News Digest
NO ORDER RECEIVED TO EXTRADITE UZBEKS – KYRGYZ MINISTER
By empty (7/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyzstan\'s acting Justice Minister Erkin Mamyrov said his ministry has not received an official warrant from the Prosecutor General\'s Office to extradite 12 Uzbek citizens being held in Osh to Uzbekistan. \"I officially declare that no warrant of this kind has been received and no motor vehicles with Uzbek number plates, intended to transport the prisoners, have entered the territory of the Osh detention facility,\" Mamyrov told Interfax. Kyrgyz human rights organizations announced on Wednesday that the refugees might be extradited to Tashkent soon and that two vehicles with Uzbek number plates, intended to transport the prisoners, had arrived at the Osh detention facility.RUSSIA TRANSFERRING MATERIAL FROM GEORGIAN BASE TO ARMENIA
By empty (7/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A convoy of vehicles belonging to the Russian 62nd military base stationed in the Georgian community of Akhalkalaki has been transferred to the Russian 102nd military base in Armenia\'s Gyumri, deputy commander of the Russian military contingent in the South Caucasus Col. Vladimir Kuparadze told Interfax. \"This is not the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia, as some in the media have prematurely reported,\" Kuparadze said.RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SLAMS INTL \"DOUBLE STANDARDS\" ON TERROR
By empty (7/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia is preparing a set of new laws on terrorism, but \"double standards on the forms of terrorism\" hinder the drafting of international anti-terror agreements, a senior Russian Justice Ministry official said on Wednesday. \"Today there is no common definition of terrorism, and each country is free to interpret this notion on the basis of its own political interpretations of various facts. As a result, events in Chechnya and acts by bandit groups on Russian territory are interpreted as rebel actions, while similar actions in other countries are considered terrorist acts,\" Yevgeny Zabarchuk said.CANADA MAY WELCOME REFUGEES FROM UZBEKISTAN
By empty (7/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Canadian authorities are discussing with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the possibility of accepting refugees from Uzbekistan, an official source at the Canadian embassy in Moscow told Interfax on Wednesday. \"UNHCR has addressed several countries suitable for accepting refugees, including Canada on the issue of possible resettlement of Uzbek refugees currently staying in Kyrgyzstan. The talks with UNHCR continue,\" the source said.Visit also
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