News Digest
APPEALS COURT ANNULS VERDICT AGAINST PROMINENT AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITIONIST
By empty (8/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan\'s Appeals Court ruled on 2 August to rescind the guilty verdict handed down in October to Rauf Arifoglu, editor of the opposition newspaper \"Yeni Musavat.\" Arifoglu was sentenced to five years\' imprisonment for his imputed role in the clashes between police and opposition supporters in Baku in the wake of the disputed October 2003 presidential election. Arifoglu is the last of seven leading oppositionists sentenced in connection with those clashes to have had his sentence annulled.UZBEK REFUGEES ARRIVE IN ROMANIA FROM KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (8/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A group of 439 Uzbek refugees arrived in Romania on 29 July from Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. One refugee expressed a desire to return to Uzbekistan and refused to leave Kyrgyzstan; he is still in Bishkek, RFE/RL reported. Acting Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Adakhan Madumarov told journalists in Almaty, where he was meeting with the local governor, that Kyrgyzstan has fulfilled its obligations to the UN in carrying out the evacuation, Interfax reported.UZBEKISTAN RELEASES KYRGYZ REPORTER DETAINED BY BORDER GUARDS
By empty (7/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Uzbekistan has released Kyrgyz journalist Erkin Yakubzhanov, who Uzbek border guards detained at the Dustlik customs checkpoint on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border on July 18. The journalist was released on Friday evening and is now back home, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry told Interfax on Saturday. Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry envoy for southern Kyrgyzstan, Baktur Adanov, is expected to meet with Yakubzhanov on Saturday afternoon.FEDERAL FORCES COME INTO CLASH WITH CHECHEN GUERILLARS
By empty (7/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian federal servicemen came into clash with a guerilla unit near the village of Makhkety in Chechnya\'s Vedeno district, a Chechen law enforcement source told Interfax on Saturday. One serviceman was wounded, the source said. Intelligence information indicates that the guerillas also suffered losses.Visit also
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