News

December 11, 2003 16:26

• Only handful of Chechen refugees voted in State Duma elections

  By human rights activists' preliminary estimate, the turnout did not reach even 1% of the displaced persons from Chechnya living in Ingushetia.

December 11, 2003 16:01

• Concert devoted to 15th anniversary of creation of Moscow Memorial

  The Memorial Society kept and keeps on playing a noticeable part in the making of civil society in Russia.

December 11, 2003 15:25

• Fine imposed on former head of military hospital in Mozdok

  The Pyatigorsk Garrison Court Martial pronounced sentence on the former head of the military hospital in Mozdok blown up by kamikaze terrorists.

December 11, 2003 14:53

• CRINGO Network Member NGOs met in Vladikavkaz

  NGO activists from Dagestan, Chechnya, Stavropol Territory, South and North Osetia discussed their plans of work for the next year, which includes human rights workshops and trainings for GRINGO Network in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, South and North Osetia.

December 11, 2003 14:34

• Investigative actions at site of explosion in Moscow completed

  According to preliminary information, the direct performers were three kamikaze women. Another woman is supposed to be an organizer, and the police are seeking for her now.

December 11, 2003 14:09

• Nagorny Karabakh denies accusations of Azerbaijan concerning drug trafficking

  The statement by the Foreign Ministry of Nagorny Karabakh reads that official Baku has expanded a propaganda campaign, accusing the republic of drug trafficking and rendering assistance to international terrorists.

December 11, 2003 14:03

• Special unit of Georgian Security Ministry troops entered Georgian-Osetian conflict zone

  It happened last night, a source in the Georgian Interior Ministry informed.

December 11, 2003 12:43

• Amnesty International condemns indiscriminate attacks

  Recent bomb attacks in southern Russia and Moscow display a flagrant disrespect for civilian life, Amnesty International said 9 December.

December 11, 2003 12:25

• Human Rights Watch Statement on Human Rights Day 2003

  The statement reads: "The international human rights system, built over decades by governments themselves, has come under unprecedented strain ".

December 10, 2003 23:29

• Federation Council approved prolongation of mandate of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone

  3 thousand Russian peacekeepers will stay in the zone of the conflict till one of the parties declares for the cessation of the peacekeeping operation.

December 10, 2003 23:27

• Commission to look into problem of kidnappings to be founded in Chechnya

  Representatives of all the republican security agencies as well as activists of public organizations will form the commission, announced President of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov.

December 10, 2003 23:01

• Novorossiysk public organization liquidated by court decision

  Moscow lawyer Ekaterina Bugayenko, who represented interests of the defendant, the Fund "School of Peace", in court on the initiative of the Independent Expert Legal Council, stated during a sitting of the court that the department of justice violated rights of the public association and Article 11 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which ensures freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association.

December 10, 2003 19:23

• "Purges" are conducted in Chechnya as before

  "Purges" are conducted in Grozny, Gudermes, Argun, and other settlements by officers of the Chechen OMON (militia platoon for special purposes) and the republican department for struggle against organized crime, with a minimum of Russian soldiers' participation.

December 10, 2003 18:38

• Day of United Actions Against War in Chechnya

  On December 11, it will be 9 years since the "restoration of constitutional order" began in Chechnya.

December 10, 2003 18:00

• Abkhazian party declared its readiness to continue peaceful negotiation process under aegis of UN

  The Georgian-Abkhazian negotiation process was the main subject matter of the meeting between Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Georgia Heidi Tagliavini and Abkhazian Prime Minister Raul Khajimba and Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba.

December 10, 2003 17:03

• Abashidze released arrested observer

  Georgy Mshveniaradze, an activist of the non-government organization "Young Lawyers Association" detained by Adjarian law-enforcement agencies in Kobuleti on November 2, the day of parliamentary elections in Georgia, was released on December 7.

December 10, 2003 15:32

• Chechen refugees did not take part in elections for Russian State Duma

  Refugees from Chechnya who temporary live in the villages of the Pankissi George, Georgia, did not take part in the elections for the Russian State Duma on December 7.

December 10, 2003 15:30

• Human Rights in Russia website took initiative in conducting antiwar action on Day of United Actions Against War in Chechnya

  On December 11, all those who support this action are offered for 15 minutes to substitute the "memorial page" with a picture of a burning candle against the black background for home pages of their websites.

December 10, 2003 14:00

• Statement by Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

  "Terrorism in Russia is organized and managed by the Russian security and military intelligence services for propaganda (...). We do not think that the latest bombing in Moscow is an exception to this rule," reads the statement.

December 10, 2003 12:27

• Contests in Rostov devoted to human rights

  Internet contests will be held at the Rostov regional center of the Internet Education Federation on December 13 and 14. They will be aimed at trying both students' human rights knowledge and their ability to find necessary information through Internet.