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October 16, 2003 19:57

• Opposition doesn't recognize Ilkham Aliyev's victory

  The capital's prosecutor's office has instituted criminal proceedings against 15 activists of the Musavat party on the accusation of public order violations and resistance to the police. In response, the Musavat party begins mass protests from today and states it will fight for its voters until the end.

October 16, 2003 19:00

• Statement of Federation of Azerbaijan's Human Rights Organizations

  The statement reads, "The preliminary analysis of information received is evidence that numerous violations on election day completed the picture of mass breaches, violence and lawlessness with which all the presidential election campaign was accompanied and of which the Federation repeatedly informed local public, the mass media and international organizations."

October 16, 2003 18:50

• Round table as attempt to find mutual understanding between representatives of public organizations and power organs of Ingushetia

  A round table for representatives of public organizations and power organs was arranged in the Sleptsovskaya village, Ingushetia, on October 11.

October 16, 2003 18:46

• Chechen Election Commission proclaimed results of republican presidential elections

  "The Election Commission of the Chechen Republic has not received complaints and applications on breaches of the electoral legislation that could have influenced voters' will", reads a resolution promulgated by the commission.

October 16, 2003 18:45

• Greenpeace hopes to save Sochi National Park from functionaries

  The activists of Greenpeace demanded that the ministry's leadership should fulfill tasks on the reserve system development determined by the law, but should not contribute to the destruction of reserves.

October 16, 2003 17:13

• Round table discussion "Karabakh Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"

  Consolidation of all sections of the Azerbaijan society and mobilization of all material and human resources is also needed so as to find a way out of the conflict as fast as possible.

October 16, 2003 14:44

• British experts reckoned casualties of Russian forces in Chechnya

  Russian forces have suffered more casualties in the past year in Chechnya than at any time since war resumed in 1999. Such data are given by the International Institute for Strategic Studies located in Great Britain.

October 16, 2003 14:42

• Azerbaijan election commission declared Aliyev Jr. president elect

  "The majority voted for Aliyev Junior, so there will be no second round. Ilkham Aliyev is president now," the election commission's press secretary Azer Sariyev told a news conference in Baku Thursday.

October 16, 2003 13:26

• Chechen journalist was deported to Germany and released there

  Said-Magomed Khachukayev was arrested by Belgium authorities several days ago and was imprisoned without arraignment and any explanation.

October 16, 2003 12:58

• Camps of Chechen refugees will likely be unblocked

  Members of international humanitarian organizations, human rights activists, journalists and even relatives of the displaced persons living in the tent camps "Satsita", "Alina" and "Sputnik" in Ingushetia's Sunzha district have not been admitted to these camps for the last two or three weeks.

October 16, 2003 12:56

• Expert group meeting on Georgian-Osetian conflict settlement started in Netherlands

  The 10th expert group meeting of plenipotentiary delegations within the framework of the negotiation process on the full-scale settlement of the Georgian-Osetian conflict opened in the Hague suburb (the Netherlands) on October 14.

October 15, 2003 23:39

• Russian society must protect pupils from militarization and forced dissemination of state ideology

  An appeal to the Russian public and non-government organizations.

October 15, 2003 23:37

• Refugees from "Bella" camp are about to take order on camp closure to court

  The displaced persons from Chechnya are convinced the main objective of the authorities is not to take care of the people, but to reduce the number of camps in Ingushetia.

October 15, 2003 22:34

• Repair operations in hospice of Chechen State University come to end

  A temporary accommodation center for refugees will be established in the repaired building.

October 15, 2003 17:26

• Conference of "Daymokhk"

  A conference of the Ingush National Association "Daymokhk" took place in Nazran on October 9. The participants discussed issues concerned with the implementation of the Agreement Between North Osetia and Ingushetia of October 11, 2002 and the forthcoming elections of the republican National Assembly deputies.

October 15, 2003 16:07

• Two natives of Armenia were abducted in Ingushetia

  Two citizens of Armenia: Artur Petrosian, a local paper press photographer, and his 28-year old relative Aleksandr Pashaian were abducted in one of the settlements of Ingushetia's Nazran district on October 12.

October 15, 2003 15:11

• Polish diplomat was robbed in Georgia

  Reports of Georgian media say Charge d'Affaires of Poland in Georgia was attacked and robbed in Eastern Georgia while returning to Tbilisi with his family and interpreter.

October 15, 2003 14:52

• School of Public Politics in Azov

  The School of Public Politics worked for journalists of local and regional mass media and leaders of public organizations in the town of Azov in the Rostov region on October 11-12. The Russian public organization "Open Russia" is an organizer of the School.

October 15, 2003 14:49

• "Satsita" camp is blocked by police

  As police officers assert, no one can visit the refugee camp without having a special permit of the Federal Migration Service direction.

October 15, 2003 12:47

• Presidential elections have started in Azerbaijan

  For the first time presidential elections are being held on the basis of the Electoral Code of Azerbaijan.