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14:48, 24 September 2003

A mass action of protest took place on Teatralnaya Square, Grozny's Leninsky District, on September 22. According to data, over 200 people participated in the action.

14:23, 24 September 2003

UN Interim Administration in Chechnya: letter of Nikolay Khramov and Anna Zaytseva to State Duma deputies

"We earnestly ask you once again to familiarize yourself with the text of the appeal "For Establishment of the UN Interim Administration in Chechnya" and, if you agree with it, attach your signature to it," reads the letter.

12:12, 24 September 2003

Press conference "Presidential Elections in Chechnya: Human Rights Monitoring and Informational Campaign of the Moscow Helsinki Group"

MHG Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva, MHG Chief Executive Tatyana Lokshina, MHG Program Director Sergey Lukashevsky will be participants in the press conference.

19:00, 23 September 2003

Chechen presidential contenders do not use free paper pages fully

According to deputy editor-in-chief of the "Vesti Respubliki" newspaper Khasa Gafurayev, the contenders Nikolay Paizullayev and Avkhad Khachukayev demonstrate the least activity in paper agitation.

18:54, 23 September 2003

CIS representatives are to watch Chechnya's presidential election

Representatives from the CIS will be part of a group of international observers watching the holding of the presidential election in the Chechen Republic on October 5, Alexander Veshnyakov, Chairman of Russia's Central Election Commission, said in an interview.

18:28, 23 September 2003

Chechen refugees went on hunger-strike

Not only refugees of the "Bella" camp are taking part in the hunger-strike, but displaced persons from the neighboring tent camps "Satsita", "Sputnik", and "Alina". They show solidarity with their fellow sufferers in such a way.

18:23, 23 September 2003

Abdul-Khakim Sultygov accuses human rights organizations of pandering separatists

Sultygov expressed his belief finding sources of non-government human rights organizations, including those working under cover of international status, were to be closely checked.

18:19, 23 September 2003

Talks between Georgian and Abkhazian delegations in Tbilisi have been postponed till later term

Talks on working out guarantees of security and nonrenewal of military operations between Georgia and Abkhazia, which were to be held on September 23, have been postponed till a later term because of technical reasons.

16:30, 23 September 2003

Measures in respect of those who organized mass beating of Chechen students in Nalchik have not been taken yet

Students were beaten in different parts of Nalchik at the same time. This is evidence that the action was thoroughly planned.

16:28, 23 September 2003

Chechen media editors are to pay 2,000-ruble fine for publications of report on Beslan Gantamirov's press conference

On September 18 the Leninsky District Court of Grozny began to try an administrative case against the republican "Vesti Respubliki" and "Molodyozhnaya Smena" newspapers, which are charged with the infringement of election agitation rules.

14:37, 23 September 2003

European Court is to consider the merits of case of 13 Chechens

The European Court of Human Rights has declared admissible the application lodged against the governments of Georgia and Russia by 13 Chechens.

14:35, 23 September 2003

All Chechen territorial election commissions are taken under twenty-four-hour guarding

"These measures are taken to prevent provocations and possible terrorist acts on the threshold of the Chechen presidential election, scheduled for October 5," reported head of the Chechen interior ministry's press-cutting service Ruslan Atsayev.

14:33, 23 September 2003

Russian Supreme Court is to consider matter of propriety of Malik Saidulayev's dismissal from presidential race

Saidullayev was registered as a presidential contender on August 27, and two weeks later the Supreme Court of Chechnya revoked his registration.

14:31, 23 September 2003

Conference of Scandinavian human rights activists on Chechen conflict took place in Oslo on September 22

Board Member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov told about it. According to him, the "Memorial" did not receive an invitation to the conference from Scandinavian human rights activists.

12:39, 23 September 2003

Ravil Gainutdin: "We are not interested in having Moslems join the extremist ranks"

Speaking in Moscow at the conference "Tolerance as the Basis for the Well-Being of Multinational Russia", Gainutdin said he thought the so-called Wahhabi sentiments among some of the young Moslems were caused by the poor quality of Islamic education, the inability to communicate with extremist-minded people and make them change their mind.

12:32, 23 September 2003

Mass clashes in Baku

Mass clashes occurred in downtown Baku on September 21 between supporters of the "Musavat" party leader Isa Gambar running for presidency and police. The incident sparked several minutes before Gambar's meeting with voters.

21:21, 22 September 2003

Against Russia's policy in the Caucasus

The Antiwar Committee in Saint Petersburg put out a regular leaflet against the war in Chechnya.

17:41, 22 September 2003

Details of mass beating of Chechens in Nalchik

A mass beating of students of the Chechen nationality with the use of cold steel took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, on September 17.

16:11, 22 September 2003

For three years 150 people have been convicted in Armenia for their refusal to serve

Most of them are members of the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses", which is unregistered in the country.

15:32, 22 September 2003

Chechen intellectuals discussed preservation of their nation in globalized world

More than 40 Chechen intellectuals met in Grozny on September 19 to discuss how best to preserve their nation in the era of globalization.

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