NGO activist abducted in Chechnya September 03, 2004 18:42 A group of gunmen in masks and camouflage uniforms broke into the house on Kochubeya Street and took Fatima Gaziyeva and her husband away in an unknown direction without any explanations.
Institute of Peace and Democracy monitors trial against opposition leaders September 02, 2004 19:45 The Human Rights Protection Department of the Institute of Peace and Democracy is deeply concerned with the situation around the witnesses who refused from their testimonies and declared about the tortures.
'No justification for targeting civilians' September 02, 2004 19:40 We call your attention to the statement issued by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) on September 2, 2004.
Rebels release several hostages September 02, 2004 19:04 So far the rebels have rejected suggestions to provide the hostages with water, food and medicines and exchange a group of hostages.
15 children released from captured school September 01, 2004 19:03 About 400 students, parents, and teachers are reported to be among the hostages in the school captured by rebels in North Osetia.
9 die in Moscow blast September 01, 2004 18:04 The capacity of the explosive device that went off near the Rizhskaya station is preliminary estimated at about 2 kilograms of trotyl equivalent with damaging elements, the public relations center of the Federal Security Service has reported.
Alkhanov's rivals will not appeal against election results September 01, 2004 17:43 A representative of one of the candidates who lost believes "it is a useless occupation in any case."
Several tenders announced in Nagorny Karabakh August 31, 2004 20:46 The tender is announced within the framework of the Humanitarian Aid to Nagorny Karabakh program financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Teachers of Russian indignant at instructions of Education Ministry August 31, 2004 20:21 "The next year is declared the year of Russian in the republic, but Azerbaijan is carrying out a discrimination reform of the education system," members of the Association of Teachers of Russian in Azerbaijan Schools said.
Servicemen attacked in Chechnya August 31, 2004 18:51 An explosion took place when a Russian military convoy was moving in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya on August 30.
Human rights groups to present observations on Chechen presidential election August 31, 2004 18:30 The International Helsinki Federation, the Moscow Helsinki Group, and the "Caucasian Knot" Media will hold the "Presidential Election in Chechnya 2004 — New and Improved" press-conference in the Independent Press Center, Moscow, on September 1, 2004.
Renewed violence, human rights abuses undermine credibility of presidential elections August 31, 2004 11:45 We call your attention to the statement issued by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) on August 30, 2004.
'To be born a Chechen is a sentence in itself' August 30, 2004 23:22 "I've brought up my children here and I don't want to go back to Chechnya and jeopardize their life," one of the refugees living in the Pankissi Gorge said.
Violations recorded everywhere in Chechnya on election day August 30, 2004 23:03 The main problem of precinct election commissions (PECs) was a low turnout in the August 29 presidential election. But PEC officials made up the lack of voters by the most simple and accessible means. They threw in ballots.
Real turnout low August 30, 2004 20:29 "The winner had been known in advance. People just knew nothing depended on the participation or nonparticipation in this farce," Aydamir Suleymanov, a 47-year-old resident of Grozny, said.
Election in Chechnya to be declared valid August 29, 2004 19:20 A source in the republican election commission has told the Caucasian Knot correspondent about it. According to commission's information, over 30% of voters have already voted in the presidential election.
Violations registered during presidential election in Chechnya August 29, 2004 18:45 Election staff of Movsur Khamidov, who is running for the republican presidency, have told the Caucasian Knot correspondent they registered tampering with voters in the village of Sernovodskaya, Chechnya's Sunzha district.
Majority of Chechen refugees unable to participate in presidential election August 28, 2004 19:02 The Chechen side has allotted about 10 vehicles to deliver voters to the place of destination. The busses will drive from both places of refugees' compact residence and places of their living in private houses.
Two Chechen women may have been involved in plane explosions August 28, 2004 18:36 Chechen law enforcement agencies have no information on the implication of republican residents, killed in Tu-134 and Tu-154 plane explosions, in terrorist activity.
Committee to Protect Rights of Rauf Arifoglu to send delegation to Strasbourg August 27, 2004 22:58 Musavat party leader Isa Gambar holds that the Azerbaijan authorities use the trial against opposition leaders, including Arifoglu, to keep society in awe.