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20:41, 7 June 2004

"Extra military units have been transferred to the scene of the fight. They are cleaning the area and searching for the bandits," a source in the republican military commandant's office said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

17:27, 7 June 2004

3 detained in Grozny

Residents of Grozny believe Misirov, Ginayev, and Giriyev may have been detained because they did not have a town residence permit.

17:12, 7 June 2004

Court declares authorities' actions against rights activists illegal

On February 23, human rights activists staged a picket at the Solovetsky Stone on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow instead of a meeting, but it caused the authorities' aversion. The picket was dispersed, 15 people being detained by the OMON special police force.

16:07, 7 June 2004

Last refugee camp in Ingushetia closed

Tens of thousands of Chechen refugees are still in Ingushetia. Of them, more than 18,000 live in private houses and another 19,000 in small Chechen-dominated settlements.

15:49, 7 June 2004

Convict loses claim against prison administration

The case comes under Article 2 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, therefore it can be appealed in Strasbourg.

15:17, 7 June 2004

South Osetian side hampers restoration of train service with Tskhinvali

Residents of the village of Nikozi told journalists that "members of an Osetian armed unit demanded that railroad men stop their work."

13:02, 7 June 2004

Dispersal of women's meeting in Grozny - details

Women who took part in the action say that officers of security agencies beat them using butts of their automatic rifles and legs and continuously fired in the air.

11:36, 7 June 2004

Abkhazia ready to render military aid to South Osetia, Abkhazian PM says

Leaders of the Abkhazian government and the North Caucasus plan to meet in the near future in Sukhumi to consider the issue of common actions in the future, Raul Khadzhimba said.

11:34, 7 June 2004

High-capacity explosive device detonated in Grozny

It was already the second landmine explosion in the Chechen capital for 24 hours.

11:31, 7 June 2004

Operation to liquidate tents conducted in refugee center

Officers of the police and migration services were involved in the operation.

11:26, 7 June 2004

3 Chechen policemen killed in clash

As reported by correspondents of the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship, an armed clash between Chechen policemen and rebels occurred in the vicinity of the village of Dzhani-Vedeno, Chechnya's Vedeno district, on June 2.

11:24, 7 June 2004

2 women killed in skirmish in Grozny

Witnesses say the women were killed as a result of the disorderly fire opened by officers of security agencies on separatists who were running away.

12:40, 5 June 2004

Refugees in Satsita camp receive ultimatum

Migration service officials demanded that camp inhabitants should sign papers certifying that they bind themselves to leave their tents by June 5.

12:13, 5 June 2004

Human rights advocates disprove kamikaze children report

We call your attention to a press release of the International Working Group for the Search of Missing People and Hostages and Release of Prisoners in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Area.

11:45, 5 June 2004

Chechen refugees under relentless pressure

On June 2, head of the Ingush Interior Ministry's migration department Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Pomeshchenko and officials of the Interior ministry who accompanied him demanded that Chechen refugees living in the camp in the village of Yandare in Ingushetia should immediately dismantle the tents and leave the camp for Grozny, Nazran or any place they want.

11:43, 5 June 2004

Chechen war photography exhibition

The street photo exhibition "The Road to Nowhere" will open in Ryazan on June 5. The exhibition is arranged within the framework of the "How Many?" campaign waged by the Ryazan Human Rights Coalition.

10:41, 5 June 2004

General Lebed Peacemaking Mission to resume its work

The work of the organization was suspended because of the four-month examination of the organization's activity conducted by the Pyatigorsk prosecutor's office. No violations of the law have been established.

21:36, 4 June 2004

International women's conference in Derbent

The subject matters of the last day of the conference were the promotion of the Caucasian women's status and role in society by means of developing education in the spirit of tolerance and human rights and the protection of migrants' rights as an important component of neighborly relations between the Caucasian peoples.

17:31, 4 June 2004

Armenian cultural center set on fire in Irkutsk

Firemen arrived in time to help the center's guard who had started extinguishing the fire. They coped with it in a few minutes.

17:12, 4 June 2004

Rebel attack leaves 4 servicemen dead

"Another five people, including one officer, received wounds of different severity. They were hospitalized," a source in the Chechen military commandant's office said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

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