Chechen NGO suspends its activity

The Information Center of the Council of Chechen Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) has suspended its work since October 1, the Caucasian Knot correspondent was told in the Nazran office (Ingushetia) of this organization. Head of the Center Taisa Isayeva said the main problem because of which the organization had to suspend its work was the lack of any funds to continue its activity.

The Information Center of the Council of NGOs was created in 2002 on the initiative of several Chechen journalists with the support of some Chechen NGOs, members of the Council. The main direction of the organization's activity is information work in the filed of human rights and freedoms, in particular, it collects and spreads information about developments in the Chechen Republic and violations of rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) temporarily living on the territory of Ingushetia.

"Our center didn't engage in any political actions or propaganda of hostilities in Chechnya. The Information Center has managed to create certain conditions for the work of independent Chechen journalists, and we believe it to be our considerable achievement" Ms Isayeva said. "I hope we'll succeed in solving our problems nevertheless and our organization will resume its work in the near future. Many foreign and Russian human rights and non-governmental organizations used our information, you know."