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Full report on presidential election in the Chechen Republic now available

Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), a member of the Moscow Human Rights House, has completed its report on the presidential elections in the Chechen Republic. ´Presidential Election in the Chechen Republic – October 2003. Human Rights Context,´ is available in both Russian and English, and will be launched at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe this month. (18-JAN-2004)

Published: January 22, 2004

Prior to the writing of the report, MHG´s experts visited the Chechen Republic on three occasions; once in September for preparatory works, once in October for the actual elections, and once in December as a follow up mission. In addition to monitoring the federal level electorate system, the MHG experts also followed the print and broadcast media. Finally, the whole human rights context was kept under close scrutiny as well. Based on the findings, and in addition to the book that is now available, MHG issued six electronic information bulletins, also bilingual.

The whole project was made possible thanks to the support of the Human Rights House Network. The publications and other material is available at MHG´s website; www.mhg.ru

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