Chechen journalist receives citation from Overseas Press Club of America April 29, 2004 14:08 Chechen journalist Timur Aliyev has become a laureate of the 2003 Artyom Borovik Award, instituted by the New York-based Overseas Press Club of America.
Leader of Our Adjaria movement beaten in Adjaria April 29, 2004 13:21 Commenting on the incident, David Berdzenishvili, a Georgian MP and a leader of the Our Adjaria movement, blamed the leadership of the Adjarian interior ministry for the beating of the opposition activists.
Law on meetings finally passed by Armenian parliament April 29, 2004 12:57 "The law provides for clear rights and obligations of the organizers of and participants in public actions, it regulates authorities of the police and empowered organ, as well as the grounds and procedure for stopping the actions," said the Armenian Minister of Justice.
Adjarian armed units equipped with antiaircraft emplacements April 29, 2004 12:52 Aslan Abashidze bought a large consignment of arms from Russian arsenals from Zviadists [followers of Zviad Gamsakhurdia] in 1994, and this armament is in the hands of General Dumbadze now.
Abashidze: 'If Georgian special operations units enter Adjaria, they will meet with fitting rebuff' April 29, 2004 12:05 "The autonomy's authorities are ready to defend constitutional order in Adjaria and the republican population," head of Adjaria Aslan Abashidze said.
Some 1,500 refugees remain in Ingushetia's last tent city April 29, 2004 11:33 "According to our information, people will be leaving the tent city more actively at the end of May. This is for objective human reasons: children will finish their school year, and it's also more convenient to move in the summer," Igor Yunash, first deputy head of the Russian Federal Migration Service, said.
Chechen newspaper is prohibited from telling truth about compensation payments April 29, 2004 11:23 Gunmen in masks rushed into the house of the deputy editor of the Marsho newspaper and demanded that the newspaper stop publishing articles containing negative information about the process of paying compensations for lost housing and property to residents of Chechnya.
Two warships based near Adjarian leader's residence April 28, 2004 17:59 The ships stay on the territory of the yacht-club without crews. The yacht-club is situated right in front of the residence of Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze, and his leader reinforced guard defend it.
Armenian opposition hold another meeting, police detain its participants April 28, 2004 17:44 "If the power doesn't respond to our demands by May 4, we will undertake resolute actions," said Aram Sargsian.
Georgian interior ministry: 'special police operation' is possible in Adjaria April 28, 2004 16:56 "No one will tolerate the existence of a feudal microstate within Georgia," Georgian Interior Minister Georgy Baramidze emphasized.
Aslan Abashidze's supporters threaten with mass protest actions April 28, 2004 16:20 They accused President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili of taking aggressive actions against the autonomy's leadership and demanded that the confrontation between the center and the region be resolved in a peaceful way.
ICRC arranges round table for media workers in Makhachkala April 28, 2004 15:45 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working in Dagestan for almost 10 years. ICRC employees, Zumrat Magomedova and Luisa Khazhgeriyeva, told the media workers what had been done for this period.
Conference on interethnic relations and xenophobia held in Krasnodar Region April 28, 2004 15:20 More than 50 people representing public and religious organizations, ethnic minorities of Russia's South, and government took part in the conference "The Role of Human Rights Organizations in Normalizing Interethnic Relations and Overcoming Xenophobia in the South Federal District". The Commission on Human Rights in Krasnodar Region was among them.
Terrorist suspects report on torture against them April 28, 2004 14:03 Aliaskhab from the village of Miatli was tortured by putting ice on his head, which created a center of brain fever, he said. Aliaskhab went mad after it, and blew up himself when he was set free. The mother of Khanali Umakhanov asserts that her son lost his reason not having stood the torture which he was subjected to during the investigation.
New houses for refugees to be built in Ingushetia April 28, 2004 12:59 The Swiss Government will continue to finance the project on the construction of houses for Ingush refugees from the Chechen Republic.
Adjarian Women's Association stages rally in Batumi April 28, 2004 12:20 Action participants demanded that "the state of emergency and curfew on the territory of the autonomy be immediately canceled."
Adjarian envoy explains Abashidze's mobilization decree April 28, 2004 11:58 Adjarian Prime Minister Rostom Dzhaparidze will be responsible for overall coordination of the security councils' operations.
On-line center for NGOs opens in Azerbaijan April 28, 2004 11:44 The launching of the website of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will give transparency to their work, noted head of the Center for Humanitarian Studies Avaz Gasanov.
Azerbaijan opposition leaders to go on trial in May April 28, 2004 11:15 Rauf Arifoglu has announced the investigative bodies have no proofs of his guilt. Statements, according to the editor-in-chief, "were obtained under torture, and those who made them repudiated them later in a written form.
Armenian parliament passes law on meetings in second reading April 28, 2004 11:10 90% of proposals forwarded after the first reading were adopted, said Minister of Justice David Arutyunian, who presented the law.