Danish Refugee Council liquidated in Stavropol April 10, 2004 14:39 On April 9, the Stavropol Regional Court made a decision to liquidate the humanitarian aid agency Danish Refugee Council.
Abkhazian Interior Ministry publishes its version of hostage taking in Gali district April 10, 2004 14:36 A Georgian armed group captured a serviceman of the Abkhazian Armed Forces, Valery Morokhia, on April 6.
Fast response human rights group created in Armenia April 10, 2004 13:28 Human rights defenders mention arbitrary bans on meetings, bans on citizens' free movement in the country, illegal detentions, and attacks against media representatives.
TV cameraman abducted in Grozny April 10, 2004 13:16 A cameraman for Chechen State TV and Radio Company was abducted by gunmen in masks and camouflage in Grozny on April 9.
Chechen president: draft resolution on Chechnya lends moral support to rebels April 09, 2004 23:04 "The authors of such statements really impede the process of political settlement in Chechnya," Akhmad Kadyrov said on Friday, April 9.
Chechen villagers to be paid for info on separatist commander April 09, 2004 18:08 Two residents of Shelkovskaya in Chechnya will be paid 300,000 rubles each within a few days for having alerted special services to the presence of a notorious separatist field commander and mastermind of terror attacks, Abubakar Visimbayev, in their village.
Georgia commemorates anniversary of 9 April 1989 tragedy April 09, 2004 17:46 Fifteen years ago, elements of the Soviet Army dispersed thousands of activists of the national movement who had gathered for a peaceful meeting on Rustaveli Avenue in the heart of Tbilisi.
Shamil Basayev's subordinate killed in Chechnya April 09, 2004 17:39 According to the military, the operation to destroy Saidov, who was Shamil Basayev's subordinate, was conducted by the special operations battalion Vostok under the command of Sulim Yamadayev.
FSB officer killed in Shelkovskaya village in Chechnya April 09, 2004 16:51 Two other officers received wounds of different severity.
Anna Neistat expects no UN sanctions against Russia for policy in Chechnya April 09, 2004 16:49 "There is no force which can make a sovereign state change its internal policy, except for international tribunal," said the Moscow director for Human Rights Watch.
Mikhail Gorbachev is not going to Georgia, his press secretary says April 09, 2004 14:52 "We have no information that Mikhail Sergeevich is going to visit Georgia," Vladimir Polyakov said on April 8.
Dagestan Moslems refuse to receive singer Boris Moiseyev April 09, 2004 14:08 The Moslem community of Dagestan has succeeded in canceling Boris Moiseyev's concerts on the territory of the republic.
Abkhazian authorities release 33 Georgian hostages April 09, 2004 13:54 The captured people were released after the regular quadripartite meeting in the village of Chuburkhindzhi in the Gali district on April 8.
Adjarian leader ready to release Tengiz Asanidze April 09, 2004 13:36 The international court in Strasbourg announced its decision on April 8 that Tengiz Asanidze, former mayor of Batumi and a former deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the autonomous republic, should be released.
Joint statement by leading rights monitors: UN Human Rights Commission should adopt resolution on Chechnya April 09, 2004 12:19 Human rights groups have recently documented a number of "disappearances," summary executions, and attacks against civilians in both Chechnya and Ingushetia.
Zarema Muzhakhoyeva sentenced to 20-years imprisonment April 09, 2004 12:07 Muzhakhoyeva was found guilty of attempting to commit a terrorist act near the Imbir restaurant in 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street in the heart of Moscow on July 10, 2003. Then, a FSB bomb disposal expert Sergey Trofimov was killed by the bomb.
Georgian human right defenders want Mikhail Gorbachev to be arrested April 08, 2004 20:55 The All-Georgian Association for the Defense of Human Rights expressed a protest against the visit of former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev to Tbilisi designed for April 9. The organization demanded that the Georgian law-enforcement agencies arrested him.
Shamil Basayev's bodyguard destroyed in Chechnya April 08, 2004 18:06 The military assert that the killed bodyguard of Basayev, Abubakar Visimbayev, was directly connected with the terrorist act in the Theatre Center "Nord-Ost" in Moscow.
Azerbaijan parliament discusses Armenian-Turkish border opening April 08, 2004 18:04 Speaker Murtuz Alekserov said the border opening could deal a serious blow to the relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Saakashvili urges Abashidze to release former mayor of Batumi April 08, 2004 16:54 "Asanidze is not a politician or important figure, but he is still being held in prison in defiance of all judicial norms and procedures. We will not allow that a man be illegally held in custody in a Georgian region," the Georgian President said to journalists.