News

January 08, 2004 17:28

• Discussion on Karabakh problem in PACE adjourned

  There will be no debates about the problem of Nagorny Karabakh during the January and April sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

January 08, 2004 17:26

• Mikhail Trepashkin's keeping conditions changed for better

  In exchange for the cessation of torture and moving to the better ward, Trepashkin had to make a signed statement that he had no claims against his keeping conditions at the investigatory isolation ward.

January 08, 2004 17:17

• Majority of Abkhazian population do not want to take part in Georgian presidential elections

  Results of a mini survey conducted in Sukhum by the Caucasian Knot correspondent is evidence of it.

January 08, 2004 16:35

• Denials of information about oppression against Armenian population in Abkhazia

  The article "Oppression Against Armenian Population in Abkhazia" published on the gruzia.ru website has produced a strong reaction in the republic.

January 08, 2004 15:49

• Human rights explanatory dictionary to be published in Azerbaijan

  The idea to create a human rights explanatory dictionary has already received backing from experts of Lund University, Sweden, which is a partner of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights.

January 08, 2004 14:38

• Azerbaijan NGOs struggle for release of people arrested during October 15-16 mass riots in Baku

  We call your attention to the appeal made by Azerbaijan NGOs to the Council of Europe in which they urge it to promote the release of all people arrested in connection with the October 15-16 developments in Baku and to take measures in order to make Azerbaijan meet obligations undertaken by the county to the Council of Europe.

January 08, 2004 11:35

• NGO Fair Elections on January 4 presidential elections

  "Fair Elections' preliminary assessment of the election day is based on the data that we have received from our observers in the field. The results of our observation force us to conclude that the facts of voters' disenfranchisement were not observed on January 4," reads a statement by the organization.

January 08, 2004 10:57

• Reporters Without Borders asks for explanation concerning arrest of journalist of Azerbaijan opposition daily Baki Khaber

  The international press freedom organisation, which can see no justification for remanding him in custody, and moreover for such a long period, has asked for an explanation from interior minister, Ramil Usubov and the general prosecutor, Zakir Garalov.

January 06, 2004 22:56

• Book of remembrance dedicated to servicemen from Mari El killed in Chechnya

  The book was published by the republican committee of soldier's mothers with the financial support of Russia's representative office of the Foundation for Civil Liberties.

January 06, 2004 20:13

• Parliament of Azerbaijan ratifies European Social Charter

  Azerbaijan's ratification of the European Social Charter is a commitment undertaken by the country to the Council of Europe.

January 06, 2004 19:11

• Chechen children spend winter holidays in Saratov

  20 orphan children from Chechnya arrived in Saratov. They are on an 18-day vacation at the "Udarnik" rehabilitation center, along with orphan children from Saratov.

January 06, 2004 18:53

• Former Azerbaijan political prisoner died

  According to the report by the Moscow association of Talish culture "Avesta", Alyasaf Makhmudov, a former political prisoner, follower of Alyakram Gummatov, died in Moscow on December 31, just six months after he had been granted a pardon on July 17, 2003 and had been discharged.

January 06, 2004 18:17

• "Society of Peoples Under Threat of Elimination" collects signatures of Austrians demanding to stop war in Chechnya

  The Austrian international human rights organization "Society of Peoples Under Threat of Elimination" has collected 10,000 signatures of Austrian citizens demanding to stop war in Chechnya.

January 06, 2004 16:36

• Charitable Foundation "Our Care to the Generation of the Future" pays special attention to Chechen orphan children

  The Interregional Non-Profit Charitable Foundation To Protect Childhood "Our Care to the Generation of the Future" was registered on April 23, 2001. Its members and voluntary helpers have arranged more than 50 acts of charity since that time.

January 06, 2004 15:44

• Dagestani Interior Ministry on Gelayev's possible death in avalanche

  "Gelayev can be one of the extremists who are still hiding in mountain forests from retribution, or he can be among the militants who died in a snow avalanche," Deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan and chief of the public security service Major General Magomed Omarov said in an interview.

January 06, 2004 13:03

• South Osetian President comments upon visit of Mikhail Saakashvili

  The fact that Mikhail Saakashvili was permitted to come is no more than a good will gesture of the republican leadership, said President of South Osetia Edward Kokoity.

January 06, 2004 12:16

• Action of protest of Chechen refugees in Austria

  In the capital of the Austrian state of Styria, Graz, Chechen refugees organized protest actions against oppressions from the direction of the city authorities.

January 06, 2004 11:37

• Human rights violations and kidnappings are main obstacle to stability in Chechnya

  "Residents of Chechnya say: we don not need any compensations and help, we will build and restore everything ourselves. We just want to be left alone, we want purges and kidnappings to be stopped," said Lyudmila Alekseyeva.

January 05, 2004 23:49

• Dozens of Chechen refugees blocked by Ukrainian military men at frontier with Russia

  Military men made several families, altogether 21 people with small children, get out of the Baku-Kiev train near the Ukrainian frontier station "Red Grave" late in the evening on January 1.

January 05, 2004 23:18

• Resident of Katyr-Yurt village detained

  During the arrest, the servicemen beat all women and took valuables they found in the houses of Aslanbek and his brother.