By empty (7/30/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Baku police prevented activists from the opposition party Popular Front of Azerbaijan from organizing an unsanctioned rally near the private TV and radio company Leader on Saturday, an Interfax correspondent reported from the scene. About 50 activists gathered to protest against \"the fabrication of libelous and false reports about the Azerbaijani opposition, particularly about Popular Front leader Ali Kerimli,\" he said. Police detained several participants but released them soon afterwards (Interfax).

By empty (7/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russia is appalled by ABC News channel broadcasting an interview with Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. \"A recording of the interview with Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev being broadcast in the USA by one of the most popular national channels with as extensive an audience as ABC News draws our bewilderment and indignation,\" says a release by the Russian Foreign Ministry\'s information department published at the ministry\'s web-site on Friday. \"Airtime was given to one of the most notorious Chechen militants, who has stained himself with numerous terrorist attacks, including those at the Dubrovka Theater Center and in Beslan, in which hundreds of civilians died, including children,\" the release said.

By empty (7/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Kenneth Noble supports the Russian request for the arrest of Chechen separatist emissary Akhmed Zakayev in Britain. In an interview published in the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily on Friday, Noble said that the Russian request for Zakayev\'s arrest is absolutely lawful, and that Interpol has issued a Red Notice in support of the writ asking all countries to satisfy Russia\'s request. Noble warned British authorities that if they don\'t to wish to extradite a suspect to the country demanding his extradition, they should face the fact that the person might commit crimes in British territory.