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17:51, 20 May 2004

Arrested opposition leader goes on hunger strike in Armenia

Suren Sureniants demands that all political prisoners be immediately released and other requirements of the resolution on Armenia adopted by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly on April 28 be fulfilled.

17:05, 20 May 2004

Kmara movement becomes more active in South Osetia

"The role of the Kmara movement in the recent developments in Adjaria is widely known. However, this organization gained popularity as early as November 2003, during the Rose Revolution in Georgia. There is not any information on more radical actions of Kmara activists on the territory of South Osetia so far," reads the commission's report.

16:34, 20 May 2004

Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee returns to Georgia

The main purpose of the eight-day prolongation (7 to 14 May 2004) was to examine the treatment of persons detained in Ajara as well as conditions of detention in this part of Georgia.

16:04, 20 May 2004

Military garrison to be permanently stationed in Tsalka area

A serious clash between Georgians and Armenians, which left 30 people injured, occurred in Tsalka on May 10.

15:31, 20 May 2004

Don Women's Association conducts action for youth

The "Combine Your Rights with Life" action has started in Novocherkassk. Its organizers, the Don Women's Association, are convinced the action will help prompt young men to learn more about their rights and to fight for them.

14:51, 20 May 2004

No new information about abducted Ingush prosecutor

Rashid Ozdoyev was detained by representatives of unidentified security agencies on March 11, 2004.

14:29, 20 May 2004

Azerbaijan rights activists deliver Chechen refugees' complaints to PACE rapporteur

Members of the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan met with the delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).

13:33, 20 May 2004

Former FSB colonel sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment

Before the sentence was pronounced, Mr Trepashkin had told journalists he was in the pessimistic mood. Asked whether he considered his case to be a political one, the former FSB colonel said, "Yes, absolutely."

12:44, 20 May 2004

11 die in combat in Chechnya - details

The police believe the servicemen and policemen were lured into a trap thoroughly prepared by rebels.

11:44, 20 May 2004

Azerbaijan Army positions attacked from Armenian side

The fire was opened form the Armenian territory from the direction of the village of Vazashen, Armenia's Idzhevansky district.

11:27, 20 May 2004

Detained residents of Chechnya released

One of the released men told that the Russian military had abducted him from his house without any explanations three months ago and held him in a basement for all this time.

11:00, 20 May 2004

MHG, Memorial present book about Chechnya

A press conference to present the book "Chechnya 2003: Political Process in Zazerkalye" will be held at the Independent Press Center in Moscow on May 20.

10:57, 20 May 2004

NGO collected new signatures under appeal for interim UN administration in Chechnya

The signatures were collected mainly in the Achkhoy-Martan, Urus-Martan, and Shali districts of Chechnya, Grozny, and the tent camps Satsita and Rassvet in Ingushetia.

19:26, 19 May 2004

Another Sernovodsk resident abducted, then found dead

On May 15, a local herder reportedly found the mutilated body of a man near the village of Shami-Yurt, Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan district.

19:00, 19 May 2004

Azerbaijan asks European Commission to observe situation in Nagorny Karabakh

The Azerbaijan leadership addressed a request to the European Union on May 18 to help settle the conflict situation in Nagorny Karabakh.

18:44, 19 May 2004

Who stands behind abduction of schoolboys?

"Abductors demanded that the boys indicate who is a rebel in their village and asked other questions. They beat the teenagers and threatened to kill them. The boys are still in state of shock," a Chechen police officer said.

17:44, 19 May 2004

Azerbaijan human rights activist inform of new wave of persecution

We call your attention to a statement by Director of the Institute of Peace and Democracy Leila Yunus.

16:36, 19 May 2004

Krasnodar region governor declares against rights activists

"God, deliver us from such human rights activists, and we will find a way to get rid of offenders," Aleksandr Tkachyov said.

14:30, 19 May 2004

Azerbaijan rights activist: political prisoners' evidence tortured out, untrustworthy

Eldar Zeinalov, Director of the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan, makes a statement urging the nation's leadership to release political prisoners.

14:21, 19 May 2004

Activist sues Moscow government

Lev Ponomariov, leader of the Movement for Human Rights, has applied to a court of law questioning the legality of the Moscow government's banning a meeting scheduled for February 23 this year.

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