The Association of Chechens in Belgium has protested against the illegal detention of Said-Magomed Khachukayev and urged international, public and human rights organizations to interfere and do everything possible for the detainee's immediate discharge.

Amnesty International is concerned that the Russian authorities have not given sufficient guarantees that the principle of voluntary return as well as the integrity and dignity of the IDPs will be respected.

The human rights defender raised deep concern about the future of the Southern Caucasus as gross breaches of democracy took place in all the three countries of the region.

A round-table discussion on migration policy issues took place in Stavropol on the basis of the Stavropol Agrarian University on October 6.

Antuan Arakelyan, a human rights activist from the "Strategy" center, said, "I went to several election districts and perhaps 50-60% of people voted, but surely not 80%."

In the opinion of the former special representative of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria President Aslan Maskhadov, there is no ground to speak about a radical turn in the situation in Chechnya and the arrangement of peaceful life while peace talks between the belligerents are not started.

According to the data of the Chechen election commission, over 80% of the constituents voted for the republic's head Akhmad Kadyrov in the elections last Sunday.

"In such a way Azerbaijanians living outside of the republic want to support, as far as possible, those who suffered as a result of the Karabakh conflict," stressed Organization for Karabakh Liberation Chairman Akif Nagi.

Presidential elections in Chechnya excite only inhabitants of the plains of the republic. This is an opinion of Hoj-Akhmed Nukhayev, a former field commander wanted by federal services.

About 100 people participated in the conference, including Turkish parliament deputies, Aslan Maskhadov's official representatives, activists of the international organization "Human Rights Watch", journalists of Turkish TV agencies, radio stations and papers, and Chechen journalists.

Independent observers and representatives of other Chechen presidential contenders allege there were no "voters' high activity" and the results of the voting were falsified. According to some data, there were polling stations in Grozny which were visited only by several people in the whole day.

According to the words of Aleksandr Goldfarb, the purpose of the delivery of these disks is to remind the European Establishment that the most terrible barbarities in Europe since the World War II take place in Chechnya before everyone's eyes.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told it in his interview to the National Television of Armenia.

The leaders of the European Union stress they will support all arrangements that may contribute to the restoration of peace in Chechnya.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Armenia Robert Kocharian attended the congress. Outstanding political and public figures of Russia, Armenia and other countries of the world where members of the Armenian Diaspora live are among the guests of the congress.

U. Baisayev (a member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial", Nazran, an author of the book), D. Grushkin (a member of the Human Rights Center "Memorial", Moscow, an author of the book), O. Orlov (council chairman of the Human Rights Center "Memorial"), V. Shenderovich (a writer and publicist) will be participants in the presentation.

The fact that Malik Saidullayev had been deprived of his registration as candidate for the post of the president of Chechnya also influenced his decision as he thinks it was done "for far-fetched reasons with a gross violation of the Russian law".

The total number of claims dismissed by the Moscow City Court has reached 33.

According to the preliminary results, acting president of the republic Akhmad Kadyrov won the largest amount of the vote in the elections of the president of Chechnya. Chechen Central Election Commission Chairman Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov told it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The directors of enlightening and human rights projects: Svetlana Gannushkina, Arseny Roginsky, Grigory Shvedov, Aleksandr Cherkasov, and Irina Scherbakova will represent "Memorial".