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February 25, 2005 23:37

• Chechen refugees on hunger strike in Azerbaijan

  The protesters consider that UN representatives should increase financial aid to refugees since life in Azerbaijan has become more expansive.

February 16, 2005 23:59

• Prison revolt put down in Baku

  Convicts of the 11th correctional facility in Baku stopped their protest action this night as the prison was stormed.

February 16, 2005 23:48

• Details of Magomadov's release still unknown

  In the time of Aslan Maskhadov's presidency, Makhmut Magomadov was one of the deputies of the Chechen prosecutor general and headed a special group which investigated cases connected with kidnappings.

February 16, 2005 23:29

• No negotiations with Abkhazian government in exile

  Irakli Alasania, chairman of the Abkhazian government in exile, has been appointed envoy for the Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations by Mikhail Saakashvili's order today.

February 15, 2005 23:29

• Pravo-Zashchita newspaper prosecuted

  A press conference devoted to the prosecution of the Pravo-Zashchita newspaper was held at the Moscow Independent Press Center on February 14.

February 15, 2005 23:26

• FBI experts consider Zhvania's death accident

  According to preliminary data, the death of Zurab Zhvania was a tragic accident.

February 15, 2005 23:08

• Azerbaijan parliamentary elections may be delayed

  The authorities may take such a step to avoid revolutionary scenarios.

February 14, 2005 23:59

• Kadyrov to sue human rights activists

  Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has announced he is going to sue human rights activists slandering him.

February 14, 2005 23:41

• New Abkhazian president inaugurated

  The inauguration of Sergey Bagapsh, new Abkhazian president elect, was held in Sukhum on February 12.

February 09, 2005 23:53

• OSCE missions to visit occupied Azerbaijan territory

  According to Foreign Minister of Nagorny Karabakh Armen Melikian, foreign experts registered 5 thousand Armenians settled in the regions of Azerbaijan adjacent to Nagorny Karabakh.

February 09, 2005 23:45

• Martial law extended in Nagorny Karabakh

  An attempt to set legal and democratic values above security issues was made for the first time in the modern history of Nagorny Karabakh.

February 08, 2005 23:16

• Kadyrov's people commit 75% of crimes in Chechnya

  On February 7, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the Human Rights Center Memorial presented statistic and correspondents' information on the violations in Chechnya committed in 2004 and told about a new aspect of the crisis – Chechenization of the conflict.

February 07, 2005 23:59

• Assault victims stage rally

  People living at 6th Magistralnaya Street in Makhachkala whose houses were damaged in the 15 January assault against rebels have staged a rally in the Dagestani capital today.

February 07, 2005 23:49

• Chechen police do not confirm Basayev's death

  The information about Shamil Basayev's alleged death is being checked now, a Chechen police source told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

February 07, 2005 23:40

• Former president, speaker wanted by Azerbaijan police

  Azerbaijan law enforcement agencies search for over 2 thousand people now.

February 04, 2005 23:59

• No Greek houses burnt in Georgia recently

  Chairwoman of the Georgian parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration Elena Tevdoradze has denied reports that houses owned by local Greeks have been burnt in Georgia's Tsalksky district for the last two weeks.

February 04, 2005 23:37

• Human rights activists protest against early marriages

  In her interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, human rights activist Leyla Yunus stated that the country's authorities must draw attention to the fact that early marriages have become more frequent in Azerbaijan recently.

February 03, 2005 23:48

• Dagestani deputy interior minister murdered

  At about 9 p.m. on February 2, unknown people opened fire on the Niva car that Dagestani Deputy Interior Minister Magomed Omarov was in. The incident occurred in the center of Makhachkala.

February 03, 2005 23:17

• Opposition urges unbiased investigation of Zhvania's death

  Preliminary results of Georgian prime minister Zurab Zhvania's blood test confirm the version that he died from carbon monoxide poisoning, expert Irina Tandilashvili told journalists.

February 02, 2005 23:59

• Ashuba prejudices Saakashvili's peace initiatives

  "It wasn't seen from Saakashvili's speech in Strasbourg that Georgia has new thinking now," said the Abkhazian speaker.