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February 03, 2004 16:53

• ICRC allocates $21 million for relief programs in North Caucasus

  About 140 thousand people from socially unprotected sections of population, including displaced persons from Chechnya, are expected to receive humanitarian aid this year.

February 03, 2004 16:00

• Young people from Karabakh take part in pan-Armenian youth gathering

  The third pan-Armenian youth gathering "Baze - 2004" is taking place in Armenia from 2 to 9 February.

February 03, 2004 15:41

• Picket in support of Rauf Arifoglu expected

  The action is supposed to be held under the slogan "Set Rauf Arifoglu free!" in front of the Prosecutor General's Office on February 5.

February 03, 2004 15:02

• Osetins hold action of protest in front of Georgian Supreme Court

  The goal of the action was to express a protest against discrimination of national minorities and corruption in Georgian judicial bodies.

February 03, 2004 14:22

• Special operation in Berkat-Yurt village

  Even though the two men staying in the house did not offer resistance, Kadyrov's people kept on firing until it became obvious that those people were dead.

February 03, 2004 13:32

• Northern Avenue residents in Yerevan protest against removal and amount of compensation payments

  Protesting against the authorities' policy, the residents formed a committee, which declared the Government's decision to alienate the land-plots for construction anticonstitutional.

February 02, 2004 23:58

• Abkhazian social and political movements and Forum of People's Consent demand to speed up process of working out laws on presidential elections and elections for National Assembly

  The statement issued on January 29 reads: "The society is experiencing a political crisis."

February 02, 2004 23:47

• Local detained in Mesker-Yurt village

  The servicemen in masks and camouflage reportedly rushed at daybreak into the house where the young man lived and took him in an unknown direction without bringing any charges against him.

February 02, 2004 22:52

• Human rights activists to keep eye on Kadyrov

  The agreement on interaction was reached in Grozny during a meeting between Kadyrov, members of the presidential commission and activists of the Human Rights Center "Memorial".

February 02, 2004 22:04

• Georgia enlarges its peacekeeping force in Iraq

  200 Georgian peacekeepers are on their way to Iraq. Another 60 Georgian peacekeepers, medics and builders were sent to Iraq this past summer.

February 02, 2004 19:15

• Abkhazian authorities alarmed at situation in Adjaria

  As it is known, clashes between civilians - adversaries and supporters of Aslan Abashidze, leader of the republic - have taken place in Adjaria.

February 02, 2004 16:55

• 64% of Russians convinced war in Chechnya continues

  66% say it is time to begin peace talks, while only 20% are convinced that military activity should be continued.

February 02, 2004 16:23

• Czech Interior Ministry: Czech Republic is only transit stop for many Chechen refugees

  Last year there were more than 4,500 Chechen asylum seekers in the Czech Republic; and 3,500 left without waiting for their applications to be processed.

February 02, 2004 15:57

• Armenian President announces ombudsman's nomination to National Assembly

  The ombudsman is an independent official, who, proceeding from the Armenian Constitution and norms of jus cogens, will defend human rights and freedom oppressed by state services as well as bodies of local self-government and their representatives.

February 02, 2004 15:45

• EU believes there is no real opposition in Georgia

  "I met many civil society activists in Georgia. It seems that there is no real opposition and the results of the parliamentary elections in March are already easy to predict," said EU Special Envoy for the South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie.

February 02, 2004 15:32

• UN Security Council extends UNOMIG through July

  The 30 January resolution of the Council "deeply regretted" the continued refusal of the Abkhaz side to agree to a discussion on the substance of that document. It stressed negotiations leading to a lasting political settlement would require concessions from both sides.

January 31, 2004 16:26

• Human rights activists accused of organizing unauthorized meeting in Ingushetia

  On January 29, the head and members of the North Caucasian office of the Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship who made arrangements for a visit of Chairwoman of the Russian President's Commission on Human Rights Ella Pamfilova to refugee camps were detained in the outskirts of the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Ingushetia.

January 31, 2004 16:01

• Presidential Commission on Human Rights chairwoman studies situation with Chechen refugees' home-coming

  A group of Russian human rights defenders, headed by Chairwoman of the Russian President's Commission on Human Rights Ella Pamfilova, arrived in the North Caucasus for a working visit on January 29.

January 31, 2004 15:39

• Visit of UN delegation to Satsita camp through refugees' eyes

  On January 27, the UN delegation headed by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited the camp of Chechen refugees Satsita, situated on the outskirts of the Ordzhonikidzevskaya village in Ingushetia.

January 31, 2004 15:17

• President of Abkhazia: Georgia is not concerned with peaceful resolution of conflict

  On January 28, the press service of the Abkhazian President spread an official statement by Vladislav Ardzinba. It is noted in the statement that recently, against the background of the change of power in Georgia, Georgian leaders has repeatedly made statements that raise doubt about Tbilisi's adherence to peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict and its international legal obligations.