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October 1st 2006 · Prague Watchdog      
    
    
Calendar of Events - October 2006

This schedule of major events related to the conflict in Chechnya is continuously updated. Announcements for planned or expected events or any other suggestions are most welcome (e-mail: mail at watchdog.cz).
October 2–6     Strasbourg (France)
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will hold its autumn session. More.
October 2-6     Strasbourg (France)
Said-Emin Ibragimov, chairman of the NGO "Peace and Human Rights", will hold a five-day hungerstrike in front of the Council of Europe building during the autumn session of PACE against the fact that the Committee of Ministers has been ignoring PACE's recommendations on Chechnya. A rally will take place there on October 4, from 9.00 or 10.00 to 17.00. More.
October 3 - February 2007     New York (USA)
The International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE) of the New York-based Third Millennium Foundation will host a photo exhibition and event series on Chechnya, titled "Europe's Darkest Corner. Photographs from Chechnya 1994-2005". More.
October 5     Chechnya
Celebrations of the 30th birthday of Chechen strongman and Moscow-backed Premier Ramzan Kadyrov.
October 5     Grozny (Chechnya)
The reconstruction of the "Severny" airport should be completed and civilian flights should resume. More.
October 5     Grozny (Chechnya)
The Moscow-backed Chechen authorities will organize the Congress of the Peoples of the Chechen Republic, in which representatives of the peoples who live or used to live in Chechnya should take part. More.
October 7     Paris (France)
Studies Without Borders organize a cultural event called "Grozny on Seine" and dedicated to Chechen youth. The programme includes a photo exhibition by Stanley Green and Françoise Spiekermeier, presentation of the book "Dancing in ruins" by Milana Terloyeva, music and degustation of Chechen dishes. From 19.00 at Espace W - 44 rue Lepic. More.
October 9-20     Russia
Manfred Novak, the UN special raporteur on torture, will visit Russia. His planned trip comprises a visit to the Northern Caucasus, including Chechnya. More.
October 10-11     Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Germany.
October 10     Moscow (Russia)
A news conference on the return and re-integration of IDPs in the Northern Caucasus, with a presenation of a relevant report by Memorial and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. The event will take place at 13.00-15.00 at a place that will be specified later.
October 11     Rostov-on-Don (Russia)
The North Caucasus District Military Court should start new preliminary hearings on the Ulman Case, in which four members of special forces of Russian military intelligence were accused of killing six Chechen civilians in 2002. The hearings were first postponed from August 21 and then from October 3. More.
October 26     Russia
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will visit Russia.

Compiled by Prague Watchdog.

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