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November 23, 2004 23:03

• UN dissatisfied with human rights situation in Azerbaijan

  Members of the UN committee remained dissatisfied with the report presented by the Azerbaijan Government since they were not given answers to the questions about the persecution of people by political motives, violations of citizens' rights by foreign companies, state of the press and judicial system, Leyla Yunus noted.

November 23, 2004 23:00

• Azerbaijan's negotiations with Karabakh 'arouse derision'

  The Azerbaijan authorities are not inclined to limit themselves to discussing the situation on the occupied territory of Azerbaijan at the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly, and will seek for the adoption of a corresponding resolution by the United Nations, President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev told journalists.

November 22, 2004 23:47

• Will terrorists' relatives be taken hostages?

  Chairman of the Chechen State Council Taus Dzhabrailov thinks Wahhabis who take hostages are indifferent to the fate of their relatives, so the "counter-taking" of hostages will not lead to desirable results.

November 22, 2004 23:24

• Opposition newspaper resumes its work

  Acting editor-in-chief Gabil Abbasoglu pointed out that the publication of the newspaper "is transient by nature".

November 19, 2004 23:22

• Georgian armed units become more active on Abkhazian border

  "I got into touch with my South Osetian colleagues. They said there was the same accumulation of forces close to South Osetia," head of the Abkhazian State Security Service Mikhail Tarba stated.

November 19, 2004 22:58

• Council of Europe rates Azerbaijan opposition leaders as political prisoners

  During its regular meeting in Paris, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) considered the situation with political prisoners in Azerbaijan, human rights activist Murad Sadaddinov told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

November 19, 2004 22:00

• Armenian pilots sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment

  Representatives of the Armenian Foreign Ministry will stay in Malibu, Equatorial Guinea awhile, the ministry claimed in its statement issued today.

November 18, 2004 23:31

• Bolat vs. Russia case to be considered by European Court

  Hajji Bayram Bolat arrived at Nalchik from Istanbul and was detained right in the Nalchik airport on August 25, in spite of the fact that he had a Russian residential permit. After three days of arrest, he was expelled back.

November 18, 2004 22:54

• Karabakh leaders win confidence of Armenian diaspora in US

  The Armenian Assembly of America is a lobbying organization, due to the activity of which the United States has become the only country giving direct help to Nagorny Karabakh.

November 18, 2004 22:53

• 'No coup d'etat' on November 12

  Abkhazian parliamentarians believe that the authorities and government "are able to work according to their usual regime" and call upon all citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia "to keep law and order in the state".

November 17, 2004 23:43

• Nakhichevan oppositionists press for cancellation of municipal elections

  The Center for Democratic Development (CDD), uniting organizations of Azerbaijan opposition parties and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, made an appeal to international organizations to do their best to put off municipal elections in the autonomy and create conditions for the opposition's participation in them.

November 17, 2004 23:13

• Abkhazian Council of Elders declares for second round of elections

  A meeting of the Abkhazian Council of Elders was held in Sukhum, Prime Minter Nodar Khashba and two presidential candidates, Sergey Bagapsh and Raul Khadzhimba, attending it.

November 17, 2004 23:04

• International Working Group to search for Azerbaijan war prisoners

  Deputy of the Azerbaijan parliament Rabiat Aslanova stated recently that 4 thousand Azerbaijanians were held captive in Armenia.

November 16, 2004 23:58

• AGO Monitoring Group visits Armenia, Azerbaijan

  "I highly appreciate the Armenian authorities' readiness to honor the commitments undertaken to the Council of Europe," head of the Committee of Ministers' Monitoring Group (GT-SUIVI.AGO) Roland Wegener said.

November 16, 2004 23:05

• Sheikh Allakhshukyur Pasha-zade to meet with Pope John Paul II

  Bishop Aleksandr of Baku and the Caspian Region and head of the community of Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan Boris Ikhiilov will accompany the head of the Spiritual Administration of Moslems of the Caucasus in his trip.

November 16, 2004 23:04

• Publication of opposition newspaper suspended

  The suspension is caused by financial problems, newspaper editors told the Caucasian Knot correspondent. Azerbaijan printing houses refused to publish the newspaper because of its debts.

November 15, 2004 23:57

• Demilitarization 'is demonstrative by nature', South Osetian authorities hold

  "The Georgian side doesn't take measures to withdraw illegal armed unites, which have no right to stay in the zone of responsibility of the Peacekeeping Forces," announced the United Press Center of South Osetia.

November 15, 2004 23:56

• Public Anti-crisis Council created in Abkhazia

  Today, the newly created council called on the people of Abkhazia to hold their peace and on the heads of election headquarters not to exceed the limits of legality.

November 15, 2004 23:19

• Azerbaijan citizen sues Interior Ministry

  Makhira Muradova demands that the damage to her health done by Azerbaijan policemen should be compensated.

November 12, 2004 23:01

• Council of Europe dissatisfied with process of creating public television

  The Council of Europe finds it necessary that public television and radio should be created on the basis of both Azerbaijan national channels.