News

December 22, 2004 23:35

• UN special rapporteur visits Ingushetia

  The aim of the visit of Ms. Erturk to Ingushetia is to collect reliable information about the state of women in the republic and study the human rights situation in the region.

December 22, 2004 23:33

• Azerbaijan downgraded to 'Not Free' in FH survey

  Though the Constitution and Azerbaijan legislation provide for freedom of speech and media, the government restricts these rights in practice, Freedom House stated in its annual survey.

December 21, 2004 23:47

• Court decisions on search and seizure to be subject to appeal

  Today, the Georgian Constitutional Court has satisfied a claim of the Georgian NGO Article 42 of the Constitution according to which a judge's decision to conduct search and seizure will be subject to appeal.

December 21, 2004 23:24

• Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan may hold rallies

  The refugees demand that the Azerbaijan authorities should stop persecuting them, abducting men, and illegally delivering them to the Russian side.

December 21, 2004 23:03

• Armenia's membership in NATO 'is not on agenda'

  Relations between Armenia and NATO do not pursue certain political goals, they start from the necessity to neutralize dangers and threats, said Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian.

December 20, 2004 23:55

• Round table on problem of mines

  NGO representatives gathered in the Nazran office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on December 16-17 to discuss the work of the ICRC in the Northern Caucasus, Russia, and other countries of the world.

December 20, 2004 22:44

• US raises concern about election fraud in Azerbaijan

  Heads and representatives of local executive authorities intervened in the work of election commissions and prevented them from doing their duties, the US Embassy to Azerbaijan has announced in a press release.

December 18, 2004 19:05

• Refugees in Pankissi Gorge do not trust Russian officials

  An official delegation from Chechnya is expected to visit the Pankissi Gorge, Georgia on December 19.

December 17, 2004 23:47

• Round table "Terrorism in Films and TV Reports" held in Moscow

  The round table discussion titled "Terrorism in Films and TV Reports" was held at the Moscow House of Nationalities on December 16, political scientists, human rights activists, journalists, and cinematographers being participants in it.

December 17, 2004 23:36

• Andreas Gross voices doubt about holding of fair elections in Azerbaijan

  In his exclusive interview with the Caucasian Knot correspondent, Andreas Gross, the member of the PACE Monitoring Committee and co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, said that the aim of his present visit was to monitor municipal elections in Azerbaijan.

December 17, 2004 22:34

• Military deny bombing Chechen village

  In the evening of December 3, a Russian combat helicopter launched several missiles at the village of Tevzen-Kale, Chechnya's Vedeno district. One of the missiles hit the house of the Suleymanov family.

December 16, 2004 23:53

• PACE will not discuss Azerbaijan political prisoners in winter

  The PACE will consider the question of political prisoners in Azerbaijan and the country's obligations to the Council of Europe during the spring session.

December 16, 2004 23:22

• Candidates refuse to participate in municipal elections

  Today, one day before municipal elections in Azerbaijan, 400 members of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party have withdrawn their candidacies registered earlier for the participation in the municipal elections.

December 16, 2004 22:35

• UN special rapporteur to visit Chechnya

  Special Rapporteur on violence against women of the UN Commission on Human Rights Yakin Erturk is expected to arrive in Chechnya within the next few days.

December 15, 2004 23:47

• Investigation of attack on anti-drug department continues

  Some sources say that the arms seized during the attack in Kabardino-Balkaria have most likely been taken out to Chechnya.

December 15, 2004 23:29

• Municipal elections to be held in Azerbaijan

  The election campaign in the country was conducted normally for the most part, with the exception of one application about a violation, Azer Saryev, spokesman for the Azerbaijan Central Election Commission told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

December 15, 2004 22:03

• Debates about publication of Hitler's Mein Kampf

  Avaz Zeinally, the publisher of the book and editor-in-chief of the Khural newspaper, gives evidence at the Azerbaijan State Security Ministry in the criminal case opened under the article "inciting national and religious hatred".

December 14, 2004 23:56

• Terrorists' relatives will not be taken hostages

  Earlier, at a session of the State Duma, Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov suggested taking terrorists' relatives hostages.

December 14, 2004 23:50

• Azerbaijan authorities deny participation in aggression against Iran

  US troops will enter the territory of Iran through Azerbaijan, Iraq and Georgia and complete the occupation of the country in two weeks, reported the Arabian newspaper Ash-Shark al-Avsat.

December 14, 2004 23:46

• Anti-drug department assaulted by Islamic extremists

  Criminals killed four officers who were on duty that night and set the building on fire after it. They seized 79 automatic rifles, 182 pistols, and ammunition.