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17:19, 12 April 2004

Terrorist act against leaders of breakaway republic averted in Abkhazia

The name of the detained man is not disclosed in the interests of investigation. He is being held in the investigatory isolation ward of the Abkhazian State Security Service.

16:22, 12 April 2004

Armenian opposition reports on abductions of its activists by police

"All the efforts we have made to learn anything about the destiny of meeting participants being held by the police have been unsuccessful," reads the statement by the opposition party Anrapetutiun (Republic).

16:05, 12 April 2004

Revival Party postpones peace march to Tbilisi

"In case of an inadequate reaction from Tbilisi, the peace march may have any ending," Tsotne Bakuriya, a member of the Revival Party, emphasized. "We don't want to have common people suffer from that," he added.

15:40, 12 April 2004

Krasnodar Club of Civil Education arranges round table in Krimsk

It was devoted to the violations of human rights in the Krimsk district.

15:11, 12 April 2004

Ultimatum presented by Armenian opposition to authorities expires today

The factions Justice and National Unity demanded that the parliament should adopt the amendments and supplements to the Law on the Referendum that the opposition need to conduct a referendum on the vote of confidence to President Robert Kocharian.

13:57, 12 April 2004

Bodies of lynched people found in Chechnya

Residents of Duba-Yurt are convinced their killed fellow-villages were taken away by officers of Russian security structures.

13:26, 12 April 2004

Georgia, Adjaria agree to start new round of talks

Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and Security Council Secretary Vano Merabishvili will arrive in Batumi for a new round of talks on April 13.

13:23, 12 April 2004

Another bodyguard of Maskhadov surrenders

The press service for the Combined Federal Forces in Chechnya reported on April 11 that the man was Magomed Kazayev, who was a member of the rebel group led by Shaa Turlayev, chief of Maskhadov's security.

13:16, 12 April 2004

Head of MSF mission in Dagestan released

Non-governmental organizations in Dagestan arranged many actions to second the demand to release Arjan. It may be that they contributed to his release.

15:47, 10 April 2004

Opposition promise daily meetings in Yerevan

The Armenian opposition held a meeting on April 9. Among the slogans were "Robert Kocharian, leave," "The illegitimate president must leave."

14:55, 10 April 2004

Supreme Court to consider suit of department of justice vs. human rights center

The director of the center, Valery Khatazhukov, called the actions of the regional department of justice "hysterics" and said it had no formal legal grounds for not registering his organization.

14:39, 10 April 2004

Danish Refugee Council liquidated in Stavropol

On April 9, the Stavropol Regional Court made a decision to liquidate the humanitarian aid agency Danish Refugee Council.

14:36, 10 April 2004

Abkhazian Interior Ministry publishes its version of hostage taking in Gali district

A Georgian armed group captured a serviceman of the Abkhazian Armed Forces, Valery Morokhia, on April 6.

13:28, 10 April 2004

Fast response human rights group created in Armenia

Human rights defenders mention arbitrary bans on meetings, bans on citizens' free movement in the country, illegal detentions, and attacks against media representatives.

13:16, 10 April 2004

TV cameraman abducted in Grozny

A cameraman for Chechen State TV and Radio Company was abducted by gunmen in masks and camouflage in Grozny on April 9.

23:04, 9 April 2004

Chechen president: draft resolution on Chechnya lends moral support to rebels

"The authors of such statements really impede the process of political settlement in Chechnya," Akhmad Kadyrov said on Friday, April 9.

18:08, 9 April 2004

Chechen villagers to be paid for info on separatist commander

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.

17:46, 9 April 2004

Georgia commemorates anniversary of 9 April 1989 tragedy

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.

17:39, 9 April 2004

Shamil Basayev's subordinate killed in Chechnya

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.

16:51, 9 April 2004

FSB officer killed in Shelkovskaya village in Chechnya

Two other officers received wounds of different severity.

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