News

September 02, 2003 18:25

• Chechen asylum seeker is to be deported from the Netherlands

  Khalide Taipov, a Chechen refugee who applied for asylum in the Netherlands, is likely to be deported from the country. He was detained in the street as an "illegal" and put in a special camp in Terpol, from which refugees are usually deported to their native countries.

September 02, 2003 18:05

• Names of separatists who killed mufti of Vedeno district are known

  The bandits led the family of Madagov to the courtyard and shot him before the very eyes of his wife and children. They set the house on fire and rode away in cars.

September 02, 2003 17:49

• Temryuk region's administration head prohibited ecologists from protesting against ammoniac terminal

  A meeting of protest against the construction of the ammonia reloading terminal on the Taman peninsula was to take place on Central Square of the village of Taman at 10 a.m. on August 31. The meeting was organized by the Social and Ecological Union of the West Caucasus and public organizations of Taman.

September 02, 2003 15:20

• Vedeno district mufti has been killed in Chechnya

  Several rebels wearing masks broke into the mufti's house in Elistanzhi on Saturday evening. They took the mufti to the yard and shot him.

September 02, 2003 14:57

• New Commander of Northern Caucasian United Forces has been appointed

  According to the words of Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Interior Troops, Baranov's appointment is a "constructive element of a new management vertical for structures that take part in the anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya".

September 02, 2003 14:48

• Ecologists state that Togliattiazot does not carry out promised public consultations

  Activists of the Social and Ecological Union of the West Caucasus and the Atshi Movement have carried out an independent investigation to check whether these public consultations on the ammoniac terminal project are really being held.

September 02, 2003 14:41

• Attempt of opposition Democratic Party to hold unsanctioned meeting was prevented in Baku

  The police of the capital arrested about 30 activists of the DPA, several people got injuries.

September 02, 2003 14:23

• According to preliminary data, Mustafa Batdyev won presidential elections in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

  According to the words of the republican election commission chairman, the election commission decided to verify the complaint of representatives of the presidential contender Vladimir Semyonov that his observer had not been allowed to visit one of the polling stations.

September 02, 2003 14:10

• Official Baku keeps blaming Armenia for breaches of cease-fire regime

  According to the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister's words, "The worsening of the situation at the armed forces contiguity line is connected with the tension in Armenia and occupied territories."

September 02, 2003 12:31

• Georgian President is inclined to reconcile Abkhazians and Osetins with Georgians by power of Georgian army

  "The stronger our armed forces are, the more chances we have for the settlement of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-Osetian conflicts," said Eduard Shevardnadze.

September 02, 2003 12:25

• In sacred places of ancestors

  On August 24-29 senior school students of the RUHS Orthodox gymnasium, leaders of the Alania (Osetin) Tskhinvali Eparchy and some mass media representatives took a history enlightenment and pilgrimage trip though the sacred places of West Ancient Alania (Osetia).

September 02, 2003 12:21

• "Purges" in settlement of Assinovskaya

  According to some information, during this special operation the servicemen arrested and took away 6 people.

September 02, 2003 11:32

• Nagorny Karabah is in need of lawyers specialized in journalists' rights defense

  A training for young lawyers took place in Stepanakert on August 30-31. It was organized by Stepanakert's Press Club and the Artsakh Human Rights Association.

September 01, 2003 14:30

• "National factor" livened up in last days before presidential elections in Karachaevo-Cherkessia.

  Despite the nationalities of presidential contenders in the second round of the elections in the Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia did not suggest any conflicts (a Karachai Mustafa Batdyev, a half-Russian and a half-Karachai Vladimir Semyonov), still some national overtones could be heard at some appearances during the last pre-election days.

August 30, 2003 14:31

• Three interior servicemen were killed in Chechnya as result of gunfire

  The servicemen were guarding a railway near the village of Sernovodsk in the Achkhoy-Martan region.

August 30, 2003 14:29

• Mother of missing Chechen appealed to prosecutor's office

  Esiyev Artur was detained by officers of the Russian power structures of the Urus-Martan region on February 14, 2002.

August 30, 2003 13:42

• Administration of Vladikavkaz presented gifts to scholars

  100 children from poor families of the Kirovsky region in the Republic of North Osetia - Alania received presents for a new school year.

August 30, 2003 13:40

• Lawsuit on cancellation of first round results of presidential election in Karachaevo-Cherkessia was withdrawn

  This action gives a free way to hold the second round of the election appointed on August 31.

August 30, 2003 13:38

• Appeal of Chechen non-government organizations to Czech authorities and international community

  "We expect international human rights organizations to come out immediately on all available levels in favor of defense of rights and liberties of the Chechen refugees living on the Czech territory ", reads the appeal.

August 30, 2003 13:36

• Mikael Grigorian: "Criminal liability for slander and insult of state official does not infringe upon freedom of speech in Armenia"

  A new Criminal Code of Armenia came into force on August 1, 2003. The clauses 135, 136 and 318 of this law provide criminal liability for slander and insult of a state official and a judge.