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June 04, 2004 17:10

• Combined Control Commission inspects withdrawal of Georgian forces from South Osetian border

  According to information of the Osetian side, not all armed units have been withdrawn from the zone controlled by peacekeeping forces, some of them have been quartered in the villages situated in the zone of the conflict.

June 04, 2004 16:10

• Visit of PACE delegation to Chechnya is over

  The PACE delegation was unable to meet with representatives of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Center Memorial though the meeting had been planed in advance.

June 04, 2004 15:05

• Novorossiysk Memorial publishes book about victims of political repressions

  The book "To All People Whose Fates Are Seen in the Distance" holds not only reminiscences but also a piece of advice how to register rehabilitation, what documents must be prepared, what agencies one should address, and what legislative acts one can use proving his or her innocence.

June 04, 2004 15:03

• Moscow businessman registered as candidate for Chechen presidency

  Experienced lawyers will help Malik Saidullayev during his election campaign, a source at the Chechen Central Election Commission reported.

June 04, 2004 12:18

• Special commission to work out Karabakh constitution

  The constitutional regime will be based on the system that has developed and justified itself in the last ten years. The matter concerns the presidential system of government.

June 04, 2004 11:26

• Nakhchivan oppositionist renounces Azerbaijan citizenship

  Deputy chair of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party branch in Nakhchivan Gasan Aliyev explained his decision by the persecution of opposition activists in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

June 04, 2004 11:24

• Municipal elections to be held in Karabakh

  These municipal elections will be the third in Karabakh after the declaration of independence.

June 04, 2004 11:23

• Terrorists receive life sentence

  Three terrorists, Akhmed Ismailov, Yusup Yunusov, and Valid Suleymanov, were sentenced to life imprisonment. They all were charged with a number of grave crimes, terrorism, murder and illegal use of arms.

June 03, 2004 19:21

• Problems of religious extremism under discussion in Kabardino-Balkaria

  Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Organized Crime Unit Beslan Mukozhev told a briefing on June 2 that 380 followers of radical Islam were on the lists of the republican Interior Ministry.

June 03, 2004 19:19

• NGO activist persecuted in Chechnya

  Said-Emin Abubakarov together with his family has to stay with his relatives now in order to be in more safety.

June 03, 2004 18:10

• Georgian Parliament to adopt statement on situation in Tskhinvali region

  Several deputies voiced the opinion that Georgia's highest legislative body should react to the recent developments in the Tskhinvali region.

June 03, 2004 17:36

• Politicization hampers search for the missing in Karabakh conflict zone

  Members of the International Working Group to Search for the Missing, Hostages and Prisoners of War in the Karabakh Conflict Zone arrived in Stepanakert on May 31.

June 03, 2004 16:46

• Meeting of PACE delegation with war crime victims under threat of frustration

  Mr Slutsky gave the number of his mobile phone for further instructions. All the attempts made by the Memorial Human Rights Center to get in touch with Mr Slutsky using this number have failed so far.

June 03, 2004 16:22

• Second candidate for Chechen presidency registered

  Vakha Visayev is an adviser to the president of Chechnya. He holds Ph.D. (Russian Candidate of Science) in Economics.

June 03, 2004 15:12

• News programs in Osetian launched by Georgian national TV company

  The news programs in Osetian will be broadcast twice a day, Director General of Georgian National Television and Radio Company Zaza Shengelia told journalists.

June 03, 2004 15:11

• Georgia brings heavy armor, 350 peacekeepers in Georgian-Osetian conflict zone

  Georgia's quota in the CIS Peacekeeping Force in the zone of the Georgian-Osetian conflict is 500 people. Only 150 Georgian peacekeepers are dislocated in the conflict zone now.

June 03, 2004 14:24

• Police disperse hunger strikers in Nakhchivan

  Six members of the Center for Democratic Development, which unites branches of the country's leading opposition parties in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, went on a hanger strike on May 31 to protest against the pressure put on the opposition by the police.

June 03, 2004 13:01

• Relatives of the missing storm Government House in Grozny

  Relatives of people abducted by officers of federal security agencies gathered in the center of Grozny and broke into the building of the Chechen government at about 1 p.m. on June 2. However, the building was cleared soon after it and the people were dispersed.

June 02, 2004 20:15

• Combined Control Commission negotiates withdrawal of Georgian forces from South Osetian border

  The Georgian side promises that the rotation of the Georgian peacekeeping battalion will be conducted within two weeks and all units not related to the peacekeeping forces will be withdrawn. The sides will hold a press conference after the meeting.

June 02, 2004 19:20

• Migration service hampers distribution of humanitarian aid in refugee camps

  Inhabitants of the tent camp Satsita hold that the illegal actions of migration service officials are one of the ways to put pressure on the refugees.