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14:35, 23 September 2003

All Chechen territorial election commissions are taken under twenty-four-hour guarding

"These measures are taken to prevent provocations and possible terrorist acts on the threshold of the Chechen presidential election, scheduled for October 5," reported head of the Chechen interior ministry's press-cutting service Ruslan Atsayev.

14:33, 23 September 2003

Russian Supreme Court is to consider matter of propriety of Malik Saidulayev's dismissal from presidential race

Saidullayev was registered as a presidential contender on August 27, and two weeks later the Supreme Court of Chechnya revoked his registration.

14:31, 23 September 2003

Conference of Scandinavian human rights activists on Chechen conflict took place in Oslo on September 22

Board Member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov told about it. According to him, the "Memorial" did not receive an invitation to the conference from Scandinavian human rights activists.

12:39, 23 September 2003

Ravil Gainutdin: "We are not interested in having Moslems join the extremist ranks"

Speaking in Moscow at the conference "Tolerance as the Basis for the Well-Being of Multinational Russia", Gainutdin said he thought the so-called Wahhabi sentiments among some of the young Moslems were caused by the poor quality of Islamic education, the inability to communicate with extremist-minded people and make them change their mind.

12:32, 23 September 2003

Mass clashes in Baku

Mass clashes occurred in downtown Baku on September 21 between supporters of the "Musavat" party leader Isa Gambar running for presidency and police. The incident sparked several minutes before Gambar's meeting with voters.

21:21, 22 September 2003

Against Russia's policy in the Caucasus

The Antiwar Committee in Saint Petersburg put out a regular leaflet against the war in Chechnya.

17:41, 22 September 2003

Details of mass beating of Chechens in Nalchik

A mass beating of students of the Chechen nationality with the use of cold steel took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, on September 17.

16:11, 22 September 2003

For three years 150 people have been convicted in Armenia for their refusal to serve

Most of them are members of the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses", which is unregistered in the country.

15:32, 22 September 2003

Chechen intellectuals discussed preservation of their nation in globalized world

More than 40 Chechen intellectuals met in Grozny on September 19 to discuss how best to preserve their nation in the era of globalization.

15:29, 22 September 2003

US leading Moslem organization supports resolution on Genocide

The Council of American-Islamic Relations joined the group supporting the US Congress resolution that commemorates the 15th anniversary of the United States ratification of the UN Convention on Genocide, in which the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey at the beginning of the last century is mentioned.

14:16, 22 September 2003

National Press Club of Armenia objects bill on mass media

The adoption of such a law in the time that is so decisive for Armenia is inadmissible, therefore it must be prevented by common efforts, stresses the authors of the document.

13:12, 22 September 2003

Conference of NGOs took place in Chechnya

A conference of non-government organizations and representatives of the Chechen intelligentsia took place in Grozny on September 19.

13:10, 22 September 2003

UNHCR Office made protest to Russian Interior Ministry against ban on easy visits of refugee camps in Ingushetia

On September 18 the police did not let representatives of humanitarian organizations in the Bella camp explaining it with toughening of security measures after the terrorist act in Magas.

12:07, 22 September 2003

Pre-election passions run high

An extemporaneous meeting of people showing support for Shamil Burayev's candidacy for the post of the Chechen Republic's president was held in Achkhoy-Martan, Chechnya's district center, on September 13. Shamil Burayev is a former district administration head dismissed from his post by "Chechnya's Acting President" Akhmad Kadyrov on the threshold of the elections.

12:00, 22 September 2003

Entrepreneurs will be able to hold out only if they unite

The round table discussion "Administrative Barriers Preventing the Development of Small-Scale Enterprise in Krasnodar Territory" was held in the conference hall of the Krasnodarskiye Izvestiya newspaper.

12:04, 20 September 2003

Issues concerned with Georgian-Abkhazian settlement were discussed at meeting of Abkhazian Foreign Minister and Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Georgia

Sergey Shamba and Heidi Tagliavini spoke about a Georgian-Abkhazian meeting on the guarantees of security and nonrenewal of military operations in Tbilisi scheduled for September 23 and about a forthcoming arrival of 20 UN Civilian Police in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

12:01, 20 September 2003

Press conference in Baku

A press conference of Enver Berusoy, a representative of the Caucasian Institute of Strategic Researches, and Mairbek Taramov, the director of the Chechen Human Rights Center was held at the Press Club of Baku on September 19.

11:55, 20 September 2003

Journalists and politics agreed upon correct behavior

The interregional conference "Political Parties and the Media in the Election Process. New Features of Electoral Legislation" was held in Rostov-on-Don on September 17.

11:53, 20 September 2003

TV and Turks-Meskhetians

An interest to the problem of discrimination against the Turks-Meskhetians in Krasnodar Territory has appeared on central TV channels.

11:50, 20 September 2003

Conflict between district authorities and farmers in Rostov region

The authorities of the Kuibyshev district's head Tamara Zaborodnyaya have been ceased ahead of time for an unlawful dismissal of a farm head.

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