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16:49, 19 March 2004

Most Russians find authorities to be responsible for aid workers' safety

An express survey conducted within the framework of the Rikoshet program via interactive phones has revealed that 68% of the respondents find Russian authorities to be responsible for the safety of aid workers, including those in the North Caucasus.

16:46, 19 March 2004

"Address purges" in Chechnya's Vedeno district

Locals reported on several men detained by security officers during the actions.

16:16, 19 March 2004

Blockade against Adjaria lifted

In line with a decree issued by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, all economic sanctions, introduced against the Adjarian autonomy on March 15, were lifted during the night of March 18-19.

16:04, 19 March 2004

Mikhail Saakashvili: no conflict between Georgia and Adjaria

"The main thing is that democratic system and peace have been maintained. There is no conflict between Adjaria and Georgia," the Georgian president emphasized after his talks with Aslan Abashidze.

23:03, 18 March 2004

Georgian civil society on developments in Adjaria

We call your attention to the statement issued by a number of Georgian civil society activists concerning the developments in Adjaria.

15:56, 18 March 2004

Statement by the Movement Against Religious Intolerance in Georgia in connection with arrest of Vasil Mkalavishvili

"In the current pre-election period, some political parties have made attempts to use the discontent a certain part of the society has with Mkalavishvili's detention and methods the police has used in order to gain political benefits. Manipulating religious issues and using personal feelings of individuals in order to improve one's own rating is morally unacceptable everywhere, especially in a country that has been suffering from religious violence for years," reads the statement.

15:23, 18 March 2004

Kabardino-Balkarian branch of Movement for Human Rights gains court victory over regional department of justice

On March 17, the Nalchik City Court satisfied the claim by the regional brunch chairman of the All-Russian Movement for Human Rights, Valery Khatazhukov, against the department of the Russian Ministry of Justice in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria concerning the registration of the branch.

14:53, 18 March 2004

Irina Sarishvili calls upon NGOs to demand to stop blockade against Adjaria

The leader of the NGO League of People's Defense, ex-parliamentarian Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia, calls upon all non-government forces and non-government organizations (NGOs) to demand that the blockade against Adjaria be stopped.

14:12, 18 March 2004

Georgian women plan peace march to Adjaria

Action participants are expected to go on foot from Tbilisi along the central motorway in the direction of the post at the Choloki River (Adjaria's administrative border).

13:41, 18 March 2004

Disfranchised Tuapse residents to lodge complaint to prosecutor's office

Over 100 Tuapse residents were not able to vote in the elections of the Russian president and regional governor on March 14 as their names were not put on the lists of precinct election commissions.

12:38, 18 March 2004

New Armenian schools open in Krasnodar region

By efforts of Armenian communities, one educational institution opened in each of the three towns: Nizhniy Tagil, Krimsk, and Goryachiy Klyuch, reported the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia.

12:32, 18 March 2004

Salary of budget employees illegally reduced by quarter in Chechnya

Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov's security service officers stationed in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya are maintained at the expense of district budget employees, reports the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship.

12:28, 18 March 2004

Chechen State Council approves new premier of regional government

Chechnya's State Council has consented to confirmation of Sergey Abramov as prime minister.

11:34, 18 March 2004

Court imposes fine on organizer of antiwar picket

Proceeding from the fact that "Ponomarev, as the organizer, was not given permission to hold the meeting," Judge Oksana Suleymanova found him guilty of breaking the established order of arranging the meeting and imposed a penalty of 1,000 rubles on him as a punishment.

11:16, 18 March 2004

Lyudmila Alekseyeva: displaced persons return to Chechnya from Ingushetia under pressure

Chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseyeva does not agree with the authorities' plan to resettle people from the last two tent camps for Chechen refugees in Ingushetia.

10:14, 18 March 2004

Our Adjaria to fight against Aslan Abashidze till "victorious end"

"He must leave or we will clear him off," Guram Saladze, an activist of the Our Adjaria coalition, declared.

10:00, 18 March 2004

Saakashvili, Abashidze to meet in Batumi

The agreement on this meeting was reached during the talks in Batumi between chairman of the Georgian parliament Nino Burdjanadze and the Adjarian leader.

18:25, 17 March 2004

Council of Europe conducts workshop for Georgian judges

The workshop is conducted within the framework of the program of the European Commission and the Council of Europe. It is arranged by the Judicial Training Center with the assistance of the Media Division of the Council of Europe Directorate General of Human Rights.

18:22, 17 March 2004

OSCE to do its best to facilitate talks between Baku and Yerevan on Karabakh

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, announced it at a press conference, summarizing results of his visit to Baku.

17:03, 17 March 2004

Antiwar picket to be held in Moscow on March 18

The application for the holding of the action on March 18 filled by the organizers of the picket, who have been protesting against the war in Chechnya for already four years, was rejected almost for the first time.

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