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February 15, 2004 16:56

• Information campaign on program of Meskhetian Turks' resettlement from Kuban region to US begins

  The first meeting of workers of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with Meskhetian Turks will be held on February 16 in the village of Kholmskaya, Krasnodar Territory's Abinsky district. The IOM representatives will inform the Meskhetian Turks about the program of resettlement to the United States.

February 15, 2004 16:54

• LINKS director visits Nagorny Karabakh

  Representatives of British and American non-government organizations (NGOs) that worked out a joint project to promote the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and to create the atmosphere of trust in the region made a three-day visit to the Republic of Nagorny Karabakh.

February 13, 2004 23:55

• Zamoskvoretsky Court to consider complaint by mother of victim of terrorist act on Dubrovka

  On February 17, the Zamoskvoretsky Intermunicipal Court of Moscow will consider a complaint by people suffered as a result of the terrorist act on Dubrovka against actions of investigative bodies in the course of the investigation into the criminal case.

February 13, 2004 23:30

• New public movement created in Karabakh

  Eduard Agabekian, a deputy of the Karabakh parliament, made a statement to the National Assembly. He announced on behalf of the initiative group that Movement - 88 was a new political movement to be formed.

February 13, 2004 23:06

• Meeting in Gudermes devoted to explosion on Moscow metro

  A meeting arranged by the district administration and leaders of the Chechen regional branch of the United Russia party was held on the central square of Gudermes on February 10.

February 13, 2004 22:30

• Azerbaijan human rights activists on lack of freedom of assembly in republic

  "Article 49 "Freedom of Assembly" of the Constitution has been suspended in the republic in fact after the presidential election of 15 October 2003 and the clashes between demonstrators and the police that followed the election on 15 and 16 October," reads the statement.

February 13, 2004 18:18

• "Peace to Our Home" action devoted to problems of young people in Chechnya

  Hundreds of people abroad and only a few in Russia responded to the peacemaking action arranged by the offices of Human Rights Center "Memorial" in Nazran and Grozny.

February 13, 2004 17:23

• Azerbaijan is ready to start negotiating Karabakh problem from beginning

  "Today there is no principle that both the sides accept in the Karabakh settlement, therefore Azerbaijan has full authority to start from the beginning," said Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev.

February 13, 2004 16:30

• Office of Chechen human rights representative may reopen

  There is a possibility that the office of Abdul-Khakim Sultygov, special envoy for human rights in Chechnya, which was officially terminated by President Putin a month ago, continue its activity in the republic later this year.

February 13, 2004 16:09

• Satellite press conferences Yerevan-Baku

  On February 6 and 10, two more satellite press conferences Yerevan-Baku were held within the framework of the project of the Yerevan and Baku Press Clubs "Possible Resolutions of the Karabakh Conflict: Expert Evaluations and Media Coverage".

February 13, 2004 15:51

• 70 Bailovskaya prison inmates continue hunger strike

  The number of prisoners taking part in the hunger strike at the Bailovskaya prison has risen to 70. A further 7 activists of the Musavat party and Azerbaijan Popular Front, not in prison, are also taking part.

February 12, 2004 18:03

• Regional administration picketed in Krasnodar

  Residents of the Krimsky district picketed the regional administration in Krasnodar on February 9.

February 12, 2004 17:28

• Ex-chairman of Abkhazian Supreme Soviet declares for war with breakaway republic

  Former chairman of the Abkhazian Supreme Soviet Tamaz Nadareishvili declares against the signing of the agreement between Georgia and Abkhazia that the war will not be resumed.

February 12, 2004 17:00

• Symbol of Freedom awarded to head of Krasnodar human rights organization

  The ceremony to present the 2003 Symbol of Freedom, a sign of public recognition instituted in the field of human rights, will be held at the Marble Hall of the House of Journalists in Moscow on February 17.

February 12, 2004 16:20

• 23 February is International Day of Actions Against War in Chechnya

  The Antiwar Club and Committee for Antiwar Actions have issued a statement in which they called upon everybody to "join the actions aimed at the cessation of war in Chechnya, establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration in Chechnya and political settlement of the conflict" on 23 February, the day of memory of people fallen victims to Stalin's deportation.

February 12, 2004 16:01

• 120 refugee families returned from Ingushetia to North Osetia in 2003

  120 families of displaced persons returned to the places of their former residence on the territory of North Osetia for 12 months of 2003, according to the data by the Ingush State Committee on Refugees and Displaced Persons.

February 12, 2004 15:32

• Volunteer for Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship detained in Ingushetia

  A volunteer for the interregional NGO Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship, Alkhazur Batayev, was detained in the tent camp for Chechen refugees "Satsita" by officers of Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district police department on February 10.

February 12, 2004 15:04

• FSB hunts for Chechen bards' songs

  FSB (Federal Security Service) officers wage a fierce struggle against songs by Chechen singers in Ingushetia. It is prohibited to sale cassettes with songs by Timur Mutsurayev, Khas-Magomed Khadzhimuradov and Islam Alimsultanov in the republic.

February 12, 2004 14:16

• Georgians living in Rostov take part in Dovitoba national holiday

  Director of the Scientific Research Institute of the Caucasus Professor Nikolay Avdulov called this day a holiday of wisdom, good and education.

February 12, 2004 14:06

• Azerbaijan human rights activists point to necessity to change priorities of their activity

  "It is essential that we stop concentrating our attention on setting 10-15 political prisoners free. It is time to switch over to the solution of really urgent problems of the country's population," said Tamilla Kerimova, a member of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly National Committee of Azerbaijan.