Olivier Dupuis stops hunger strike February 25, 2004 15:17 Today, February 25, a press conference of Olivier Dupuis, the Radical Member of the European Parliament, is to be held at the conference hall of the European Parliament.
Congress of Meskhetian Turks in Baku February 25, 2004 14:54 Congress participants appealed to the Georgian leadership and international organizations to provide the return of Meskhetian Turks to their native lands in Meskhetia, Georgia.
International Helsinki Federation condemns break-up of meeting in Moscow to oppose armed conflict in Chechnya February 25, 2004 14:53 "There is no legal basis for either prohibiting this peaceful meeting or for breaking it up," stated Dr. Rhodes, Executive Director of the International Helsinki Federation (IHF).
Human Rights Watch: White House needs to raise rights concerns during Saakashvili's visit February 25, 2004 13:26 High-level official statements promising and praising the harshest methods to fight corruption may encourage violations of human rights, Human Rights Watch said.
Internews invites advertisers to work with regional television companies February 24, 2004 23:32 "Out of thirteen independent broadcasters currently working in Azerbaijan, nine operate in the regions," said Whit Mason, Internews' Country Director in Azerbaijan.
Opposition in Kalmykia arranges march to Moscow February 24, 2004 23:19 The Executive Committee of the Extraordinary Congress of the People of Kalmykia, founded in January 2003 to remove Kirsan Ilyumzhinov from the Kalmyk presidency, intends to arrange a march to Moscow at the end of February.
Frodo NGO takes baton from outlawed School of Peace February 24, 2004 23:08 The Krasnodar Regional Court has denied the appeal by the Novorossiysk Fund "School of Peace" against the decision of a district court on the liquidation of the Fund.
Office of party in opposition to Abashidze burnt in Batumi, party's leader beaten February 24, 2004 22:29 Unknown people set fire to the regional office of the Christian Democratic Party in the capital of Adjaria, Batumi, on February 22.
Valery Yevnevich: CIS peacekeeping contingent is force capable of providing peace in CIS countries February 24, 2004 20:47 The general was quoted as saying "only the presence of the CIS PKF (Peacekeeping Forces) in conflict areas can guarantee security for civilians and facilitate the process of peaceful adjustment between conflict parties."
Survey: should Russian authorities apologize for 1944 deportation of Chechens and Ingushetians? February 24, 2004 20:28 Altogether 3,851 phone calls were received by Echo Moskvy Radio for 5 minutes of the survey.
Shevarnadze received no guarantees on his family's immunity February 24, 2004 14:49 Paata Shevarnadze, a son of the Georgian ex-president, denied a number of mass media reports stating that Eduard Shevarnadze received guarantees on his family immunity upon his retirement. He also stated that the Shevarnadze family was a victim to political persecution on behalf of the current authorities.
Organizers of picket timed to anniversary of deportation of Chechens face fine February 24, 2004 14:21 The leaders of the Russian national organizations For Human Rights and Russian Radicals, Lev Ponomaryov and Nikolai Khramov, have been released from the Kitay-Gorod police station.
8,000 Russian servicemen killed in Chechnya last year, Aslan Maskhadov declares February 24, 2004 13:18 He told it in the interview published by Chechen separatists' Internet agency Kavkaz-Center.
Actions in memory of victims of 1944 deportation take place in Ingushetia February 24, 2004 13:01 Memorial evenings devoted to the 60th anniversary of the deportation of the Ingush people are being held in all towns and regions of the republic these days. On February 23, it was 60 years since the day of the deportation of the Ingush people to Kazakhstan.
Karabakh parliament confirms adherence to idea of independence February 24, 2004 11:57 A special session of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Nagorny Karabakh was held on February 20. It was devoted to the Day of Artsakh's Revival.
Civic Initiative for Freedom of Information lays strictures on drafted amendments and supplements to Law on Freedom of Information February 21, 2004 23:45 The authors of the statement call the "absurd list" of persons giving information as one of the main defects of the draft legislation.
Chechen human rights activists and refugees join Olivier Dupuis' hunger strike February 21, 2004 23:42 Lechi Sardalov, Mate Tsekhisashvili, Madina, Magomadova, Ruslan Badalov, Zargan Makhadjiyev are among those human rights activists who went on hunger strike.
Karabakh movement started with idea of jural state February 21, 2004 23:39 On February 20, it was 16 years since the Soviet of People's Deputies of Nagorny Karabakh passed the resolution on the reunification of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region with Armenia.
Moscow denies forcing Chechen refugees to return home February 21, 2004 23:36 "We have repeatedly emphasized that voluntariness must be the fundamental principle of the return of displaced persons from Ingushetia to Chechnya," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov.
Police disperse anti-Chechen meeting in Moscow February 21, 2004 17:34 OMON (special tasks police platoon) fighters, who had been given notice in advance, came to the place of the action in 10 buses, as well as police detachments and ambulance cars.