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20:16, 30 September 2004

Turkey denies Chechen rebels' training on Cyprus

"Greek Cypriotes bring such ungrounded accusations and lie shamelessly from time to time. I condemn capture and murder of people," President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Rauf Denktas said in an address.

20:03, 30 September 2004

Maskhadov's presence among surrounded rebels unconfirmed

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Government Ramzan Kadyrov believes Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov to be among rebels who are being blocked off in the Nozhay-Yurt district of Chechnya.

22:31, 29 September 2004

IMC doctors wrongly and repeatedly exposed as suspected terrorists

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) is seriously concerned with the repeated exposure as suspected terrorists of the fourteen doctors on staff of the prominent humanitarian organization International Medical Corp (IMC).

22:08, 29 September 2004

Georgia 'generates tension' on eve of presidential election in Abkhazia

The Abkhazian State Security Service has issued a statement today that meetings are being held in western districts of Georgia with the demand to return refugees to Abkhazia. Organizers of the meetings threaten to arrange actions of disobedience in case their demand is not satisfied.

21:46, 29 September 2004

Paul Khlebnikov murder case under investigation

The Caucasian Knot correspondent was told in the Public Relations Department of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office that "the investigation into the murder of Paul Khlebnikov is going on, the Moscow police have no relation to it, and it is not clear what Mr Pronin makes such statement for."

19:32, 28 September 2004

Opposition wants Azerbaijan to be expelled from Council of Europe

The Great Creation party believes Azerbaijan ruled over with "feudal" laws, where even deputies are subjected to torture, cannot be a member of the Council of Europe.

19:01, 28 September 2004

Kabardino-Balkarian Human Rights Center registered

In the words of Valery Khatazhukov, the Department of Justice has to register the center this time since documents for the registration were submitted by Lev Ponomarev, head of the All-Russian Movement for Human Rights, to the Department of the Russian Ministry of Justice in Moscow.

18:35, 28 September 2004

23 rebels killed in clash

A large rebel group was discovered in the Nozhay-Yurt district of Chechnya in the afternoon yesterday.

19:55, 27 September 2004

OKL protests against arrival of Armenian deputies

Chairman of the Organization of Karabakh Liberation (OKL) Akif Nagi stated only those representatives of Armenia could come to Azerbaijan who recognize the country's territorial integrity.

19:43, 27 September 2004

Basayev's group numbers 'maximum of 200-300'

"Terrorists and Shakhids are begotten not by Basayev but by the Kremlin's policy towards the Chechens and other North Caucasian peoples," 49-year-old Aldan, a former teacher at a Grozny institution of higher education, said.

20:44, 24 September 2004

Chechen Committee of National Salvation faces closure

We call your attention to the press release issued by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) on 23 September 2004.

19:15, 24 September 2004

Arrested opposition leaders placed into punishment cell

On September 22, the defendants insulted judges and prosecutors using unquotable expressions when they protested against the questioning of Samed Jafarov of the Organized Crime Unite, a witness for the prosecution.

18:30, 24 September 2004

Armenia pins great hopes on OSCE Minsk Group

Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Artur Bagdasarian met with members of the delegation headed by OSCE Chairman's special envoy Philip Dimitrov to discuss issues related to the resolution of the Karabakh problem.

19:37, 23 September 2004

Turkey takes part in resolution of Karabakh problem

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will hold bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia Elmar Mamedyarov and Vardan Oskanian during the next UN session in New York.

19:19, 23 September 2004

PACE Monitoring Committee criticizes Azerbaijan

Most of Azerbaijan political scientists consider the report published by Andreas Gross and Adres Herkel rather tough, but at the same time do not expect the PACE to punish the Azerbaijan authorities during the forthcoming session.

19:46, 22 September 2004

14 IMC doctors wanted by federal police

On September 20, 14 doctors from international medical organization "International Medical Corp" (IMC) turned to Nazran office of HRC "Memorial" for assistance in bringing authorities to investigate the fact that the police have issued a public call for information, connecting them to terrorist acts in Russia.

19:32, 22 September 2004

Azerbaijan opposition parties to hold meeting

Chair of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli said the decision to hold the meeting was made to demand that Azerbaijan should honor its commitments to the Council of Europe.

19:15, 22 September 2004

Efforts to search for Maskhadov, Basayev redoubled

Many people in Chechnya believe officers of Chechen security agencies aim at receiving a reward for Maskhadov and Basayev's heads.

18:38, 22 September 2004

New plan for resolving conflict 'unacceptable' for Abkhazia

"Abkhazia has gain independence and is inclined to build relations with Georgia only on terms of good-neighborliness. Any full of wide degree of autonomy is out of the question," Astamur Tania said.

23:10, 21 September 2004

PACE to discuss report on Armenia

The only paragraph in the report on Armenia's commitments which caused the PACE Monitoring Committee's dissatisfaction concerns violations in the course of the 2003 elections, Vice Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosian said.

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