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September 29, 2004 22:31

• IMC doctors wrongly and repeatedly exposed as suspected terrorists

  The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) is seriously concerned with the repeated exposure as suspected terrorists of the fourteen doctors on staff of the prominent humanitarian organization International Medical Corp (IMC).

September 29, 2004 22:08

• Georgia 'generates tension' on eve of presidential election in Abkhazia

  The Abkhazian State Security Service has issued a statement today that meetings are being held in western districts of Georgia with the demand to return refugees to Abkhazia. Organizers of the meetings threaten to arrange actions of disobedience in case their demand is not satisfied.

September 29, 2004 21:46

• Paul Khlebnikov murder case under investigation

  The Caucasian Knot correspondent was told in the Public Relations Department of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office that "the investigation into the murder of Paul Khlebnikov is going on, the Moscow police have no relation to it, and it is not clear what Mr Pronin makes such statement for."

September 28, 2004 19:32

• Opposition wants Azerbaijan to be expelled from Council of Europe

  The Great Creation party believes Azerbaijan ruled over with "feudal" laws, where even deputies are subjected to torture, cannot be a member of the Council of Europe.

September 28, 2004 19:01

• Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center registered

  In the words of Valery Khatazhukov, the Department of Justice has to register the center this time since documents for the registration were submitted by Lev Ponomarev, head of the All-Russian Movement for Human Rights, to the Department of the Russian Ministry of Justice in Moscow.

September 28, 2004 18:35

• 23 rebels killed in clash

  A large rebel group was discovered in the Nozhay-Yurt district of Chechnya in the afternoon yesterday.

September 27, 2004 19:55

• OKL protests against arrival of Armenian deputies

  Chairman of the Organization of Karabakh Liberation (OKL) Akif Nagi stated only those representatives of Armenia could come to Azerbaijan who recognize the country's territorial integrity.

September 27, 2004 19:43

• Basayev's group numbers 'maximum of 200-300'

  "Terrorists and Shakhids are begotten not by Basayev but by the Kremlin's policy towards the Chechens and other North Caucasian peoples," 49-year-old Aldan, a former teacher at a Grozny institution of higher education, said.

September 24, 2004 20:44

• Chechen Committee of National Salvation faces closure

  We call your attention to the press release issued by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) on 23 September 2004.

September 24, 2004 19:15

• Arrested opposition leaders placed into punishment cell

  On September 22, the defendants insulted judges and prosecutors using unquotable expressions when they protested against the questioning of Samed Jafarov of the Organized Crime Unite, a witness for the prosecution.

September 24, 2004 18:30

• Armenia pins great hopes on OSCE Minsk Group

  Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Artur Bagdasarian met with members of the delegation headed by OSCE Chairman's special envoy Philip Dimitrov to discuss issues related to the resolution of the Karabakh problem.

September 23, 2004 19:37

• Turkey takes part in resolution of Karabakh problem

  Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will hold bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia Elmar Mamedyarov and Vardan Oskanian during the next UN session in New York.

September 23, 2004 19:19

• PACE Monitoring Committee criticizes Azerbaijan

  Most of Azerbaijan political scientists consider the report published by Andreas Gross and Adres Herkel rather tough, but at the same time do not expect the PACE to punish the Azerbaijan authorities during the forthcoming session.

September 22, 2004 19:46

• 14 IMC doctors wanted by federal police

  On September 20, 14 doctors from international medical organization "International Medical Corp" (IMC) turned to Nazran office of HRC "Memorial" for assistance in bringing authorities to investigate the fact that the police have issued a public call for information, connecting them to terrorist acts in Russia.

September 22, 2004 19:32

• Azerbaijan opposition parties to hold meeting

  Chair of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli said the decision to hold the meeting was made to demand that Azerbaijan should honor its commitments to the Council of Europe.

September 22, 2004 19:15

• Efforts to search for Maskhadov, Basayev redoubled

  Many people in Chechnya believe officers of Chechen security agencies aim at receiving a reward for Maskhadov and Basayev's heads.

September 22, 2004 18:38

• New plan for resolving conflict 'unacceptable' for Abkhazia

  "Abkhazia has gain independence and is inclined to build relations with Georgia only on terms of good-neighborliness. Any full of wide degree of autonomy is out of the question," Astamur Tania said.

September 21, 2004 23:10

• PACE to discuss report on Armenia

  The only paragraph in the report on Armenia's commitments which caused the PACE Monitoring Committee's dissatisfaction concerns violations in the course of the 2003 elections, Vice Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosian said.

September 21, 2004 22:38

• Chechen public indignant at intention to pardon Budanov

  First Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Government Ramzan Kadyrov issued open threats towards Budanov. "If Budanov is amnestied, we will find an opportunity to reward him according to his deserts," he said.

September 21, 2004 22:07

• Chechen children cannot attend Azerbaijan schools, says rights defender

  In its turn, the press service of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education denied this information.