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November 02, 2004 23:58

• Armenian opposition to continue protest actions

  "It's very difficult to fight with such a system of course. Mass repressions against participants in meetings and demonstrations in spring and summer confirm it," chair of the Anrapetutiun (Republic) party and deputy of the National Assembly Albert Bazeian said.

November 02, 2004 23:57

• Chechen variant possible in Abkhazia

  In his interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, Musa Shanibov, the former chairman of the Confederation of Mountain Peoples, said that Abkhazia faced the most dangerous problem. And this problem is created by those who traditionally consider both the authorities and people their property.

November 01, 2004 23:49

• Abkhazian deputies not allowed in parliament

  "This action is caused by today's intention of the parliament to pass a resolution canceling the presidential decree about a repeated election of the head of the republic and to claim a vote of no-confidence in Vladislav Ardzinba," Vasiliy Avidzba, head of Raul Khadzhimba's election staff, said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

November 01, 2004 23:49

• 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.

November 01, 2004 23:33

• 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.

October 29, 2004 23:56

• 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.

October 29, 2004 23:49

• 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.

October 29, 2004 23:48

• 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.

October 28, 2004 23:47

• 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.

October 28, 2004 23:34

• 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.

October 28, 2004 23:32

• 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.

October 27, 2004 23:25

• 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.

October 27, 2004 23:08

• 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.

October 27, 2004 22:51

• 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.

October 26, 2004 23:59

• 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.

October 26, 2004 23:25

• Two soldiers, six rebels killed in clash

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

October 25, 2004 23:45

• 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.

October 25, 2004 23:43

• 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.

October 25, 2004 23:03

• 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.

October 22, 2004 23:45

• 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."