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12:00, 15 April 2004

Georgian TV cameramen beaten up in Adjarian autonomy

A cameraman of the Tbilisi-based Rustavi-2 TV channel was beaten up on April 14 near a bridge across the Choloki River that separates Georgia's autonomous region of Adjaria from the rest of the country. The incident occurred after a crowd of 200 to 300 Adjarians had not allowed the chairman of the Georgian Central Election Commission, Zurab Chiaberashvili, to enter the autonomy on his car.

11:54, 15 April 2004

Access to Adjaria denied for Georgian Central Election Commission chairman

Zurab Chiaberashvili voiced hope that the leaders of the autonomy understood what they did since the frustration of the elections is "a penal action, for which they will have to account."

11:06, 15 April 2004

Cache with poison and radio stations disclosed in Chechnya's Vedeno district

People involved in the creation of the cache are being searched for.

17:51, 14 April 2004

Danish Refugee Council to continue humanitarian activity in Ingushetia

"It should be taken into consideration that the Stavropol Danish Refugee Council was registered as a Russian non-governmental organization. It is an independent juridical person. The decision by the Stavropol Court cannot be rated as the liquidation of our organization as a whole," the Council's representative said via phone.

17:39, 14 April 2004

Situation in Yerevan remains tense

Headquarters of the opposition parties, and first of all of the National Unity and Republic parties, are still under the control of the police.

17:12, 14 April 2004

Chechen rights defender accuses Azerbaijan of illegal extradition of Magomed Tagayev

Mairbek Taramov referred to the ruling by the European Court that bans the extradition of people detained in connection with the developments in Chechnya to Russia.

15:55, 14 April 2004

Armenian ombudsperson: no due attention to Budapest murder case

There is one episode in the case on the murder of an Armenian officer in Budapest, namely an attempt to murder another officer of the Armenian Armed Forces, which has been disregarded for some reason.

15:18, 14 April 2004

Azerbaijan Musavat Party's appeal to world media

The following opposition leaders will go on trial some day soon: Arif HajЩlЩ and Ibrahim Ibrahimli, deputy leaders of the Musavat Party, Rauf Arifoglu, editor-in chief of the newspaper Yeni Musavat, Serdar Jelaloglu, chief secretary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP), Penah Huseynov, leader of the Azerbaijan Peoples' Party, Igbal Agazade, chairman of the Umid Party, and Etimad Esedov, chairman of the Karabakh Invalids Society.

14:18, 14 April 2004

Russian military command: murderers of 9 Duba-Yurt residents established

The March 27 murder of nine peaceful residents of the Duba-Yurt settlement, Chechnya, was perpetrated by the gangs of Rapani Khalilov (subordinate to Basayev) and Akhmed Avdorkhanov (subordinate to Maskhadov). RIA Novosti learnt this on Wednesday from spokesman for the regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Colonel Ilya Shabalkin.

13:46, 14 April 2004

Georgian Central Election Commission member forced out of Adjaria

"About 400 supporters of Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze forced me out of the hotel in Kobuleti, took the documents for the second round of parliamentary elections due in two districts of Adjaria on April 18, and bundled me off the town," Georgia's Central Election Commission member Zaza Gorozia said to reporters on Wednesday, April 14.

13:34, 14 April 2004

Servicemen hit explosive device in Chechnya, one injured

A group of servicemen of Russia's Defense Ministry was blown up on an explosive device in the Itum-Kali district of Chechnya, with one man injured, RIA Novosti was told on Wednesday, April 14, in the headquarters of the joint group of forces in the North Caucasus.

13:14, 14 April 2004

Abductions in Kabardino-Balkaria

12 people have been abducted in Kabardino-Balkaria and taken away in the direction of Mozdok, North Osetia, for the last few days.

12:51, 14 April 2004

Unauthorized demonstrations and meetings banned in Yerevan

The police did not allow several dozens of people to hold an unauthorized sitting demonstration on Freedom Square in the heart of Yerevan.

12:27, 14 April 2004

Seven policemen killed in Chechnya

An armed group of up to 20 rebels opened fire on police cars killing three people. Then the same group captured four policemen and shot them dead.

12:15, 14 April 2004

Air strike kills six civilians in Chechnya

Air strikes killed six people - a woman and five children - in Chechnya on April 9, the Human Rights Center Memorial reported on April 13.

11:44, 14 April 2004

Human Rights Watch: amid evidence of new atrocities, UN Human Rights Commission must take action

"For too long, the world has been indulging Russia in its claims that the situation has been "normalized"," said Rachel Denber, acting executive director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia Division. "It's time for the world to send an unequivocal message that Russia must take real measures to stop the abuses in Chechnya."

11:40, 14 April 2004

Self-immolation attempt in Krasnodar

A young man, presumably a Caucasian, poured inflammable mixture on himself and set himself on fire in Krasnodar on April 12. The incident took place in front of the building of the regional administration.

10:44, 14 April 2004

Talks between Georgia and Adjaria produce no results

Secretary of the Georgian National Security Council Ivan Merabishvili said after the talks with the Adjarian leader that "there is no alternative to the disarmament, and the central authorities will take measures provided for in the law for such cases."

23:41, 13 April 2004

Svetlana Gannushkina: "The closure of the Danish Refugee Council is a real disgrace"

"What explanation can be provided for it except the aspiration to remove from Russia all those who, occupied with humanitarian activity, cannot but see the violations of international standards that accompany the return of IDPs to Chechnya?" reads the statement by Svetlana Gannushkina, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Commission.

23:39, 13 April 2004

Police disperse opposition meeting in Yerevan

Meeting participants put up desperate resistance, but it was crushed, mainly due to the water jets. Then policemen started to beat people, including women and aged people, and to displace them from the avenue.

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