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October 15, 2003 12:37

• No one left "Satsita" camp

  On October 13 the Russian mass media gave information that 27 families of Chechen refugees who had lived in the tent camp "Satsita" voluntarily returned to Chechnya. This information does not represent the facts. As members of the "Satsita" Public Council have reported, no family left this camp for Chechnya on October 13.

October 15, 2003 12:26

• Attempt against Sernovodsk village administration head

  Unknown people attempted on the life of Sernovodsk village administration head Vakha Arsamakov. The incident occurred in Chechnya's Sunzha district on October 13.

October 15, 2003 12:24

• Two girls were killed in Chechnya as result of bombardment

  The Russian military disclaim their belonging to the fire.

October 15, 2003 11:23

• Threats directed against inhabitants of "Alina" camp

  For the last few days officials of the Russian migration service have started to put pressure on Chechen refugees living in the tent camp "Alina", which is situated on the outskirt of the Sleptsovskaya village in Ingushetia's Sunzha district.

October 15, 2003 11:21

• Competition of non-government organizations "Program of Real Deeds" is to be carried out in Dagestan

  The competition goal is to join the efforts of public authorities, local government and public organizations to promote citizens' social activity directed towards the solution of socially important problems of Dagestani people.

October 14, 2003 23:07

• Ingush migration service intends to liquidate tent camps in near future

  Department head Akhmed Parchiyev announced to them that unexampled pressure from the direction of the federal migration service was put upon their department, so he was forced to inform tents in all the places of compact residence were to be removed by October 11.

October 14, 2003 18:10

• Armenian parliament speaker met with delegation of ombudsmen from CIS and Eastern Europe

  The sides noted during the talks that the parliament of Armenia had passed the law on ombudsman, thereby it met the commitment undertaken to the Council of Europe.

October 14, 2003 18:06

• Chechen presidential elections in Kurchaloy distric

  Ruslan, a Kurchaloy villager, told after voting that his father, who had died 5 years ago, was on the voter lists.

October 14, 2003 15:40

• International student conference "Look into the Future" took place in Yerevan

  Bilateral agreements with the Association of Russian Students and the Georgian student movement "Georgia's Future" on the creation of the South Caucasian Student Confederation were signed during the conference.

October 14, 2003 12:32

• Series of seminars aimed at revelation of problems of national minorities is to be carried out with assistance of Council of Europe

  Olga Bagdasarian, a representative of the Assirian community, and Knyaz Gasanov, a representative of the Kurd community, told about problems which their communities are faced with.

October 14, 2003 12:30

• "Purges" in Grozny's Staropromislovsky district

  An "Ural" truck with Russian servicemen was hit by a landmine in the Staropromislovsky district of Grozny on October 11.

October 14, 2003 12:29

• Public committees of refugees unite

  The decision was made at the meeting to form the Union of IDPs' Public Committees, the aim of which will be the protection of displaced persons' rights.

October 13, 2003 20:25

• Azerbaijan: election run-up is not free and fair

  Azerbaijan's presidential elections cannot be considered free and fair because of widespread abuse and bias favoring government candidates, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released yesterday.

October 13, 2003 20:24

• No less than 190 people were detained during last purges in Chechnya

  Overall losses of the federal forces and Chechen rebels came to 12 people killed as a result of Saturday clashes in Chechnya.

October 13, 2003 19:58

• Election program of Azerbaijan presidential contender Lala Shovket holds ultimatum to Armenia

  Shovket's election program holds the ultimatum to Armenia: either it withdraws troops from the "occupied territories" within 12 months, or the threat of starting military operations exists.

October 13, 2003 18:42

• Police dispersed activists of youth movement "Kmara" once again

  The "Kmara" activists were beaten up by police; reportedly some of them got severe injuries.

October 13, 2003 18:39

• Georgian Central Election Commission secretary was beaten up in Tbilisi

  "Gogi Mikanadze suffered an attack by political opposition members, as he possesses specific evidence confirming the fact that the opposition parties were involved in the falsification the voting lists," Irakly Gogava, a leader of the pro-government election bloc "For New Georgia", told the press.

October 13, 2003 17:09

• Four refugees were abducted in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village

  According to witnesses, the young people were abducted by Russian military men on Engels Street.

October 13, 2003 17:06

• Humanitarian aid is being conveyed to children of Chechnya

  The action "Journey of Peace" started in Yekaterinburg on October 6. Different things and gifts, letters and children's drawings for Chechen children were gathered there with the assistance of the local patriarchate and businessmen.

October 13, 2003 16:20

• President of North Osetia met with Russian President's Plenipotentiary in the South Federal District

  Issues of the effective realization of the federal targeted program "Russia's South" were considered at the meeting.