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15:58, 27 April 2004

Officer of republican interior ministry killed in Chechnya

Gunmen in masks and camouflage uniforms opened fire from automatic weapons on Senior Lieutenant Khamid Khadzhiyev when he was going home from work.

15:08, 27 April 2004

Georgia: military and civilian liquidators of Chernobyl disaster demand unified benefits

Over 2,000 Georgian citizens took part in the liquidation of the emergency at the Chernobyl atomic station, reported chairman of the Association of Georgian Chernobyl People Vazha Chaduneli. More than 1,000 of them are disabled now.

13:34, 27 April 2004

Followers of Zviad Gamsakhurdia surrender to Georgian authorities

Zardania's group has delivered a large amount of weapons to the law-enforcement agencies in exchange for the exemption from criminal prosecution.

12:40, 27 April 2004

Discussion 'Transparent Power - Active Citizens' to take place in Krasnodar

Galina Ryzhkova, chairwoman of the regional committee on culture, sport, information policy and public associations, will be a speaker at the meeting.

19:49, 26 April 2004

Security reinforced on administrative border between Georgia and Adjaria

The Georgian side has shifted units of the country's interior troops and military equipment there on April 26.

19:44, 26 April 2004

Chechen interior ministry: no order to destroy rebels and their relatives exists

Residents of Chechnya think that the republican law-enforcement agencies have obviously received a private order "from the superiors" to dispose of members of the armed resistance, their relatives, and acquaintances by all means.

19:36, 26 April 2004

Gelayev's relative denies information about Dokku Umarov's implication in field commander's death

"By such a primitive means, they want to sow seeds of distrust and animosity among Chechen commanders," the man said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

16:07, 26 April 2004

Shevardnadze's son-in-law released from custody for $15.5 million

The case against Dzhokhtaberidze will be closed, announced Georgian Prosecutor General Irakly Okruashvili.

15:59, 26 April 2004

Court satisfies claim by victim of 2002 hostage taking in Moscow

The Tverskoy Court seconds the position of the Moscow government, which holds the city authorities do not have to indemnify for inflicted moral damage.

15:53, 26 April 2004

Hearing in case of Russians to continue in Qatar

Several witnesses will be listened to today, and then the date of the next sitting will be announced, reported Russian Ambassador to Qatar Viktor Kudryavtsev.

15:39, 26 April 2004

Project aimed at social and economic integration of displaced persons in Stavropol Region

The non-profit partnership Managerial Consulting has conducted researches to disclose the general situation with the rights of workers and has trained consultants in the field of social and economic rights.

15:32, 26 April 2004

Conference 'Tolerance Is Policy of 21st Century' held in Makhachkala

The second part of the conference was a round table discussion on various issues, which resulted in the idea to found a discussion club on the issues of modern society development in Dagestan.

14:26, 26 April 2004

World community have legal grounds to recognize Armenian Genocide, says advisor to president of Nagorny Karabakh

Armen Zalinian, advisor to the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic, presented an article in the local press in which he mentioned facts allowing the world community to recognize the genocide, which has been denied by the Turkish republic hitherto.

13:57, 26 April 2004

Georgian president calls upon residents of Adjaria to disregard state of emergency

The state of emergency in Adjaria is illegal, Mr Saakashvili told journalists on April 25. He promised to cancel it and the curfew by issuing a corresponding presidential act.

13:51, 26 April 2004

Monument to victims of Armenian Genocide unveiled in Akhaltsikhe nevertheless

Questions regarding the erection of the monument were solved by efforts of the Georgian president's envoy in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti Nikoloz Nikolozoshvili and local authorities the day before the unveiling of Khachkar, reported the Armenian foreign ministry.

12:09, 26 April 2004

Armenian rights defenders consider beating of Ashot Manucharian part of common scenario

Three unknowns attacked head of the Armenian Union of Socialist Forces, ex-minister of foreign affairs, and former national security advisor to the president of Armenia Ashot Manucharian on April 22.

18:53, 24 April 2004

Monument to genocide victims dismantled in Georgian town before unveiling

Before the Khachkar monument was dismantled, policemen had detained Ludwig Petrosian, who was in charge of the work on its unveiling, and held him in a police department for 4 hours.

18:08, 24 April 2004

Georgian parliament demands to neutralize illegal armed units in Adjaria

The Georgian parliament passed a special resolution on the situation in Adjaria at the plenary session on April 23. 178 deputies voted for the document, and 2 abstained.

17:44, 24 April 2004

Leader of Armenian Helsinki Association calls upon human rights organizations 'to raise alarm'

Mikael Danielian called upon all human rights organizations "to raise the alarm and write to international organizations in order to inform them of what is happening in Armenia."

15:53, 24 April 2004

Armenian NGOs indignant at skinheads' actions in Russia

In the statement addressed to the Russian Embassy and the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the NGOs expressed their indignation at the skinheads' attack on an Armenian boy in Kostroma, whom they tried to burn.

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