General Aleksandr Chekalin, as saying, "Some 4 thousand Meskhetian Turks in Krasnodar Territory have become citizens of Russia."

16:56, 28 January 2004

Tragic date in history of Cossacks commemorated in Novocherkassk

Confidential circular letter #115, which started the genocide of the Cossacks, was signed by the Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of RKP(b) (Russian Communist Party of Bolsheviks) 85 years ago. Cossack squads and cadets drew up in Novocherkassk on January 24 in commemoration of that tragic date.

15:57, 28 January 2004

Armenian Government prepares program of actions devoted to 90th anniversary of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire

Actions devoted to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire should be aimed at strengthening the country's might, preserving the Armenian Diaspora, and raising the nation's spirit.

15:32, 28 January 2004

Russian peacekeepers did not take part in skirmish in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone

Servicemen of the CIS Peacekeeping Forces (PKF) in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict did not take part in the incident that occurred in the Tsalendjikha district at about 1:30 Moscow time on January 27. This was reported at the CIS PKF headquarters.

14:12, 28 January 2004

Musavat Party leader appeals to PACE to establish commission "to investigate presidential election in Azerbaijan"

"We believe the Council of Europe's assessment of the election and post-election situation in Azerbaijan is objective and it will decide on the establishment of an independent international commission to investigate the presidential election in Azerbaijan," reads the appeal.

14:10, 28 January 2004

Abkhazian PM: republic must be ready for any development of relations with Georgia

At a weekly conference, Prime Minister of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba urged upon heads of security agencies and the foreign ministry "to react to all the attacks by Georgian authorities against Abkhazia in time."

14:08, 28 January 2004

Two people abducted in Grozny district of Chechnya

A local Khamzayev and his near relation were captured by gunmen in masks and camouflage in the village of Berkat-Yurt, Chechnya's Grozny (rural) district, on January 25.

12:30, 28 January 2004

Three soldiers hit landmine in Grozny

The bomb was detonated via a distance-control device under an armored vehicle carrying interior troops.

12:13, 28 January 2004

Printing house in Ingushetia refuses to print Chechen newspaper

Poligrafkombinat Company in Nazran refused to print a regular number of the Chechen Society newspaper. The director of the printing house, Suleiman Kostoev, motivated his refusal by saying that the newspaper raised the topic of possible unification of Chechnya and Ingushetia.

22:16, 27 January 2004

Regional branch leader of Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship fears of his abduction

Since the moment of the Society's creation in April 2000, Imran Ezhiev has been arbitrary detained and held in custody by Russian security agencies many times.

17:48, 27 January 2004

Statement by Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship on murder of Society's volunteer in Chechnya

"The Society rates the abduction and murder of Aslan Davletukayev as another act of state terror against people of the Chechen Republic and as another episode in the chain of physical extermination of political and ideological opponents by the regime," reads the statement made by the organization on the occasion of the murder of Aslan Davletukayev.

15:54, 27 January 2004

Resident of Chechen village of Gekhi abducted

Witnesses say the abductors bear relation to security structures and Kadyrov's security service.

15:06, 27 January 2004

Stanislav Ilyasov: "Refugees from Chechnya who want to stay in Ingushetia will get money for settling from the Russian Government"

According to Mr Ilyasov, only 5 thousand displaced persons live in three tent camps and "nobody forces them to return to Chechnya."

14:38, 27 January 2004

Four Georgian policemen killed in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone

The exchange of fire stopped only after an armored carrier with Russian peacekeepers had arrived at the clash site.

13:59, 27 January 2004

European Parliament member continues hunger strike in defense of Chechnya

We call your attention to the statement by Olivier Dupuis in which he explains the reasons of his hunger strike.

12:32, 27 January 2004

Colin Powell: fight against terror in Chechnya is Russia's internal affair

The US Secretary of State also noted the United States hoped that Russia would find a political solution to the problem of terrorism with due account taken for human rights.

11:21, 27 January 2004

Actions of protest against human rights violations in Chechnya take place in Yekaterinburg

In January 2004, an initiative group of Yekaterinburg people is carrying out an action of protest against human rights violations during the war in Chechnya.

10:57, 27 January 2004

322 illegal migrants expelled from Astrakhan Region

In the course of the Migrant operation, administrative proceedings were instituted against 13 thousand people - 6 thousand of them are foreign citizens - for violations of the passport and visa regulations.

18:16, 26 January 2004

Vladikavkaz: human rights activists meet UN official

In Vladikavkaz, the chairwoman of the Council of Non-Government Organizations, Zuleykhan Bagalova, and members of the Public Council for Refugees had a meeting with a representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in the North Caucasus, William Tall.

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