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23:56, 4 December 2003

Aki Yurt camp of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia closed

Russian authorities have closed down Ingushetia's Aki Yurt camp, evicting some 1,500 displaced Chechens despite appeals by the UN refugee agency, which is now trying to follow up on their location and condition.

19:00, 4 December 2003

Chechen refugees: from Russia to Europe

If last year there were about 150 Chechens in Czechia, now there are about 3,000 of them there. Only one positive aspect can be discerned in this cheerless picture: the large Chechen Diaspora in Europe is aimed to become a serious political force so that to influence on the situation in the homeland and to convince Western politicians and public opinion of the necessity to demand that Russia should end the bloody war.

17:48, 4 December 2003

Armenian Foreign Minister: "We are interested in the stability in Georgia not less that the Georgians themselves"

At the 11th Ministerial Council meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian touched upon the OSCE's economic policy and organization's strategy to solve threats to security and stability in the 21st century, as well as upon documents on trafficking, the Armenian Foreign Ministry's press service informs.

16:46, 4 December 2003

"Peace to Our Home!" action

The invitation by the Human Rights Center "Memorial" in Nazran to take part in the "Peace to Our Home!" action.

15:35, 4 December 2003

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen to arrive in Baku

The Russian, French and U.S. co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, the mission of which is to promote the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are arriving in Baku on Thursday, December 4, informed the Azerbaijan Interior Ministry's department of information.

14:42, 4 December 2003

Russia took the first place by number of people applying for asylum in industrialized countries

According to the data by UNHCR, the 29 industrialized countries covered by the UNHCR report received 321,724 asylum applications during the first nine months of the current year.

13:42, 4 December 2003

New attacks against opposition leaders in Tbilisi

On December 3, in the morning, a window was broken in the office of the Center-point firm in the center of Tbilisi. This firm is owned by the wife of Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, Vice Speaker of the Parliament and leader of the opposition Socialist Party.

13:14, 4 December 2003

Armenian Foreign Minister accused his Azerbaijan colleague of telling lies

On the last day of the annual OSCE Ministerial Council in Maastricht, December 2, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian asked for the floor for the second time after the speech of his Azerbaijan colleague Vilayat Guliyev and accused the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister of telling lies.

12:45, 4 December 2003

Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General dissatisfied with situation in Azerbaijan

"While meeting with official persons, I was not given the impression that they were ready to take concrete steps to solve the problems connected with the press," announced Mr. Menard.

23:43, 3 December 2003

Tent camps being dismantled in Ingushetia

The Alina temporary settlement center in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia's Sunzha district was closed on December 1.

23:28, 3 December 2003

Units and sub-units of Cossacks in Abkhazia went on higher state of alert

The order that the units and sub-units should go on higher state of alert was issued by high ataman of the Friendly Association of Abkhazian Cossacks Major-General Oleg Petrov in connection with the change of power in Georgia and possible large-scale armed actions against the Republic of Abkhazia.

22:36, 3 December 2003

Inculcation and application of European Convention on Human Rights in judicial system of Azerbaijan

This was a subject matter of the two-day seminar arranged by the Ministry of Justice with the assistance of the Council of Europe Office in Baku at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on December 1-2.

21:41, 3 December 2003

"Amtsakhara" movement raises question of Vladislav Ardzinba's dismissa

While meeting with deputies of the Abkhazian parliament the other day, representatives of "Amtsakhara" put a question of Vladislav Ardzinba's capability and demanded that ways should be found till mid-December to dismiss him by constitutional means and to call on a new election of the head of the self-proclaimed republic.

21:11, 3 December 2003

Conference of women in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

A conference of women was held at the assembly hall of the Cherkessk City Administration, with 333 women being participants in it.

20:20, 3 December 2003

Number of candidates for presidency in Georgia increased up to 15

Lyana Amanatashvili, a 39-year-old economist, and Yuri Mikirtumian, a 42-year-old engineer, submitted their applications to the Central Election Commission on Tuesday.

19:12, 3 December 2003

Statement by Centre for Protection of Conscience and Religious Freedom and IRLA's Azerbaijan Chapter

We call you attention to the statement made by the Centre for Protection of Conscience and Religious Freedom (DEVAMM) and the Azerbaijan Chapter of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) on the detention of DEVAMM leading coordinator and Secretary General of the IRLA's Azerbaijan Chapter Ilgar Ibragimoglu.

17:22, 3 December 2003

Statement by Institute of Peace and Democracy

More than a month has passed since the falsified presidential election of October 15 in Azerbaijan were held, but the republic still lives in the atmosphere of repressions, arrests goes on.

15:11, 3 December 2003

Azerbaijan: dozens of imprisoned oppositionists went on hunger strike

Some dozens of Azerbaijan opposition activists who are serving terms for participation in the mass riots after the October 15 presidential election demand that they should be discharged.

14:42, 3 December 2003

Rostov city national and cultural autonomy of Azerbaijanians celebrated its fifth anniversary

The folklore skiffle group "Arzu" and the dance group "Djamilya" appeared at the holiday meeting.

14:23, 3 December 2003

Scientific conference on problems of North Caucasus held in Dagestan

The work of the conference was organized in two subject sections: "Ethnopolitical and Ethnoconfessional Studies in North Caucasus: Methodology, Problems, and Main Results" and "Factors in Social and Political Stabilization in North Caucasus".

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