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17:10, 4 June 2004

Combined Control Commission inspects withdrawal of Georgian forces from South Osetian border

According to information of the Osetian side, not all armed units have been withdrawn from the zone controlled by peacekeeping forces, some of them have been quartered in the villages situated in the zone of the conflict.

16:10, 4 June 2004

Visit of PACE delegation to Chechnya is over

The PACE delegation was unable to meet with representatives of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Center Memorial though the meeting had been planed in advance.

15:05, 4 June 2004

Novorossiysk Memorial publishes book about victims of political repressions

The book "To All People Whose Fates Are Seen in the Distance" holds not only reminiscences but also a piece of advice how to register rehabilitation, what documents must be prepared, what agencies one should address, and what legislative acts one can use proving his or her innocence.

15:03, 4 June 2004

Moscow businessman registered as candidate for Chechen presidency

Experienced lawyers will help Malik Saidullayev during his election campaign, a source at the Chechen Central Election Commission reported.

12:18, 4 June 2004

Special commission to work out Karabakh constitution

The constitutional regime will be based on the system that has developed and justified itself in the last ten years. The matter concerns the presidential system of government.

11:26, 4 June 2004

Nakhchivan oppositionist renounces Azerbaijan citizenship

Deputy chair of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party branch in Nakhchivan Gasan Aliyev explained his decision by the persecution of opposition activists in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

11:24, 4 June 2004

Municipal elections to be held in Karabakh

These municipal elections will be the third in Karabakh after the declaration of independence.

11:23, 4 June 2004

Terrorists receive life sentence

Three terrorists, Akhmed Ismailov, Yusup Yunusov, and Valid Suleymanov, were sentenced to life imprisonment. They all were charged with a number of grave crimes, terrorism, murder and illegal use of arms.

19:21, 3 June 2004

Problems of religious extremism under discussion in Kabardino-Balkaria

Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Organized Crime Unit Beslan Mukozhev told a briefing on June 2 that 380 followers of radical Islam were on the lists of the republican Interior Ministry.

19:19, 3 June 2004

NGO activist persecuted in Chechnya

Said-Emin Abubakarov together with his family has to stay with his relatives now in order to be in more safety.

18:10, 3 June 2004

Georgian Parliament to adopt statement on situation in Tskhinvali region

Several deputies voiced the opinion that Georgia's highest legislative body should react to the recent developments in the Tskhinvali region.

17:36, 3 June 2004

Politicization hampers search for the missing in Karabakh conflict zone

Members of the International Working Group to Search for the Missing, Hostages and Prisoners of War in the Karabakh Conflict Zone arrived in Stepanakert on May 31.

16:46, 3 June 2004

Meeting of PACE delegation with war crime victims under threat of frustration

Mr Slutsky gave the number of his mobile phone for further instructions. All the attempts made by the Memorial Human Rights Center to get in touch with Mr Slutsky using this number have failed so far.

16:22, 3 June 2004

Second candidate for Chechen presidency registered

Vakha Visayev is an adviser to the president of Chechnya. He holds Ph.D. (Russian Candidate of Science) in Economics.

15:12, 3 June 2004

News programs in Osetian launched by Georgian national TV company

The news programs in Osetian will be broadcast twice a day, Director General of Georgian National Television and Radio Company Zaza Shengelia told journalists.

15:11, 3 June 2004

Georgia brings heavy armor, 350 peacekeepers in Georgian-Osetian conflict zone

Georgia's quota in the CIS Peacekeeping Force in the zone of the Georgian-Osetian conflict is 500 people. Only 150 Georgian peacekeepers are dislocated in the conflict zone now.

14:24, 3 June 2004

Police disperse hunger strikers in Nakhchivan

Six members of the Center for Democratic Development, which unites branches of the country's leading opposition parties in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, went on a hanger strike on May 31 to protest against the pressure put on the opposition by the police.

13:01, 3 June 2004

Relatives of the missing storm Government House in Grozny

Relatives of people abducted by officers of federal security agencies gathered in the center of Grozny and broke into the building of the Chechen government at about 1 p.m. on June 2. However, the building was cleared soon after it and the people were dispersed.

20:15, 2 June 2004

Combined Control Commission negotiates withdrawal of Georgian forces from South Osetian border

The Georgian side promises that the rotation of the Georgian peacekeeping battalion will be conducted within two weeks and all units not related to the peacekeeping forces will be withdrawn. The sides will hold a press conference after the meeting.

19:20, 2 June 2004

Migration service hampers distribution of humanitarian aid in refugee camps

Inhabitants of the tent camp Satsita hold that the illegal actions of migration service officials are one of the ways to put pressure on the refugees.

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