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23:49, 1 November 2004

Azerbaijan 'did not plan to remove OSCE monitoring group from Karabakh peace process'

In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, Novruz Mamedov, head of the foreign relations department in the Azerbaijan presidential administration, commented on the recent decision by the General Committee of the UN General Assembly to recommend putting the question about the situation on the country's occupied territory on the agenda.

23:33, 1 November 2004

Armenian Foreign Ministry denies resettlement to occupied Azerbaijan territory

"We claim one more time there's no state policy of resettlement," spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Gamlet Gasparian said commenting on Azerbaijan's initiative to put the question "About the Situation on the Occupied Azerbaijan Territory" on the agenda of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly.

23:56, 29 October 2004

Repeated presidential election to be held in Abkhazia

Abkhazian President Vladislav Ardzinba has signed a decree to hold a repeated election of the head of the republic.

23:49, 29 October 2004

Five repatriates from Middle East threatened with deportation

Under the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation, an application for the prolongation of a residential permit must be submitted six months prior to its expiration. The repatriates claim no one has familiarized them with this document.

23:48, 29 October 2004

Situation in Prigorodny district stabilizes, says Sultygov

On October 23, from 200 to 500 people, supposedly relatives of the Beslan tragedy victims, blocked off the federal route Kavkaz on the administrative border with Ingushetia.

23:47, 28 October 2004

Several people abducted during purges in Chechnya

The Chechen Interior Ministry has refused to give any comments on the matter, claiming that Chechen policemen have conducted no actions in the village of Noviye Atagi recently.

23:34, 28 October 2004

Picketers detained in Baku

Police cruelly beaten picket participants. Several people received serious bodily injuries as a result, and more than 30 participants were detained.

23:32, 28 October 2004

Azerbaijan authorities deny participating in US operation against Iran

The Baztab website, close to Iranian special services, spread information yesterday about the gathering of Azerbaijan troops on the border with Iran.

23:25, 27 October 2004

Teacher committee Beslan Tragedy continues its work

On October 21, indignant residents of Beslan gathered at the building of the town administration. Their indignation was caused by the fact that material aid did not reach victims.

23:08, 27 October 2004

Foreign Office urges British deputies not to visit Karabakh

"Great Britain treats Azerbaijan's territorial integrity with respect, and such trips don't correspond with the interests of Great Britain therefore the government recommends not to pay such visits," embassy officials said.

22:51, 27 October 2004

European Commission allocates 10 million euro for victims of conflict in Chechnya

The recipients will include internally displaced persons (IDPs) and vulnerable groups in central and southern Chechnya as well as IDPs in Ingushetia and Daghestan. Assistance includes: food and non-food items, medical support, shelter and water/sanitation, education, psychological assistance and vocational training.

23:59, 26 October 2004

Monitoring Group urges Council of Europe to seek release of opposition leaders

The Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations has addressed a letter to Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis in connection with the conviction of seven opposition leaders.

23:25, 26 October 2004

Two soldiers, six rebels killed in clash

Encircled rebels blew themselves up by grenades when their ammunition was over.

23:45, 25 October 2004

Forum of Intellectuals protests against bringing Armenian soldiers in Iraq

According to Gevorg Yazychan, a historian from Syria, real panic has started in Armenian settlements in Arabian countries today. Armenians in Iraq are transferring their children from Armenian schools to other Christian schools apprehending acts of retribution.

23:43, 25 October 2004

Human rights activists consider convicted oppositionists political prisoners

"The sentence passed on seven leaders of opposition political parties has political motives, and the convicts themselves are political prisoners," said director of the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan Eldar Zeinalov.

23:03, 25 October 2004

No investigation into bombing of Chechen village

On April 8, 2004, the Russian air force bombarded the mountain village of Rigakhoi, Chechnya's Vedeno district. A young woman and her 5 children, the oldest of whom was 7, were killed by an air strike.

23:45, 22 October 2004

Seven opposition leaders convicted

In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, chairman of the Musavat Party Isa Gambar stated that "today's statement has proved one more time there is no independent judicial system in Azerbaijan, and they [judges] depend on the will of the executive power, which chartered this shameful trial."

23:13, 22 October 2004

Maskhadov plans to give up, says Ramzan Kadyrov

Kadyrov did not imparted concrete sources from which this information was obtained.

22:59, 22 October 2004

Azerbaijan wants to prevent civilians' migration to occupied territory

Such a policy implemented by Armenia has a negative effect on the process of resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict by peaceful means, Metin Mirza, head of the Foreign Ministry's press service, said.

23:55, 21 October 2004

Baku denies presence of Maskhadov's staff in Azerbaijan

Co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Russian inter-parliamentary commission Arif Ragimzade expressed a protest against accusations heard in Russia sometimes that Azerbaijan gives terrorists an opportunity to develop their activity in the country.

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