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Lecha Sadayev Two corpses discovered in Grozny district By Lecha Sadayev GROZNY, Chechnya - On September 21 officers of the district police force discovered two corpses of local residents near the cemetery on the outskirts of the village of Berdykel, Grozny district. According to criminology experts, their deaths were caused by multiple bullet wounds. Detectives removed a Makarov pistol, containing one cartridge, from the scene of the incident. A murder inquiry has been opened. Officials at the duty desk of the Chechen Interior Ministry said that more than 70 corpses have been found on the territory of Chechnya since the beginning of the current year. Of these, only 32 have been identified. The remaining corpses were buried without identification. Translated by David McDuff. (MD/T) Former Senior Rebel to Run for Pro-Moscow Parliament in Chechnya 22.09.2005 MosNews Former rebel defense minister Magomed Khambiev is going to run for the pro-Moscow Chechen parliament in the Nov. 27 elections, Interfax reported. The republic’s deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, son of killed Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, who himself was a rebel in the 1990s, told journalists that “after trustworthy people assured him that people do not share his views and do not need war, Khambiev came back home and brought 40 people with him.” According to Kadyrov, up to 1,000 Chechen rebels have left the region’s illegal armed formations, as they are known locally, and returned to a peaceful life. Russian legal bodies do not prosecute rebels who lay down their arms and surrender of their own accord. Nevertheless, a criminal investigation is launched against each of them in order to prove they are not guilty of murder or other serious crimes. Khambiev, the so-called defense minister of the breakaway rebel government till 1999 and close ally to killed rebel president Aslan Maskhadov, gave himself up to Chechen security forces in March, 2004, after the detention of his relatives. Sources have repeatedly claimed he was forced to give himself up, though some say he was caught and tortured by Ramzan Kadyrov’s security people who threatened him with prison. (*) Khambiev was very influential among Chechnya’s rebels and his surrender meant a lot for the pro-Moscow government. The authorities claim he was persuaded to surrender by the elders of the village in which he had been hiding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comment by N.S: Besides purporting the usual desinformation nonsense about "rebels" (the Russian Federation recognized the ChRI as a state in 1997 and has never since passed any legal document reverting that decision), this piece of literature shines up by elegantly ignoring the main fact behind the story: namely, that a number of Hanbiyev's relatives were kidnapped by the aggressors in an attempt to force him (and his brother, the Minister of Health) to surrender. N.S. eng.kavkaz.memo.ru Caucasian Knot 20/9/2005 Events in Ingushetia Magomed Ebrikov, 24, resident in Chechnya, was detained during a so-called "targeted clean-up" in a compact residence place of Chechen refugees in Karabulak earlier today. The incident occurred in the compact residence place on the premises of the former Agrosnab ("Agricultural Procurement") Department. The operation was conducted by federal law enforcement / security agencies in cooperation with officers of the Karabulak City Division of Internal Affairs, according to forced migrants. Breaking into a room, the military men, without any explanations, detained and brought away Mr Ebrikov. They numbered about 20 and wore masks. Magomed Ebrikov, a native of Yandi-Kotar, Chechnya, lived in that room with his wife and one-year-old child. The military men brought him out and conducted an unauthorised search of the room. All that was done without inviting witnesses. In a while, the military men announced that they had found a grenade among Magomed's possessions. They handcuffed the guy, put him into one of their UAZ "tablet" vehicles and brought him away, says Alvi, an eyewitness. There is information that Mr Ebrikov was delivered to the Karabulak CDIA. His further destiny is unknown. Unknown attackers fired automatic weapons at a car of republican police officers, a source with Ingush law enforcement agencies told Interfax. Three police officers were killed and another one was wounded as a result, according to the source. Federal Security Service Colonel Gelani Amriyev was shot dead in Kommunisticheskaia St in Nesterovskaia, Sunzha district, on the night of 20 September, a source with Ingush law enforcement agencies told Caucasian Knot. Two attackers in masks and camouflage uniforms blocked the way to Mr Amriyev and his wife several meters away from their own house while they were going home late at night. Without any questions or explanations, they shot their firearms at the man and ran away. Mr Amriyev's wife did not suffer, according to the source. Investigators do not rule out that members of Chechen illegal armed units may be involved in the killing, as the security officer served in Chechnya until recently, the source remarked. An officer of the Nesterovskaia Division of Internal Affairs, Mr Dzangiyev, was killed last week under similar circumstances. Two attackers in masks and camouflage uniforms broke into his house and shot the police officer point-blank with submachine guns. Switzerland hosts Chechen peace forum swissinfo September 22, 2005 A Swiss-sponsored group dedicated to finding a peaceful solution for the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya has held its inaugural meeting in Bern. The Chechen Civil Society Forum includes about 100 human rights, scientific, economic, cultural and political groups. The forum was initiated by the Swiss branch of the Society for Threatened Peoples and is supported by several Swiss members of parliament. Swiss parliamentarian and the society's president in Switzerland, Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, said the forum would try to bring together disparate factions of the Chechen community to promote peace. It would seek to end Chechnya's "isolation" in the world by forging closer links with the international community. "You are the living proof that in an environment of conflict the flower of peace can flourish," she told the forum's inaugural meeting. "You are here today to show the world that Chechens want to work together constructively on the future of their society. "By doing this, you counter effectively the view some politicians have about Chechnya being a place where everybody is fighting each other." Constant conflict Chechnya has been in almost constant conflict with Russia since it claimed independence in 1991. Russia granted the region substantial autonomy, but not full independence, in 1996 following two years of fighting. Russian troops moved back into Chechnya after a wave of bombings in 1999. Hostilities, which resulted in the 2004 killing of 330 people after a siege at a Russian school in Beslan, have now entered their second decade. Forum delegate Eliza Musaeva told swissinfo that the forum hopes to initiate a peace process between the warring sides. "Every conflict should be stopped by peaceful means and this forum has been formed with the purpose of making it sooner rather than later," she said. Musaeva paid tribute to Switzerland's role in getting the forum off the ground. "It was Switzerland's idea to create this organisation and make a platform to help the situation," she said. "And Switzerland will continue to support us, which is a great help in the search for peace in Chechnya." swissinfo, Matthew Allen http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6105966&cKey=1127421446000 Women-journalists in the peacemaking process of the Northern Caucasus A round-table “Women-journalists in the peacemaking process on the Northern Caucasus” took place in Makhachkala (Dagestan Republic) on the 15th of September 2005. Women-journalists from Northern Osetia, Chechen Republic, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia met in the editorial office of the weekly Novoye Delo (New Matter) to discuss aspects of women-journalists’ work in armed conflicts, differences between men’s and women’s vision of a war, gender aspect in post-conflict coverage and role of a journalist in peacemaking processes. While opening ceremony a chairman of the round-table – the director of the Center for Journalists in Extreme Situations Oleg Panfilov – said: “It turned out, that today journalism in the Northern Caucasus’ countries, as well as in Russia, is mostly a women’s work. In spite of that it’s necessary to constantly develop the outstanding potential of women-journalists’ efficient participation in the peacemaking process on the Northern Caucasus, where the situation becomes more and more complicated. Different ways of post-conflict rehabilitation can be used: public actions as well as publication of magazine and creation of a special website.” The Center for Journalists in Extreme Situations of the Russian Union of Journalists, the weekly Novoye Delo (New Matter) and the UNESCO Moscow Office participated in the organization of the round-table – the first event in the line of meetings on Gender and Mass Media. The decision to create magazine for women–journalists of the Northern Caucasus has become the result of the round-table conference “Women-journalists in the peacemaking process on the Northern Caucasus” work. http://www.unesco.ru/eng/articles/pressfredom/Admin26092005135211.php eng.kavkaz.memo.ru Caucasian Knot 21/9/2005 Public meeting held in Grozny A protest action organised by parents of deaf-and-dumb children occurred in the capital of Chechnya on 20 September. The public meeting began in the centre of Grozny, in Druzhby Narodov St. Participants (deaf-and-dumb children and their parents) demanded that authorities should return them the former building of a dedicated boarding school for disabled children. "Our sick children are currently huddling together in a private house. There are no normal living conditions there, and less so learning conditions," says one of the participants, Maret, 38, resident in Grozny. "An international organisation has allocated office and other equipment for the deaf-and-dumb children, but there is nowhere to install it. Meanwhile, authorities do not care about our problems." According to Maret, the former boarding school is now occupied by the Russian military. "We have repeatedly addressed the government and we have even written a letter to the leadership of the South federal district with a request to influence the military, but, unfortunately, no response followed," she says. Author: Sultan Abubakarov, CK correspondent eng.kavkaz.memo.ru Caucasian Knot 22/9/2005 Five abducted in Chechnya Officers of unidentified law enforcement / security agencies abducted five residents of Novye Atagi, Shali district, yesterday, a villager told Caucasian Knot's correspondent. The detained ones are all young men, according to him. "We had another 'clean-up' yesterday. We don't know who exactly conducted it, but people think that those were 'Kadyrovtsy' (officers the Counter-terrorist Centre, former Chechen presidential security service controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov — ed.). Overall, five men were brought away from two families: the Umkhayevs and the Khapayevs. No one knows where they are now and why they were taken," the Novye Atagi resident said. Author: Sultan Abubakarov, CK correspondent U.N.: 'Disappearances' Treaty a Major Advance (Geneva, Sept. 27, 2005) -- The adoption of an international treaty against forced disappearances at the United Nations is a great step forward in the fight against this crime, said Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation of Human Rights and Human Rights Watch. The four human rights organizations called on all U.N. member states to ensure that the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance is quickly adopted by consensus in the U.N. General Assembly. All countries should ratify the treaty as soon as possible. The four organizations thanked the delegations that contributed to the adoption of this treaty in Geneva on Friday and particularly wished to congratulate Ambassador Bernard Kessedjian of France, chairman of the U.N. working group that drafted the treaty, for his tenacity, engagement and tireless work on the part of the victims. This Convention represents an extremely important development in the fight against forced disappearances and for the protection of victims and their families. On the whole, the adopted text addresses the concerns of the four organizations, but could be subject to their detailed comments at a later time. Today, the groups would like to express their satisfaction with regard to the following points: First, the Convention is an autonomous treaty endowed with its own treaty-monitoring committee. This choice recognizes both the suffering of victims of forced disappearances and their families' tireless fight to locate them. It will also guarantee the treaty's effectiveness in the future, even after reforms of the U.N. human rights system. The Convention also constitutes a great step forward in the historical development of international law on the issue, and it is based on firmly established standards in customary law. The treaty also recognizes a new right not to be subjected to forced disappearance and requires states to prohibit this practice under their national laws. Moreover, the Convention recognizes that, in certain circumstances, forced disappearances can be considered a crime against humanity. Consequently, such crimes can be prosecuted in international criminal proceedings through the response of the international community. The Convention establishes an ensemble of legal instruments on the national and international level that will allow states to effectively prevent forced disappearances. The mandatory jurisdiction of the treaty's committee in the case of urgent appeals is particularly important in this regard. The Convention will be an invaluable tool in the fight against impunity for perpetrators of forced disappearances. The four human rights organizations also believe that the treaty provides a solid platform for the future, and they will watch to ensure that it is interpreted in an evolutionary way. The treaty should reflect developments in international law in the fight against impunity, specifically those that reject amnesty for crimes against humanity and the prosecution of human rights abusers by military tribunals alone. Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation of Human Rights and Human Rights Watch would like to pay homage to the families of the disappeared, who have inspired our organizations with their lasting courage and unshakable hope over the years. Since the families keep hope alive, we cannot fail to do the same. To view this document on the Human Rights Watch web site, please visit: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/09/26/global11785.htm President Putin Admits Kidnappings Afflict Russia's Chechnya Created: 27.09.2005 17:35 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 17:35 MSK, 23 minutes ago MosNews Lawlessness and kidnapping still plague citizens of Russia's Chechnya, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a TV show, six years after coming to power on pledges of bringing the region's criminals to book. A Chechen woman who said she was one of thousands who had lost their sons to kidnappers asked him in a nationwide phone-in to solve the problem, and he said those responsible would be found and punished. "This is one of the most serious questions, which have been heard everywhere and all the time in recent years," Putin was quoted by Reuters as saying. "It is linked to the impossibility of fully resolving security questions ... We will continue our work to find those missing, and those who are to blame for these crimes." Rights groups say hundreds of Chechens have gone missing since Putin, as prime minister, sent troops back into Chechnya in 1999 — an act which underpinned his popularity and propelled him into the Kremlin in presidential elections six months later, Reuters added. Activists blame pro-Moscow forces for many of the kidnappings. Often, they say, rebels' relatives are kidnapped to put pressure on the separatists to lay down their arms. Pro-Moscow forces deny the allegations, but Putin said they could well be true. "It is impossible to say who stands behind these crimes: disguised bandits or law enforcement workers abusing their power," he said. The Kremlin has refused any rebel overtures for peace talks, focusing on crushing the rebel groups while running a unilateral peace plan that includes parliamentary elections this November. "The main solution to the problem is the political regulation of Chechnya, with the inclusion of the greatest possible number of people in this regulation," Putin said. "I consider the Chechen parliamentary elections very important." Rebel news sources said Putin's pledge was meaningless, saying the policemen were themselves to blame for kidnappings and would never be able to stop the problem. "This incompetent president is putting the lead role in resolving this question on the shoulders of the Kremlin's occupying forces," Reuters quoted a commentator on a rebel website as saying. --------- Comment: this amounts to Bin Laden who presents himself saying "It is impossible to say who stands behind 9/11". No one who is sane in mind can take Putin seriously in these kind of matters. M.M. Amnesty International: Russian Federation: New evidence to be revealed AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Media Advisory AI Index: EUR 46/037/2005 (Public) News Service No: 259 27 September 2005 Russian Federation: New evidence of "disappearances", torture and unfair trials in Chechnya and the Russian Federation's obligations following the Strasbourg rulings. Press Invitation from Amnesty International and Memorial Amnesty International delegates will reveal the results of new research into cases of "disappearances", torture and unfair trials that demonstrate systematic human rights violations in Chechnya. Their findings will be presented at a press conference in Moscow on Friday 30 September ahead of next week's European Union-Russia summit in London. Representatives of the Memorial Human Rights Centre will discuss the Russian Federation's obligations according to the February decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on the first six "Chechen" cases, and the prospects of these obligations being fulfilled by Russia. Time: Friday, 30 September, 11.00 local time. (14:00 GMT) Place: The Independent Press-Centre, Tverskoi boulevard, 20, Moscow. Participants: Victoria Webb, Researcher on Russia, Amnesty International Friederike Behr, Campaigner on Russia, Amnesty International Kirill Koroteev, Lawyer, Memorial Human Rights Centre Alexander Cherkasov, member of staff and member of Governing Board, Memorial Human Rights Centre For further information please contact: Denis Krivosheev (Amnesty International, Moscow), Tel. (+7 095) 202 17 49, Tel./fax (+7 095) 291 29 04; e-mail: dkrivosh@amnesty.org Lydia Aroyo (Amnesty International, London), Tel. +44 (0)20 7413 5599, +44 (0)7771796350; e-mail: laroyo@amnesty.org Aliona Malakhova (Memorial Human Rights Centre, Moscow), Tel. (+7 095) 2253118, Tel./fax (+7 095 9242025), e-mail: memhrc@memo.ru Amnesty International's Russian Resource Centre: P.O. Box 212, Moscow 119019, Tel. (+7 095) 202 17 49, Tel./fax (+7 095) 291 29 04; e-mail: msk@amnesty.org Amnesty International's official Russian-language website: http://amnesty.org.ru Public Document **************************************** For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566 Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW. web: http://www.amnesty.org For latest human rights news view http://news.amnesty.org RCIA: various reports (update 27-9-05) Shatoy district. Chechen Republic Report # 692 Serviceman of Shatoy district police office is killed in Grozny On 23 September 2005, the corpse of the police serviceman Arthur Aburdzakov was delivered to his local village of Shatoy of the Chechen Republic after he had been found in Grozny the day before. On 22 September the corpse of the serviceman of Shatoy district police office Arthur Aburdzakov was found in the car belonging to him in the settlement of Chernorechye that is situated within the precincts of Grzony. The death was caused by bullet wounds. There was no weapon that belonged to the policeman in the car although he took it with him when he went to Grozny. The criminal case has been initiated. (From our correspondent) Grozny. Chechen Republic Report # 691 The police hurt a pupil from Grozny 22.09.2005, at 3 in the afternoon in the Olimpiski micro district of Grozny, service personnel from the Lenniski ROVD wounded Abubakar Magomadov, a pupil from the 6th grade. He is a pupil of school number 8. He got a gunshot wound at his leg and was driven to hospital for urgent medical help by ambulance. The boy was lucky. The bullet did not go far as to his bones. The police told the shocked pupils that were carrying a special operation in the area. The operation was reportedly aimed at arresting a person suspected of illegal weapon possession. The police claimed that they were shooting in the air. Olimpiski micro district is one of the most populated areas in Grozny. There are school number 6 and also some of the campuses to Grozny's University in the area. Leninski ROVD refused to comment on this episode. (From our correspondent) Nizniy Novgorod Report # 690 On Monday the executive manager of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society is to receive the bill of indictment concerning the criminal case 23 September 2005. Nizhny Novgorod. On Monday the executive manager of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society is to receive the bill of indictment concerning the criminal case #292. Investigator Oleg Kirukov told Dmitrievsky about it. On receiving the bill of indictment, Dmitrievsky will be permitted to get acquainted with the case. Meanwhile, it became known today that the Main Investigatory department at the GUVD (the Interior Ministry) of Nizhny Novgorod region commenced another criminal case against the RCFS. This time they refer Article 199 of the Criminal Code of the Russian federation that is “evasion of taxation or (and) payment of dues at a large scale”. Today Dmitrievsky was interrogated as a witness to this case. As reported before, on September 2, 2005, Dmitrievsky was officially charged with Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The article refers to “inciting to ethnic animosity”. The criminal case was commenced in January this year referring to the fact of publishing statements made by Maskhadov and Zakaev that contained calls to peace reconciliation of the Russian-Chechen armed conflict in the newspaper. These two publications were full of tough rhetoric against the Russian authorities, its military forces and president Vladimir Putin personally. (From our correspondent) Shalinskiy district. Chechen Republic Report # 689 Disappearance of a 17-year-old girl in Shali On 20 September, 2005, 17-year-old Lisa Akhmadova came out of her house and never returned home. She lives at 30 Sheripov Street. According to the members of the Akhmadovs, not long before her disappearance the girl came to visit her relatives living in Shali. Then she went home but she didn't come home. As of the present, her fate and destiny remain unknown. (From our correspondent) Shalinskiy district. Chechen Republic Report # 688 Crossfire in the center of Shali On 22 September, 2005, at about midnight there happened crossfire in which service personnel of patrol police and servicemen of the Anti-terror center (former security service of the Chechen president) were involved. In the crossfire one of the policemen Islam Shavkhalov was seriously wounded. At present, he is in the reanimation ward of Shali hospital. (From our correspondent) Nizniy Novgorod Report # 687 One more criminal case has been commenced against the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society September 23, 2005. Nizhny Novgorod. One more criminal case has been commenced against the inter-regional public organization “Russian-Chechen Friendship Society”. The executive manager of the RCFS Stanislav Dmitrievsky learnt about it during his interrogation at the Main Investigatory department at Ministry of the Interior of Nizhny Novgorod region. This time the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society has been charged with committing the crime that part 1 of Article 199 of the criminal Code of the Russian federation refers to, that is “evading payment of taxes or (and) dues by an organization at a big rate”. The criminal case bases the charges on the information collected during the audit of the financial activities of the RCFS conducted by the tax inspection, including decision #25 on bringing the tax-payer to the tax accountability although this decision has been appealed at the arbitrage court and its validity has been suspended by the arbitrage court. The criminal case was commenced on September 2, 2005 but the RCFS staffers learnt about it only today. Yesterday a serviceman of the Main Investigatory department came to the flat where Dmitrievsky lives and handed in the summons to come to be interrogated as a witness. Dmitrievsky was interrogated the next day. It lasted from 10.30 am until 1.40 pm. Investigator Alexander Vorobyov told Dmitrievsky about the commenced criminal proceedings. No official charges have been preferred yet. However, taking into account that Dmitrievsky is the only responsible member of the organization who makes decisions on financial issues according to the statutes of the organization, it's him who will be the main suspect. As reported before, on September 2, 2005 the prosecutor's office of Nizhny Novgorod Region officially charged Dmitrievsky with “inciting to animosity”, according to Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The RCFS considers that criminal and administrative prosecution of the organization conducted by the bodies of prosecutorship, the Interior Ministry, tax inspection, the Justice Ministry are politically motivated and aimed at destruction of the human rights organization that has been always critical of the policy carried by the Russian authorities in the North Caucasus. Editor in Chief Stanislav Dmitrievskiy Editor of this release is Oksana Chelysheva Ingushetia Report # 682 Resident of Syaty village is murdered On 20 September 2005 force agents carried a special operation in the camp of the Chechen refugees “Agrosnab” situated in the town of Karabulak of Ingushetia's Sunzha district and detained one of its male residents. The commandant of the camp and all its residents insist that the detained man is innocent of any crimes At about 7 am two “Gazel” minivans, an “UAZ' vehicle and a “Zhiguli” car of the 7th make drove into the territory of the camp. Some thirty armed men in camouflage uniforms got out of the vehicles and rounded up the camp. Some of them got into the room where Magomed Khazbekovich Ebirgov (born 1981) lived and searched the room thoroughly. Then Ebirgov was detained. The force agents explained to the commandant of the camp that they had found an RGD grenade without a charge in his room. According to the eye-witnesses' testimonies, the majority of force agents were ethnic Russians but there were some servicemen of Karabulak town police office among them. Later that day Edigov's parents found out that Magomed was being kept at the investigation prison at Karabulak police office. They spent half a day standing at the gate of the town police office together with the camp commandant Imran Tutaev. Correspondents of the RCIA report Tutaev as stating that the police servicemen had told him that Edigov would be released under the condition not to leave the territory of the town. He also told that the police stated that Edigov would be surely punished. According to Magomed's parents, Khazbek and Zina Edigovs, their son has never held firearms in his hands and it was him who persuaded them not to return to the war-torn Chechnya. The camp commandant Imran Arbievich Tutaev told the correspondents of the RCIA, “This is the first time when the military and the Interior Ministry service personnel have burst into the territory of the camp. We know one another pretty well, we see what is going on in the camp and we are sure that there are no criminals among us. The search was carried without authorization and any explanation. Magomed Khazbekovich Ebirgov has been living in the camp since 1995. He is married and has a 1-year-old child. He has never been suspected of being involved into any illegal activities. All the inhabitants of the camp have a good opinion about him”. The “Agrosnab” refugee camp is situated at the North-East outskirts of Karabulak town. As of the present moment, 193 people are living here. 72 of them are living wooden panel houses. 163 forced migrants are registered with the Migration Service at the Interior Ministry of Ingushetia. All the other have no registration in Ingushetia. (From our correspondent) Nizniy Novgorod Report # 679 Judge of the peace court postponed the hearing concerning the demonstration carried by human rights defenders against the tax inspection officials. 20.09.2005 . A judge of the peace court of the Nizhny Novogrod region has postponed the court hearing opened to settle administrative account with Stanislav Dmitrievski, the managing director of the Russian - Chechen Friendship Society. The issue concerned organising a picket against the tax inspection. The case is postponed until September 30th as a result of the request made by Dmitrievski. The court has taken into consideration that the day before Dmitrievski appealed the procurator's admonition about the picket being inadmissible, as he considered their decision to prohibit holding a picket as illegal, groundless and revocable. The admonition was given him in the morning of September 2nd at the prosecutor's office of the Nizhny Novgorod district of the city. The appeal has been sent by Dmitirevsky to the district prosecutor. According to the law a judge of peace is obliged to wait for the prosecutor's decision. As informed earlier, representatives of the Russian- Chechen Friendship Society, Committee against Torture,the Soldiers´ Mothers and other public organizations conducted a demonstration against the Federal Tax Inspection Office in Nizhny Novgorod on September 2nd. Human rights defenders protested against the tax officials' decision to withdraw the money of the public organization without any preliminary court verdict. 12 participants of the demonstration, including Dmitrievski, were detained by the OMOH. Afterwards the majority of them were reported as violators of the administrative law. (From our correspondent) Ingushetia Report # 678 Policemen are shot dead in Karabulak On 20 September 2005 at about 6.30 pm an assault at the service personnel of Nasran town police office of Ingushetia's Sunzha district occurred in Karabulak town. The police car was being fired on and as a result of the assault three policemen were killed and one more was seriously wounded. The police car was assaulted at the south-eastern outskirts of Karabulak not far from the place where “The Golden Palace” restaurant is situated. The sounds of grenade cup discharges and submachine gun shots could be heard in all parts of the town. According to some eye-witnesses' testimonies, a VAZ 21099 car with tilted windows drove up to the armored UAZ police vehicle and people in the VAZ car started firing at it. It lasted not more than ten seconds. Then the assaulters disappeared to an unknown destination. The murdered police servicemen have been identified as Kastoev, Al'diev and Gagiev. Zhautkhanov was seriously wounded. The OMON service personnel arrived at the scene of the accident just two minutes after it had happened. They searched the forested area and abandoned summer houses situated nearby. They also blocked the traffic for some period of time. All the attempts to capture the assaulters have brought no results. The federal highway Rostov- Baku a number of smaller roads go close to the place where the assault took place. (From our correspondent) Vedeno district. Chechen Republic Report # 677 The passport checking in Khattuni village On 19 September 2005 representatives of unidentifiable force agency carried a special operation to check the passport regime in the village of Khattuni of the Chechen Vedeno district which lasted from 9 am until 12 am. According to the obtained information, the force agents were searching for Abdulmuslimov Suleyman (born 1975) who was not at home at the time of the operation. At about midnight of September 19 the vicinity of the Khattuni village in the area of the Black River was subjected to bombardment from the direction of the place where the Russian military unit is stationed. None of the civilian has suffered. (From our correspondent) Grozny. Chechen Republic Report # 676 The registration of candidates to the deputies to the Chechen Parliament has started On 20 September 2005 the Election Committee of the Chechen Republic started registering candidates to the deputies to the republican parliament. As of the present moment, twenty four applications have been accepted. Three of the candidates represent public organizations and all the other represent themselves. The Election Committee is to register candidates until 12 October. A special manual has been published which describes the procedure of the election to the parliament of the Chechen Republic. It also explains who have the right to become a member of the Chechen parliament. 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