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19:03, 22 October 2003

Pressure on Azerbaijan human rights defenders raised in post-election time

The Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan urges the foreign diplomats, intergovernmental organizations and foreign human rights defenders to express concern to the government about the new wave of pressure on human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

14:23, 22 October 2003

Azerbaijan in atmosphere of terror and torture

The appeal of the Federation of Human Rights Organizations of Azerbaijan and list of people who were severely beaten, arrested and who disappeared in Azerbaijan after the presidential elections of October 15, 2003.

19:57, 21 October 2003

Journalists to be and NGO activists conducted round table discussion in Krasnodar

The round table discussion "Non-Profit Non-Government Organizations as Independent Source of Information" was held at the faculty of journalism of the Kuban State University on October 16. Experts in the field of development of civil society institutions and well-known journalists participated in the discussion.

19:53, 21 October 2003

Azerbaijan: protest actions of opposition are going on

Democratic Party of Azerbaijan Secretary General Sardar Jalaloglu came out at the press conference that was held at the party headquarters on October 18. According to his words, the party will continue its struggle and achieve that the totally falsified results of presidential elections be abolished.

14:28, 21 October 2003

Ilkham Aliyev makes Musavat party leaders responsible for disorders in Baku

"We did not start the disorders, but Musavat leader Isa Gambar and his companions did start them," Aliyev declared in his interview to the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".

14:26, 21 October 2003

Germany allots another sum of about one million euro as aid to Chechen refugees

Thus, the total sum that the German Foreign Ministry has allotted in 2003 to help Chechen refugees exceeds 1,800,000 euro.

13:33, 21 October 2003

Murad Petrosian: "Karabakh settlement will be speeded up right after elections in Azerbaijan"

Murad Petrosian, an independent expert and editor of the author newspaper "What To Do" published in Nagorny Karabakh expressed such an opinion in his interview to the Karabakh "Azat Artsakh" newspaper.

11:03, 21 October 2003

Experts from Northern Caucasus took active part in seminar on conflict prevention

An annual seminar of the Early Warning and Conflict Prevention Network (EAWARN) was held in the town of Kumbor (Chernogoria) from October 4 to October 11, 2003.

11:01, 21 October 2003

Over 380 people have disappeared without trace in Chechnya since beginning of year

The republican interior ministry has reported it.

10:59, 21 October 2003

Delegation of International Charitable Foundation named after Dmitry Likhachev visited Makhachkala

Ekaterina Geniyeva told a press conference for Dagestani journalists the Foundation had many prospective plans in Dagestan.

10:57, 21 October 2003

Central Election Commission announced final election results and confirmed Ilkham Aliyev's victory

A source at the Chechen presidential staff told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the inauguration ceremony was planned to be held on October 22.

22:20, 20 October 2003

Leaders of Azerbaijan Musavat opposition party seek political asylum in Norway

One of them is editor-in-chief of the party newspaper Rauf Arif-oglu. He has been declared wanted on suspicion of arranging disorders in Baku during presidential elections.

22:18, 20 October 2003

Chechen human rights activists are going to submit report on situation in Chechnya to UN

This was discussed at the seminar on UN methods for protection of human rights and economic, social and cultural rights that was held by the World Organization Against Torture in Ingushetia on October 17 and 18.

17:18, 20 October 2003

Ombudsmen of Russia's South discussed in Astrakhan problems of interaction with public authorities

"This seminar is a continuation of the program to assist with making the institution of the ombudsman in the South Federal District, which is one of the most problem districts in Russia," said chairwoman of the presidential commission on human rights Ella Pamfilova.

17:16, 20 October 2003

Well-known stickler for independence of Chechen Republic Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev get back to Chechnya

Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev is an author of a number of books, in which he proposed the ways of the Russian-Chechen military conflict settlement. His proposals caused an ambiguous critical reaction of the Chechen politicians and leadership.

14:55, 20 October 2003

Seminar for Chechen NGO activists in Karabulak

The seminar was focused on the issues concerned with protection of human rights in economic, social, and cultural fields.

14:33, 20 October 2003

Public organization's newspaper became laureate in competition of social periodical press of Russia's South

The newspaper "Overcoming of Informational Barriers" is issued by the Association of Stavropol Territory's Migrant Organizations "Solidarity" with the assistance of the Caucasian Knot Internet website, the Memorial society and the Soros Foundation.

14:30, 20 October 2003

Urgent problems of legal proceedings are discussed in Stavropol region

The seminar "Urgent Problems of Legal Proceedings on Civil and Criminal Cases" took place in Pyatigorsk on October 16-17.

13:00, 20 October 2003

Akhmad Kadyrov was sworn in as president of Chechnya

Akhmad Kadyrov took his oaths of office and swore to serve the peoples of Chechnya and to abide by the constitutions of the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic.

12:37, 20 October 2003

U.S. advocate decriminalization of defamation and say failure to grant broadcast licenses to A1+ and Noyan Tapan TV companies is politically driven

The Bureau of International Information Programs of the U.S. Department of State disseminated the speech of Ronald McNamara made on October 7 at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.

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