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10:34, 12 September 2003

Oleg Mironov calls on country's mass media to broadly cover jubilee dates concerned with idea of human rights defense

"I suggest opening special columns and programs to cover the issues of human rights and freedoms observance and defense," Oleg Mironov says in his appeal to the mass media.

09:56, 12 September 2003

David Petrosian, the executive secretary of the network of NGOs and other representatives of civil society institutions of the Caucasus "Caucasian Forum", will be a reporter at the action.

08:58, 12 September 2003

Son of Malik Syidulayev's election headquarters coordinator was killed in Grozny

Armed people in masks and camouflage uniform, who had driven up in cars without number plates, checked documents of Bislan Khayauri and then gunned him down.

23:20, 11 September 2003

Aslambek Aslakhanov has accepted Russian president's offer to become his aide and will not remain in Chechen presidential race

"After giving it serious thought and having numerous conferences with my headquarters, I have made a decision, which was very hard for me, not to remain in the presidential race," said Aslakhanov.

22:10, 11 September 2003

Green actions against realization of D-6 project in Kaliningrad Region

In the opinion of Kaliningrad ecologists, the unique object of natural heritage is under threat due to LUKOIL Company's plans on starting oil production in the Baltic Sea at the D-6 oilfield situated in immediate proximity to the park.

21:24, 11 September 2003

Don Cossack is battling for his native house

The local court demanded that the authorities restored a house with dependencies, cattle and inventory to Nikolay Zadorozhy, a Cossack from the repressed.

21:20, 11 September 2003

Process of voluntarily laying down arms starts in Georgian Svanetiya

According to the Georgian Interior Ministry, Interior Minister Koba Narchemashvili during his confidential meeting with locals on Tuesday called on them to voluntarily lay down firearms to the Georgian Interior Ministry's special-purpose detachment.

16:44, 11 September 2003

Claims of victims of terrorist act on Dubrovka will be considered by European Court of Human Rights

As the victims'lawyer Igor Trunov announced, the European Court can ask the plaintiffs to attend court sittings personally.

15:12, 11 September 2003

Inauguration of new president of Karachaevo-Cherkessia took place in Cherkessk

During the solemn ceremony Mustafa Batdyev was presented with the symbols of presidential power - the rod and the emblem.

15:07, 11 September 2003

UNOMIG confirms fact of beating of local residents in Tagiloni village, Gali district, Abkhazia

A UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) patrol was launched on September 7 to carry out a preliminary investigation of an incident regarding alleged maltreatment of locals and rape of women by four uniformed Abkhazian customs officers in the Tagiloni village, Abkhazia's Gali district, on September 5-6.

15:00, 11 September 2003

Caucasian Forum Coordinator David Petrosian visited South Osetia

The visit was aimed at discussing prospects of cooperation with NGOs of South Osetia and familiarizing with social and political situation.

10:41, 11 September 2003

Ingush authorities suppressed before elections songs of popular Chechen singer

Owners of multiple stalls selling audio and video production are forbidden not only to sell but also to reproduce songs of the Chechen singer under the threat of a 300-ruble fine and equipment confiscation in favor of the state.

10:40, 11 September 2003

Administration head was killed in Goyskoye village

A dead body of Adam Gatsayev, the administration head of the Goyskoye village situated in the Urus-Martan district, was found by local residents on the outskirt of this settlement on September 5.

23:58, 10 September 2003

Georgian parliamentarian charges media with unfounded accusations against Armenians

According to Bayburtian, some Georgian media consider the Armenians residing in the republic to be a cause of all failures of the Georgian state.

23:58, 10 September 2003

Conference on problems of "frozen conflicts" will be held in Kishinev

Problems of the Nagorno-Karabah, Abkhazian, and Pridnestrovsky conflicts, as well as the situation on Cyprus will be discussed at the conference.

23:55, 10 September 2003

New temporary accommodation centre for displaced persons has been opened in Grozny

Other four apartment houses for those who had to stay in the tent camps on the territory of Ingushetia after their dwellings had been destroyed will be opened in Grozny before the end of September, acting Chechen President Anatoly Popov said at the opening ceremony.

23:54, 10 September 2003

Council of Europe calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet commitments entered into by them when they joined organization

The Monitoring Group of the Council of Europe particularly underlined in its report published in Strasburg that Armenia must pass the laws on the mass media activity and Azerbaijan must release all political prisoners.

23:53, 10 September 2003

Political prisoner pardoned the other day has expired in Azerbaijan

Nadir Bagirov served 10 years in jail, and his death was caused by tuberculosis. Bagirov was, to all appearances, infected with it in one of the jails.

12:53, 10 September 2003

Russian human rights defenders refuse to act as observers in Chechnya

Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on September 9, Svetlana Gannushkina, Lev Ponomaryov and Yury Samodurov stressed that their human rights groups would continue as before to send their members to Chechnya on fact-finding missions but they would not act as official observers in these elections.

12:48, 10 September 2003

Re-registration of refugees will be conducted from September 10 till November 15

The re-registration of refugees that do not have Russian citizenship and exchange of old identity cards for new ones will be conducted in North Osetia from September 10 till November 15.

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