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A plane with humanitarian cargo on board has left Baku for North Ossetia, a source in the Azerbaijani Airlines State Concern told Itar-Tass News Agency.  (8 SEP 2004)

Director of the Human Rights House “Russian Research Center for Human Rights”, Vinogradova Lubov (picture), says that the human rights defenders of the Center are deeply disappointed with the Russian authorities´ reaction to the tragic events in Beslan. (08-SEP-04)
 

A coalition of Russian and international human rights organizations united today to condemn in the strongest terms the taking hostage and killing of hundreds of children, parents and teachers by a group of armed men and women in a school in the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. (08-SEP-04)
 

A coalition of Russian and international human rights organizations united today to condemn in the strongest terms the taking hostage and killing of hundreds of children, parents and teachers by a group of armed men and women in a school in the city of Beslan, North Ossetia, in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. (08-SEP-04)
 

The Human Rights House Foundation (HRH) wishes to express its sincere condolences and deepest sympathy with all those suffering from the brutal and despicable, but most of all tragic loss of so many innocent lives in Beslan, North Ossetia last week. (07-SEP-04)
 

Wails of grief reverberated through the streets of Beslan on Sunday as its residents began burying the more than 300 people slaughtered in a 52-hour hostage crisis last week. The standoff with a group of terrorists came to a violent and unexpected end Friday when a giant explosion rocked the gymnasium at School No. 1, where many of the more than 1,000 hostages were being held. The blast triggered a chaotic 10-hour battle that killed more than 300 people, many of them children. (06-SEP-04)
 

The world community has rushed to aid families and victims of the North Ossetian school hostage crisis with the United States, Canada, Italy, Ukraine and even Australia setting aside funds and humanitarian aid for the Russian Federation. (06-SEP-04)
 

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 3 September pardoning 264 prisoners. This is the fourth amnesty decree signed by Ilham Aliyev during his presidency. (07-SEP-2004)

The Human Rights House Foundation (HRH) wishes to express its sincere condolences and deepest sympathy with all those suffering from the brutal and despicable, but most of all tragic loss of so many innocent lives in Beslan, North Ossetia last week.