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January 27, 2004 13:59

• 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.

January 27, 2004 12:32

• 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.

January 27, 2004 11:21

• 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.

January 27, 2004 10:57

• 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.

January 26, 2004 18:16

• 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.

January 26, 2004 18:10

• 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.

January 26, 2004 17:54

• 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.

January 26, 2004 17:23

• 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.

January 26, 2004 16:47

• Military convoy of federal forces hits landmine in Chechnya

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

January 26, 2004 15:37

• 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.

January 26, 2004 14:31

• 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.

January 26, 2004 13:05

• 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.

January 26, 2004 12:48

• 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.

January 26, 2004 11:03

• 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.

January 24, 2004 17:41

• 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.

January 24, 2004 17:22

• 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.

January 24, 2004 16:09

• 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.

January 24, 2004 15:34

• 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.

January 24, 2004 14:57

• 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.

January 23, 2004 21:16

• 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.