Chechnya allots 47 million roubles for search of missing people
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2007 7:18 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 25/7/2007 Chechnya allots 47 million roubles for search of missing people Under the order of the leader of the Republic, about 50 million roubles have been allotted from the Republic's budget to the machinery of the Ombudsman in Chechnya for search of missing people. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from a source in the machinery of the President and Government of the Republic. The money will be spent to purchase of a special laboratory for human remains identifications and train the specialists. "In the opinion of a number of experts, some of the citizens who are regarded as missing could have been killed, and their remains are in burial places, where the persons were buried whose personalities could not be identified," the official explained. "The purchase of the equipment for a special laboratory will enable to solve the problem at ... >> full...
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NGO employee convicted in Volgograd for using non-licensed software
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2007 7:20 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 25/7/2007 NGO employee convicted in Volgograd for using non-licensed software The Krasnooktiabrskiy District Court has sentences an employee of the non-commercial organization "Citizens - Foundation for Support of Public Initiatives," a Volgograd resident of 23, for illegal use of copyright objects. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of the Volgograd Region that the young man "in November 2004 installed, without concluding a respective contract with the copyright owner, to the hard disk of his personal computer the legal system 'Garant-Strojmaximum. Practice of VAS regions, network multi-user version 5.5,' the retail cost of which at the official company's dealer was 260,640 roubles." The above citizen used the installed legal system both for his personal needs and for his professional duties at the non-commercial organization. The defendant has been sentenced to the conditional punishment in the form ... >> full...
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This year, over 300 persons fell victim of racist attacks in Russia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2007 7:27 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 26/7/2007 This year, over 300 persons fell victim of racist attacks in Russia "From the beginning of 2007, 36 persons were killed and 268 others wounded as a result of racist attacks," Galina Kozhevnikova, deputy director of the "Sova" Analytical Centre, has said today. According to her story, this year national-enmity-motivated attacks have been registered in 31 regions. Among the "leaders" are Moscow, St-Petersburg and Nizhni Novgorod. "This year in Moscow 24 persons perished and 113 others suffered as a result of racist attacks. In St-Petersburg four persons were lost and 64 others wounded. Nizhni Novgorod has 34 victims," Ms Kozhevnikova said. According to the data of the "Sova" Centre, quoted by the "Interfax," in 2007 Russia has also witnessed more frequent cases of vandalism. Most often, acts of vandalism are committed against Jewish objects (11 cases) and objects of Protestants of various ... >> full...
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Russia to pay out 130,000 euros for murder of Musaev brothers in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2007 7:36 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 26/7/2007 Russia to pay out 130,000 euros for murder of Musaev brothers in Chechnya The European Court for Human Rights has announced today its verdict on the case of kidnapping and murder of Ali and Umar Musaev, residents of the Chechen village of Gekhi, committed allegedly by Russian militaries. The Internet site of the Court informs that Russia will have to pay out 130,000 euros to Ali's widow and parents of the victims as compensation of moral harm, and also to cover the judicial expenses. The Strasbourg Judges have unanimously recognized the violation by Russian authorities of Article 2 (right to live), Article 5 (illegal arrest) and Article 13 (right for effective means of legal defence) of the European Convention on Human ... >> full...
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Prosecutor's Office wants to stop "Pravo-Zaschita" and lock up Dmitrievskiy
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2007 7:54 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 27/7/2007 Prosecutor's Office wants to stop "Pravo-Zaschita" and lock up Dmitrievskiy On July 30, the Court of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region will consider the claim of the Regional Prosecutor's Office on liquidation of the "Pravo-Zaschita" (Human Rights Defence) newspaper, the editor-in-chief of which and head of the public organization "Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship" Stanislav Dmitrievskiy was convicted in February 2006 for kindling national enmity, the press service of the Regional Branch of "The Other Russia" has informed. The judicial claim was lodged on May 31 by Vladimir Tkachov, Regional Prosecutor Deputy, the "Gazeta.Ru" informs. Mr Tkachov has stated that publications in the "Pravo-Zaschita" newspaper "created a real threat of breaching the constitutional human and citizen's rights and freedoms, to public safety, society and the state." "The Other Russia" has also informed that on July 25 Mr Dmitrievskiy, when having appeared at the criminally-executive ... >> full...
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