News

August 05, 2003 15:47

• Five militia men suffered in Chechnya from landmine explosions

  For the past day Chechen separatists exploded three landmines in Chechnya.

August 05, 2003 15:45

• Samashki village inhabitants demand to return abducted fellow-villager

  17-year old Elsa Katsayeva was taken just from her house and driven in an unknown direction by the Russian soldiers on four armored cars with board numbers painted over.

August 05, 2003 12:21

• On August 1 new youth center ?An Echo? opened in Stavropol

  Its founders are specialists of the regional charitable fund ?A Mother and a Child?, the winners of the competition of NGO?s social projects that was held by the city administration.

August 05, 2003 12:19

• One year since Commissioner for Human Rights has been working in Stavropol region

  In July one year passed since the institution of ombudsman had been established in the Stavropol region. On July 25, 2002 the State Duma of the Stavropol region appointed A. Selyukov Commissioner for Human Rights in the region.

August 05, 2003 12:16

• In accordance with federal grogram ?Children of Russia? program ?Disabled Children? was developed in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

  By now the ministry of labor and social development is just in the center of program realization.

August 04, 2003 22:27

• In October open peacemaking film festival ?The Caucasus yesterday, today, tomorrow? will take place in Rostov-on-Don

  The organizers of the festival are the Don State Public Library, State Television and Radio Company ?Don-TR?, the editors of the television journal ?The Northern Caucasus?.

August 04, 2003 22:24

• Head of Federal Migration Service: ?Compensation payments to people of Chechnya for lost dwelling and property will become important stimulus for refugees to return to republic?

  In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, a family residing in Chechnya will get a compensation in sum of 350 thousand rubles, a family residing in the other Russian regions ? in sum of about 120 thousand rubles.

August 04, 2003 18:42

• Abkhazian Minister of Foreign Affairs finds it necessary to fix exact number of refugees with help of international organizations

  He informed journalists about it after his return from Geneva where a meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General of the United Nations had taken place.

August 04, 2003 18:39

• Human rights organizations advocate creation of independent commission for settlement of refugees? problems

  A meeting between representatives of the human rights organization ?Sintar? and the Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship took place on July 29, 2003. The situation with Chechen refugee camps in Ingushetia was in the center of the discussion.

August 04, 2003 16:07

• Georgian military leave for Iraq to join peacekeeping operation

  A group of Georgian peacekeeping military includes 34 fighters of special assignment forces, 20 army medics, and 15 engineers.

August 04, 2003 16:00

• Today in North Osetia is day of mourning for victims of explosion

  President of Russia Vladimir Putin ordered to provide all necessary help to the victims and families of the dead.

August 04, 2003 15:55

• Center of Public Information has been founded in Krasnodar

  The work of the Center is supported by the Open Society Institute and the information and analytical agency ?Caucasian Knot?.

May 01, 2003 00:23

• Heads of parliaments of Caucasian Four countries has assembled in Tbilisi

  The heads of the parliaments of the Caucasian Four countries - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and Russia has proceeded today to the discussion of regional security problems.

April 30, 2003 23:12

• Court has sent Colonel Budanov to next examination

  Specialists has been tasked to check what physical injuries Y. Budanov received in the period from 1995 to 2000 and determine what influence they could have on the health of the accused.

April 30, 2003 23:09

• Estonians has closed site of Chechen separatists

  From today the acsses to the site of Chechen separatists "Kavkaz - Center", which was located on the server of the Estonian firm "Starman", has been closed.

April 30, 2003 17:43

• First patient with suspicion of atypical pneumonia has been delivered to clinical hospital in Baku

  According to the assurance of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Health, a strict quarantine regime was established at the airport "Bina" and Baku's railway station.

April 29, 2003 19:18

• The statement of the Monitoring Group of Azerbaijan Human Rights Organizations

  The Monitoring Group of the Human Rights Organizations does not recognize Eldar Zeynalov?s standpoint. At the same time, the Monitoring Groups calls the public to avoid any kind of violence against the organization, headed by Eldar Zeynalov.

April 29, 2003 11:51

• Action has revealed genuine organizers of ?people?s protest?

  On April 25, 2003 the regular action of protest against the visits of the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan (HRCA) to Armenia and Nagorny Karabah was held in front of the office of this organization.

April 29, 2003 11:47

• Moscow City Court has not answered claims of relatives of people perished during act of terrorism in Dubrovka

  The Court did not answer on Monday the first three of 24 claims to the Moscow City Government for moral and material damage compensation to the sum of 4 million dollars.

April 28, 2003 22:18

• Office of human rights activists is being smashed up in Baku

  A large crowd of about 40 women from the New Azerbaijan Party is smashing Arif and Leyla Yunusovs? office. They have already broken the panes, pelted the walls with eggs. They are trying to rush inside, breaking the doors.