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September 24, 2003 17:05

• Law on freedom of information has been passed in Armenia

  The law supposes maximum transparency of a government's activity, as well as keeping society abreast of executive power work.

September 24, 2003 15:57

• Georgian observers are to take part in Chechen presidential election monitoring

  As it was reported at the State Chancellery of Georgia, the idea of Georgian observers' participation in the monitoring of the Chechen election belonged to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

September 24, 2003 15:55

• Chechen students who were detained on suspicion of terrorism in Krasnodar had taken part in assault of Grozny on federal forces' side

  Several Chechen students who arrived at the Krasnodar Institute of Law of the Russian Interior Ministry for studies were detained in Krasnodar.

September 24, 2003 14:49

• "Sweep-up" at Ingush farm

  In the early hours of September 22 Russian and Ingush forces carried out a "sweep-up" operation at the former dairy complex #1 near the Nasyr-Kort village in Ingushetia, in which displaced Chechens are currently living.

September 24, 2003 14:48

• Meeting of protest in Grozny

  A mass action of protest took place on Teatralnaya Square, Grozny's Leninsky District, on September 22. According to data, over 200 people participated in the action.

September 24, 2003 14:23

• UN Interim Administration in Chechnya: letter of Nikolay Khramov and Anna Zaytseva to State Duma deputies

  "We earnestly ask you once again to familiarize yourself with the text of the appeal "For Establishment of the UN Interim Administration in Chechnya" and, if you agree with it, attach your signature to it," reads the letter.

September 24, 2003 12:12

• Press conference "Presidential Elections in Chechnya: Human Rights Monitoring and Informational Campaign of the Moscow Helsinki Group"

  MHG Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva, MHG Chief Executive Tatyana Lokshina, MHG Program Director Sergey Lukashevsky will be participants in the press conference.

September 23, 2003 19:00

• Chechen presidential contenders do not use free paper pages fully

  According to deputy editor-in-chief of the "Vesti Respubliki" newspaper Khasa Gafurayev, the contenders Nikolay Paizullayev and Avkhad Khachukayev demonstrate the least activity in paper agitation.

September 23, 2003 18:54

• CIS representatives are to watch Chechnya's presidential election

  Representatives from the CIS will be part of a group of international observers watching the holding of the presidential election in the Chechen Republic on October 5, Alexander Veshnyakov, Chairman of Russia's Central Election Commission, said in an interview.

September 23, 2003 18:28

• Chechen refugees went on hunger-strike

  Not only refugees of the "Bella" camp are taking part in the hunger-strike, but displaced persons from the neighboring tent camps "Satsita", "Sputnik", and "Alina". They show solidarity with their fellow sufferers in such a way.

September 23, 2003 18:23

• Abdul-Khakim Sultygov accuses human rights organizations of pandering separatists

  Sultygov expressed his belief finding sources of non-government human rights organizations, including those working under cover of international status, were to be closely checked.

September 23, 2003 18:19

• Talks between Georgian and Abkhazian delegations in Tbilisi have been postponed till later term

  Talks on working out guarantees of security and nonrenewal of military operations between Georgia and Abkhazia, which were to be held on September 23, have been postponed till a later term because of technical reasons.

September 23, 2003 16:30

• Measures in respect of those who organized mass beating of Chechen students in Nalchik have not been taken yet

  Students were beaten in different parts of Nalchik at the same time. This is evidence that the action was thoroughly planned.

September 23, 2003 16:28

• Chechen media editors are to pay 2,000-ruble fine for publications of report on Beslan Gantamirov's press conference

  On September 18 the Leninsky District Court of Grozny began to try an administrative case against the republican "Vesti Respubliki" and "Molodyozhnaya Smena" newspapers, which are charged with the infringement of election agitation rules.

September 23, 2003 14:37

• European Court is to consider the merits of case of 13 Chechens

  The European Court of Human Rights has declared admissible the application lodged against the governments of Georgia and Russia by 13 Chechens.

September 23, 2003 14:35

• All Chechen territorial election commissions are taken under twenty-four-hour guarding

  "These measures are taken to prevent provocations and possible terrorist acts on the threshold of the Chechen presidential election, scheduled for October 5," reported head of the Chechen interior ministry's press-cutting service Ruslan Atsayev.

September 23, 2003 14:33

• Russian Supreme Court is to consider matter of propriety of Malik Saidulayev's dismissal from presidential race

  Saidullayev was registered as a presidential contender on August 27, and two weeks later the Supreme Court of Chechnya revoked his registration.

September 23, 2003 14:31

• Conference of Scandinavian human rights activists on Chechen conflict took place in Oslo on September 22

  Board Member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov told about it. According to him, the "Memorial" did not receive an invitation to the conference from Scandinavian human rights activists.

September 23, 2003 12:39

• Ravil Gainutdin: "We are not interested in having Moslems join the extremist ranks"

  Speaking in Moscow at the conference "Tolerance as the Basis for the Well-Being of Multinational Russia", Gainutdin said he thought the so-called Wahhabi sentiments among some of the young Moslems were caused by the poor quality of Islamic education, the inability to communicate with extremist-minded people and make them change their mind.

September 23, 2003 12:32

• Mass clashes in Baku

  Mass clashes occurred in downtown Baku on September 21 between supporters of the "Musavat" party leader Isa Gambar running for presidency and police. The incident sparked several minutes before Gambar's meeting with voters.