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October 04, 2003 14:54

• International Federation for Human Rights has voiced its attitude to Chechen presidential elections

  Human rights activists stress that, after the referendum of March 23, which paved the way for presidential elections, crimes against civil population have become more frequent in Chechnya, especially cases of taking people hostage and kidnapping.

October 04, 2003 14:52

• Presidential elections are to be held in Chechnya

  On Sunday, October 5, 2003, the elections of the republic's president are to be held in Chechnya. Seven candidates are running for the presidency.

October 03, 2003 18:36

• Interview with Husein Biybulatov, candidate for Chechen presidency

  The interview with the candidate for the Chechen presidency was conducted via phone by Roman Rostov, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

October 03, 2003 15:57

• Chechen Interior Ministry assigns 16,000 policemen to provide security for president election

  "The precautions will help to prevent provocations by rebels on election day," a source at the Chechen Interior Ministry said.

October 03, 2003 15:55

• No Chechen family expressed wish to return from Georgia to homeland and take part in elections in Chechnya

  Russian Minister for Chechnya's Affairs Stanislav Ilyasov believes the refugees' unwillingness to leave Georgia is caused in many respects by the purpose-full work on spreading misinformation among them.

October 03, 2003 15:53

• Literary and publicistic contest "Chechen War in My Life"

  The Antiwar Club and the Committee for Antiwar Actions made a decision to conduct a literary and publicistic contest of short narratives and essays "Chechen War in My Life" (by Rashid Polukhin's project).

October 03, 2003 15:51

• Head of Shali town administration was killed in Chechnya

  Unidentified gunmen fired automatic weapons at a Volga car carrying the administration head and his son.

October 02, 2003 22:12

• Interview with Ovukhat Khanchukayev, candidate for Chechen presidency

  The interview with the Chechen presidential contender Ovukhat Khanchukayev was conducted by Ruslan Umarov, a correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot".

October 02, 2003 16:58

• "Special operation" on liquidation of camps of Chechen refugee is going on

  On October 30, Chechen refugees living in the center of temporary accommodation "LogoVAZ" in the town of Nazran were offered to leave the territory of the camp, the offer having the nature of an ultimatum.

October 02, 2003 16:56

• Website www.pankisi.info has been launched

  A new Russian-Georgian information and analytical website www.pankisi.info was launched on October 1. This is a joint project of the Center of Journalism in Extreme Situations and the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development.

October 02, 2003 16:21

• Tent camp "Bella" does not exist any longer

  The tent camp "Bella", which was situated on the outskirt of the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Ingushetia's Sunzha district, ceased to exist de facto and de jure on October 1. The last two tents were carried from the former place of temporary accommodation "Bella" to the neighboring camp of Chechen refugees "Satsita" yesterday.

October 02, 2003 16:19

• Chechen refugees staying on Georgian territory can not elect president

  "Georgian legislation does not provide for opening of polling stations for refugees, therefore Chechen refugees can not take part in the Chechen presidential elections," the minister explained speaking at the press conference in Tbilisi.

October 02, 2003 16:17

• Statement of Chechen non-government and human rights organizations on occasion of refugee camp "Bella" liquidation

  The statement reads, "We call upon the UNHCR, international humanitarian organizations, Russian human rights organizations to express their attitude to the illegal actions of the Russian authorities on the tent camp "Bella" liquidation and demand that the Russian leadership should leave off the practice of forced liquidation of tent camps and centers of temporary accommodation of Chechen refugees of the territory of Ingushetia."

October 02, 2003 12:56

• Moscow Helsinki Group on presidential elections in Chechnya

  The third number of the Moscow Helsinki Group Bulletin, which came out on October 1, proceeds with the theme of the human rights monitoring of the presidential elections in Chechnya.

October 02, 2003 12:54

• Culture of peace and non-violence

  The four-day conference "Culture of Peace and Non-Violence" has been taking place in Vladikavkaz since September 29.

October 02, 2003 11:47

• International Chechnya Film Festival was to be opened in Moscow yesterday, however action turned out to be under threat of failure

  The Cinema Center on Krasnaya Presnya, where the festival program was to be demonstrated, pulled out.

October 02, 2003 11:13

• Interregional Conference of Young Leaders "Technology of Cooperation"

  The 7th Interregional Conference of Young Leaders "Technology of Cooperation" is to take place on October 2-5, with 150 representatives of youth public unions from Rostov-on-Don, Novocherkassk, Shakhti, Kamensk-Shakhtinsk, the Volgorgad, Stavropol and other Russian regions participating.

October 02, 2003 11:10

• Law on education will be put for public judgment in Armenia

  As Open Society Institute President Artak Kirakosian said, the legal regulation of the educational sphere in Armenia stays far from democratic standards.

October 02, 2003 11:07

• Russian peacekeeper has been released from captivity in Georgia

  The Russian servicemen had been abducted by unknown people in the center of Zugdidi last Saturday.

October 01, 2003 23:33

• Action against Kadyrov in Kurchaloy district

  Akhmad Hajji Kadyrov's own words which he said after the end of the first Russian-Chechen war are given in the leaflets. They sound in translation about like this, "A Moslem who has offered his hand to a Christian and embraced him, takes a risk of becoming a Christian himself".