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Azerbaijani Media Protest Visit of Armenian Officers
Media in the Republic of Azerbaijan released a statement protesting visit of Armenian officers to Baku to attend training to be held within NATO Partnership for Peace Program on September 12, 2004. The statement considers visit of Armenian officers who occupied Azerbaijan’s almost 20 per cent of territory as a stab against independence of Republic of Azerbaijan. (03 Sep 2004)
Under Siege School May Hold as Many as 1500 Hostages
A woman released from the school in North Ossetia where militants are holding hundreds of children hostage for a third day said there could be over 1000 hostages, instead of the officially announced 320. This came as federal authorities resumed talks with the rebels Friday morning. (03-SEP-04)
World Responds to N. Ossetia Hostage Crisis
As the hostage crisis at a school in southern the Russian Federation entered its second day, authorities in North Ossetia revealed that the death toll stands at seven. Offers of help and condemnation of the school seizure have come from around the world. (02-SEP-04)
Gunmen Take Over 200 Hostages in North Ossetia School
A group of about 30 gunmen has seized a school in North Ossetia with up to 400 children, Russia’s internal republic bordering war-torn the Chechen Republic and the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. (01-SEP-04)
Baku: Radical group members’ sentence stuns public
On Monday the court found the Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO) chairman Akif Naghi and five members of the organization guilty of violating public order and resisting police. The six GLO activists were arrested on June 22 while protesting against the participation of Armenian officers in a NATO conference held in Baku on June 21-23, Assa-Irada reported. (03-SEP-04)
Russia Wants UN Security Council Session on Terror Attacks
Russian Federation has called for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council over the series of recent terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation. (01-SEP-04)
Russia: Summit with Putin Should Address Human Rights
Amnesty International, one of the biggest human rights protection organization has appealed to the Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Shreder, before his official visit to the Russian Federation to put a pressure on the President Vladimir Putin. (29-AUG-04)
Radical group members’ sentence stuns public
On Monday the court found the Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO) chairman Akif Naghi and five members of the organization guilty of violating public order and resisting police. The six GLO activists were arrested on June 22 while protesting against the participation of Armenian officers in a NATO conference held in Baku on June 21-23, Assa-Irada reported. (03-SEP-04)
Peace Boat embarked in Bergen
The International NGO, Peace Boat from Japan, made her visit to Bergen and the Rafto Human Rights House on 26 August 2004. Peace Boat is an educational and networking NGO, working for intercultural understanding, human rights, sustainable development and the environment. Around 950 young peace activists participate on this global voyage itinerary to 97 countries, the 46th cruise since the start in 1983. (30-AUG-2004)