Georgian digest: excerpts

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ANNOTATED DAILY HEADLINES OF THE GEORGIAN PRESS
 
Compiled by the Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and
Development (CIPDD)
 
Text: Tamara Shamil
English version: Guram Dumbadze
Editor: Emil Adelkhanov-Steinberg
 
April 19, 1999
 
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3. KURDS DEMANDING A RESPONSE

The Tbilisi office of the Cultural-Information Centre of Kurdistan
appeals to the human rights organisation IGFM-ISHR, claiming that on
March 20 Georgian authorities arrested the Kurd leader Abdulla
Ocalan's six supporters (including two women) for violation of the
passport regime and then extradited them to Turkey where all of them
were executed. The Centre asks the IGFM-ISHR to investigate the case
and states that its appeals to other organisations have yielded no
results.
Gea news agency. "Dilis Gazeti" No. 84, April 19, p. 2
 
4. THE ABKHAZ BARBARITY GOES ON

This year Abkhaz gunmen have killed 21 civilians, wounded 8 and robbed
4. They have burnt down about 100 houses in the Gali district of
Abkhazia and coercively drafted 10 Georgian residents into the Abkhaz
army.
Iprinda agency. "Dilis Gazeti" No. 84, April 19, p. 5
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April 23, 1999

1. THE ABKHAZ ACCUSING US ONCE AGAIN

According to Alexey Arshba, the head of the Security Service of the
Gali district of Abkhazia, a Georgian military detachment has entered
the safety zone and began to construct fortifications in the
neighbourhood of the village of Tkia, Zugdidi district. A special
four-party commission (Abkhazia, Georgia, UN and the Command of the
Russian Peacekeeping Force) visited the village on April 21 for
inspection.  
Kavkaz-press agency. "Dilis Gazeti" No. 88, April 23, p. 5

2. OZGAN: "EIGHT THOUSAND REFUGEES RETURNED TO GALI"

According to Constantine Ozgan, the First Deputy Prime Minister of
Abkhazia, 8 thousand Georgian refugees have returned to the Gali
district of Abkhazia since March 1.
Prime-News agency. "Akhali Taoba" No. 109, April 23, p. 5

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