Caucasian Knot

Homepage / News

12:40, 10 September 2003

Council of Azerbaijan Editors calls on Defense Ministry and Public Prosecutor's Office to prevent pressure on journalists

The appeal was caused by the clash of the police with a group of oppositionists and journalists that took place in front of the Baku Police headquarters on September 8. As a result several people, including media workers, suffered.

12:37, 10 September 2003

Lithuanian Commission on Journalistic and Publishing Ethics has not found calls for terror on Chechen separatists' website

"The materials published on the website "Kavkaz-Center" should be interpreted as a certain incitement against occupation Russian authorities in Chechnya and beyond its limits, however there is no incitement against the Russians and Christians themselves - this is the basic difference", declared the chairman of the commission.

12:34, 10 September 2003

Armenian parliament passed Law "About the Institution of Human Rights Defense"

As one of the authors of the draft, Parliament Vice-Speaker Tigran Torosian, reported, henceforth the ombudsman is appointed for a six-year term, he has no right to interfere in a trial, but he may introduce motions for fair treatment within the limits of the European norms on human rights.

23:42, 9 September 2003

Georgian servicemen injured in Iraq will undergo treatment in US

Four sappers from the Georgian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Iraq have been transferred from a hospital in Kuwait to the United States for medical treatment. The Georgian Defense Ministry stated such a decision had been taken upon the recommendation of their US colleagues.

23:40, 9 September 2003

Armenian parliament voted for abolition of death penalty in county

The National Assembly of Armenia ratified by 92 ayes with 1 nay Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights providing for the death penalty abolition.

23:37, 9 September 2003

Azerbaijanians in Georgia are demanding settlement of social problems

On September 8 residents of the Jandara village in Eastern Georgia, mainly ethnic Azerbaijanians, held a rally protesting against local authorities.

23:36, 9 September 2003

Opposition members scuffled with police in Baku

Members of Azerbaijan's opposition Popular Front Party clashed with police in Baku on Monday. The incident occurred in front of the Baku police headquarters.

20:57, 9 September 2003

Five young Chechens were captured and taken away in unknown direction in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village

To all appearances, the unsanctioned detention of Kerimov, Patsayev, and Idigov is a way to put pressure upon Vagap Tutakov, the special representative of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the PACE.

20:56, 9 September 2003

Armenia must respect rules of Council of Europe, including those for death penalty abolition, says representative of this organization

Ziman Christoph noted Armenia had joined the Council of Europe voluntarily and undertaken concrete obligations, so it must respect the rules of this organization, including those for the unconditional death penalty abolition.

17:32, 9 September 2003

Chechen human rights activists are going to boycott presidential election

They made such a decision at the meeting of Chechen non-government organizations in Nazran on September 7.

17:28, 9 September 2003

Second court sitting on case of "Kavkaz-Center" was held in Vilnius

Having briefly examined the course of the mission execution, the judge decided to carry over the date of the sitting for three weeks.

17:13, 9 September 2003

Special representative of UN Secretary-General is getting acquainted with state of IDPs in Russia

As the Secretary-General's official representative informed, Deng is visiting Russia on September 8-12 by the invitation of the Russian government.

17:11, 9 September 2003

Picket near Solovetsky stone devoted to Chechnya's Independence Day

Seven members of the Russian Movement for Chechen Independence demonstrated in central Moscow on September 6.

17:08, 9 September 2003

Amnesty International: large Chechnya Film Festival in US

Film festival organizers include human rights organizations known in the world. As the organizers of the Festival inform, the aim of this large-scale action is to acquaint world public with the best independent and not politically booked films about war in Chechnya.

20:01, 8 September 2003

OSCE will assist Georgia to curb torture

Top government officials and representatives of non-government organizations of Georgia agreed on the National Action Plan against Torture for 2003-2005, the OSCE Mission in Georgia reported on September 7.

19:25, 8 September 2003

Efforts aimed to help under age people suffered in armed conflicts are being coordinated in Stavropol

The Stavropol region's Center for Social Aid to the Family and Children became one of the seven regional centers of the Russian Federation which were entrusted to develop socially important programs.

19:24, 8 September 2003

Extrajudicial execution of Yandi-Kotar's resident

On the night of September 2, 2003 Russian servicemen killed local resident Mukhtarov Umar in the village of Yandi-Kotar of the Achkhoy-Martan region.

19:22, 8 September 2003

A day before presidential election in Karachaevo-Cherkessia voter's aye cost 600 rubles

Mass subornation of voters by candidate Mustafa Batdyev were fixed during the election, reported Mikhail Arutyunov, the President of the International Assembly for Human Rights Protection, international observer accredited by the Russian Central Election Commission.

19:20, 8 September 2003

Azerbaijan opposition accuses police

About 150 policemen broke up the unsanctioned meeting of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, tens of the picketers being injured.

19:18, 8 September 2003

Governor of Kuban declares war on illegal migrants and promises to win

"We will pursue them until they leave, no matter where," declared Aleksandr Tkachyov.

⟵ Previous article

1 2 … 3221 3222 3223 … 3242 3243

Next article ⟶

News

A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the SVO zone.

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.

A Volgograd blogger has been arrested in connection with an extortion case.

LEGAL TEXTS

The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI

The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.