Second congress of Javakhk NGO takes place in Georgia April 05, 2004 15:29 Participants passed the organization's charter again and adopted the program of its further activity.
Imam of Juma Mosque convicted in Baku April 05, 2004 14:33 On April 2, the Azerbaijan Court for Grave Crimes put imam of Baku's Juma Mosque Ilgar Allakhverdiev (Ibragimoglu) on probation for five years.
Satsita tent camp to be dismantled by end of April April 05, 2004 13:33 Main efforts of the agencies engaged in problems of the return of IDPs [internally displaced persons] to Chechnya have been aimed at the liquidation of the Satsita tent camp since 2 April.
Body of Gelayev is still in Rostov April 05, 2004 12:41 Gelayev's relatives have made three unsuccessful attempts to take his body from the morgue of a hospital in Rostov.
Three explosive assemblies of high capacity found in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan district April 05, 2004 12:17 The capacity of each of the explosive assemblies was about 40 kilograms of trotyl equivalent, the officer of the republican interior ministry said.
Former Defense Minister of Ichkeria urges rebels to surrender April 05, 2004 11:28 On April 2, former Defense Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Umar Khambiyev spoke on the Grozny television and called upon all the members of the Chechen armed resistance to lay down arms.
Karabakh National Democrats joint Movement-88 April 03, 2004 14:09 The creation of the new social and political organization Movement-88, initiated by the deputy of the Karabakh parliament Eduard Agabekian, was announced in Nagorny Karabakh in February 2004.
Passenger bus fired on in Grozny April 03, 2004 13:47 Early in the morning of April 1, Russian soldiers opened fired in the Leninsky district of Grozny on a passenger bus going from the Chechen capital to Argun.
20 Ingush students sent down for taking part in rally April 03, 2004 12:39 According to information of the Internet media, 20 Ingush students who took part in the [March 29] protest rally against abductions of people by Russian special services and against the Russian helicopter attack on the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya that left two people dead have been sent down by direct instructions from the head of Ingushetia, Murat Zyazikov.
Leaders of new social and political movement hold press conference April 03, 2004 11:58 "The idea of creating the movement appeared following the aggravation of the internal political situation in the county in late January. And the initiator of the creation of United Abkhazia was the Unity deputy group," deputy Daur Tarba said at the press conference.
Chechen government asks Red Cross for help April 03, 2004 11:56 Vice Prime Minister of the Chechen Government Ziyad Sabsabi met with George Kunz, a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Northern Caucasus, in Grozny on April 1.
Death toll from helicopter attack reaches 2 April 03, 2004 10:34 Ibragim Khashagulgov, 1988, died in the Sunzha district hospital, Ingushetia, on April 1. He was badly wounded on March 25, when a Russian military helicopter suddenly assaulted the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzha district.
Amnesty International: situation in Ingushetia worsened April 02, 2004 23:36 Speaking about the campaign for refugees' return to Chechnya from tent camps in Ingushetia, human rights activist Kim Wiesener noted that "the situation here hasn't changed ? the refugees are still being pressured to leave by the authorities."
Yerevan-Baku TV bridges focus on Karabakh problem April 02, 2004 22:16 On March 26-28, Yerevan-Baku satellite TV conferences were held. They were organized by the Yerevan and Baku Press Clubs under the "Possible Resolutions to the Karabah Conflict: Expert Evaluations and Media Coverage" joint project, supported by the Open Society Institute Network Media Program.
High level of xenophobia registered in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories April 02, 2004 21:37 The All-Russian Conference "Ways for Overcoming Xenophobia, Racial Discrimination, and Anti-Semitism in the Multination Russian Federation" was held at the training center Moskovsky on March 28-30, with the assistance of the European Union within the framework of a 3-year project.
North Caucasian Counter-terrorist Center created April 02, 2004 20:38 The North Caucasian Counter-terrorist Center (Center T) has been created pursuant to an order by Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev.
Adjarian policemen recognize absurdity of accusations against Batumtsi newspaper staff April 02, 2004 16:23 On March 31, staff of the opposition newspaper Batumtsi were detained and conveyed to an addiction clinic for examination.
Health of Azerbaijan political prisoner Alikram Gummatov deteriorated April 02, 2004 15:49 The resolution on political prisoners in Azerbaijan adopted at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in January 2004 contains the requirement made to the republican leadership to settle the problem of political prisoners by the autumn of 2004. However, under the present circumstances Gummatov may not reach the end of 2004.
Law-enforcement agencies' inactivity indicates their involvement in attack on Mikael Danielian, his wife says April 02, 2004 14:28 Chairwoman of PEN Armenian Center Anna Akopian, who is the wife of chairman of the Armenian Helsinki Association Mikael Danielian, told a press conference on March 31 that she and Mikael Danielian himself rated the March 30 attack on the rights activist as a manifestation of state terror against freedom of speech.
Large-scale purges in Chechen villages April 02, 2004 13:50 Federal security agencies together with Moscow-backed Chechen armed units are conducting large-scale purges in the villages of Sernovodskaya and Assinovskaya in the Sunzha district of the Chechen Republic.