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12:17, 5 April 2004

Three explosive assemblies of high capacity found in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan district

The capacity of each of the explosive assemblies was about 40 kilograms of trotyl equivalent, the officer of the republican interior ministry said.

11:28, 5 April 2004

Former Defense Minister of Ichkeria urges rebels to surrender

On April 2, former Defense Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Umar Khambiyev spoke on the Grozny television and called upon all the members of the Chechen armed resistance to lay down arms.

14:09, 3 April 2004

Karabakh National Democrats joint Movement-88

The creation of the new social and political organization Movement-88, initiated by the deputy of the Karabakh parliament Eduard Agabekian, was announced in Nagorny Karabakh in February 2004.

13:47, 3 April 2004

Passenger bus fired on in Grozny

Early in the morning of April 1, Russian soldiers opened fired in the Leninsky district of Grozny on a passenger bus going from the Chechen capital to Argun.

12:39, 3 April 2004

20 Ingush students sent down for taking part in rally

According to information of the Internet media, 20 Ingush students who took part in the [March 29] protest rally against abductions of people by Russian special services and against the Russian helicopter attack on the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya that left two people dead have been sent down by direct instructions from the head of Ingushetia, Murat Zyazikov.

11:58, 3 April 2004

Leaders of new social and political movement hold press conference

"The idea of creating the movement appeared following the aggravation of the internal political situation in the county in late January. And the initiator of the creation of United Abkhazia was the Unity deputy group," deputy Daur Tarba said at the press conference.

11:56, 3 April 2004

Chechen government asks Red Cross for help

Vice Prime Minister of the Chechen Government Ziyad Sabsabi met with George Kunz, a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Northern Caucasus, in Grozny on April 1.

10:34, 3 April 2004

Death toll from helicopter attack reaches 2

Ibragim Khashagulgov, 1988, died in the Sunzha district hospital, Ingushetia, on April 1. He was badly wounded on March 25, when a Russian military helicopter suddenly assaulted the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia's Sunzha district.

23:36, 2 April 2004

Amnesty International: situation in Ingushetia worsened

Speaking about the campaign for refugees' return to Chechnya from tent camps in Ingushetia, human rights activist Kim Wiesener noted that "the situation here hasn't changed ? the refugees are still being pressured to leave by the authorities."

22:16, 2 April 2004

Yerevan-Baku TV bridges focus on Karabakh problem

On March 26-28, Yerevan-Baku satellite TV conferences were held. They were organized by the Yerevan and Baku Press Clubs under the "Possible Resolutions to the Karabah Conflict: Expert Evaluations and Media Coverage" joint project, supported by the Open Society Institute Network Media Program.

21:37, 2 April 2004

High level of xenophobia registered in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories

The All-Russian Conference "Ways for Overcoming Xenophobia, Racial Discrimination, and Anti-Semitism in the Multination Russian Federation" was held at the training center Moskovsky on March 28-30, with the assistance of the European Union within the framework of a 3-year project.

20:38, 2 April 2004

North Caucasian Counter-terrorist Center created

The North Caucasian Counter-terrorist Center (Center T) has been created pursuant to an order by Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev.

16:23, 2 April 2004

Adjarian policemen recognize absurdity of accusations against Batumtsi newspaper staff

On March 31, staff of the opposition newspaper Batumtsi were detained and conveyed to an addiction clinic for examination.

15:49, 2 April 2004

Health of Azerbaijan political prisoner Alikram Gummatov deteriorated

The resolution on political prisoners in Azerbaijan adopted at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in January 2004 contains the requirement made to the republican leadership to settle the problem of political prisoners by the autumn of 2004. However, under the present circumstances Gummatov may not reach the end of 2004.

14:28, 2 April 2004

Law-enforcement agencies' inactivity indicates their involvement in attack on Mikael Danielian, his wife says

Chairwoman of PEN Armenian Center Anna Akopian, who is the wife of chairman of the Armenian Helsinki Association Mikael Danielian, told a press conference on March 31 that she and Mikael Danielian himself rated the March 30 attack on the rights activist as a manifestation of state terror against freedom of speech.

13:50, 2 April 2004

Large-scale purges in Chechen villages

Federal security agencies together with Moscow-backed Chechen armed units are conducting large-scale purges in the villages of Sernovodskaya and Assinovskaya in the Sunzha district of the Chechen Republic.

13:23, 2 April 2004

Majority deputies for Aslan Abashidze's party ready to abdicate their authorities as parliamentarians

In such a way, the members of the Union of Democratic Revival express their protest against the results of the 28 March parliamentary elections in Georgia under a proportional representation system.

12:38, 2 April 2004

Chief of Aslan Maskhadov's bodyguard surrenders to federal forces

Shaa Turlayev gave himself up as a result of special measures taken by the Chechen president's security service and law-enforcement agencies, reported the regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.

23:17, 1 April 2004

Plan to establish interim UN administration in Chechnya raises debates among separatists

The chairman of the Ichkerian parliamentary committee on foreign relations, Akhyad Idigov, has sent a letter to the human rights organization Sintar via e-mail in which he asserts that Akhmadov's plan is a trap if not reviewed.

22:12, 1 April 2004

First 2004 meeting of expert council attached to Stavropol Region's ombudsman

Council members considered the issue of the observance of rights and freedoms of servicemen deployed on the territory of the region.

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