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18:10, 26 January 2004

Constituent meeting of Committee to Protect Rights of Rauf Arifoglu

A constituent meeting of the Committee to Protect Rights of Rauf Arifoglu, editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper Yeni Musavat arrested on October 27 in connection with the October 15 and 16 events, was held at the International Press Club on January 22.

17:54, 26 January 2004

Four policemen detained in Chechnya on suspicion of kidnapping

"They were detained in the course of investigation of the abduction and robbery of two inhabitants of the Kargalinovskaya Cossack village in the Shelkovskaya district," Chechen Interior Ministry officials said.

17:23, 26 January 2004

International forum on prevention of genocide opens in Stockholm

Adversaries of the forum lay strictures on the Swedish Government because representatives of the Palestinians, Chechens and Kurds have not been invited to take part in it.

16:47, 26 January 2004

Military convoy of federal forces hits landmine in Chechnya

Four servicemen were killed and another four were injured as a result of the explosion.

15:37, 26 January 2004

Human rights activists criticize Interior Ministry's stance concerning state of Meskhetian Turks

"The problem of Meskhetian Turks no longer exists in Krasnodar Territory as the Law on Citizenship has been passed," declared Russian Deputy Interior Minister Colonel-General Aleksandr Chekalin.

14:31, 26 January 2004

Volunteer of Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship killed

Aslan Davletukayev was illegally detained by officers of security agencies on January 10 in the village of Avtury, Chechnya's Shali district.

13:05, 26 January 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili officially assumes office of Georgian President

He named the restoration of Georgia's territorial integrity, extermination of poverty and corruption as the priorities in his activity.

12:48, 26 January 2004

Incident near Gekhi village - details

Details of the incident near the Chechen village of Gekhi were disclosed at the press center of the Russian Interior Ministry in the North Caucasian region on January 23.

11:03, 26 January 2004

Amnesty International: President Saakashvili should put human rights at heart of his policies

Amnesty International urges President Saakashvili to demonstrate his commitment to human rights by promoting respect for the rights of all, regardless of their political opinion, religious belief, ethnic background, or gender.

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.

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