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23:58, 1 December 2004

Young Azerbaijan oppositionists participate in rallies in Kiev

Members of the opposition Musavat party hold there is nothing illegal in the fact that several young people from Azerbaijan decided to support the Ukrainians in their struggle for "freedom and democracy".

22:54, 1 December 2004

Withdrawal of troops from Karachaevo-Cherkessia begins

The troops were brought in Karachaevo-Cherkessia when riots and mass rallies with appeals to overthrow the power and a storm of the Government House of Karachaevo-Cherkessia took place in the republic.

23:30, 30 November 2004

Human rights activist reports on violations in judicial system

Lawyer Iskhak Kuchukov addressed a letter to the members of the congress of judges that began in Moscow today, the Caucasian Knot correspondent was told in the Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center.

23:25, 30 November 2004

Azerbaijan opposition supports Yushchenko

On November 29, the leader of the Azerbaijan opposition party Musavat, Isa Gambar, made a speech at the meeting held by the opposition in the center of Kiev and expressed solidarity with the people participating in the action.

23:16, 30 November 2004

Student suspected of involvement in terror attack

The 16-year-old resident of Ingushetia detained on suspicion of pandering terrorists who captured a school in the town of Beslan is being held in a temporary detention isolator in Vladikavkaz.

23:39, 29 November 2004

OSCE concerned about legal reforms in Azerbaijan

"We consider the possibility to receive legal aid from all lawyers able to represent citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic to be the citizens' fundamental right," Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi said.

23:10, 29 November 2004

Prosecutor general lodges protest against presidential decree

"On October 28, the panel of judges for common pleas of the Supreme Court determined to recognize as grounded the Central Election Commission's decision concerning the protocol on the election results under which Bagapsh was elected Abkhazian president," reads Rauf Korua's document.

22:58, 29 November 2004

Sentence upon Armenian pilots pronounced

The court sentenced the commander of the Armenian aircraft to 24 years' imprisonment, the other pilots were sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment.

23:59, 26 November 2004

Azerbaijan President meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Azerbaijan President Ilkham Aliyev has received a UN delegation, headed by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers, in the Presidential Palace.

23:18, 26 November 2004

One rebel killed, three FSB officers wounded in Ingushetia

The killed rebel has been identified. He turned out to be Akhmet Sambiyev, Shamil Basayev's closest associate and a successor of Arab Abu Kuteib Akhmet, reported the FSB Department in Ingushetia.

23:17, 26 November 2004

Abkhazian parliament recognized Bagapsh as winner of presidential election

The parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia has passed a resolution according to which "the presidential election is considered valid", and "Sergey Bagapsh is president elect".

23:55, 25 November 2004

OSCE Minsk Group 'reflects Armenia's position in Karabakh conflict'

Commenting on the situation with negotiations for Nagorny Karabakh to Radio Free Europe, Stephen Mann, who represents the United States in the OSCE Minsk Group, said that "the discussion about the Karabakh conflict to be held by the UN General Assembly will adversely affect the process of negotiations on the whole."

23:54, 25 November 2004

Soldiers' mothers still intend to meet with Chechen separatists

"Tatyana Znachkova's opinion doesn't reflect the position of all members of the union. It's her personal opinion," Natalia Shvol, a volunteer for the Union of Committees of Soldier's Mothers, stated today.

23:47, 24 November 2004

Azerbaijan wants international inspectors to be sent to occupied territory

The question "The situation on occupied territories of Azerbaijan", proposed by Azerbaijan, was discussed at the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly.

23:00, 24 November 2004

Number of tuberculous patients grows in Chechnya

600 people with a serious form of tuberculosis have been revealed in Chechnya for 10 months of 2004.

22:59, 24 November 2004

Ashuba accuses Georgia of preparing aggression

During a briefing for journalists in Sukhum, the speaker of the Abkhazian parliament reminded that Georgia had refused in its time to sign the Treaty of Peace and Nonresumption of Hostilities.

23:06, 23 November 2004

Experts give their opinion on situation in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

The murder of seven businessmen was not the first crime in Karachaevo-Cherkessia connected with the redistribution of property, an informed source told the Caucasian Knot correspondent.

23:03, 23 November 2004

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.

23:00, 23 November 2004

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.

23:47, 22 November 2004

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.

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