Forced migrants evicted from their homes in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/25/2007 6:55 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 24/6/2007 Forced migrants evicted from their homes in Chechnya The administration of the Oktiabrskiy District and power agencies of Chechnya have commenced compulsory eviction of forced migrants out of their homes, the Internet portal Kasparov.Ru informs with reference to the Prima.news.com. On June 21, representatives of the district administration arrived to the temporary residence facility (TRF) named "Okruzhnaya," located in the Oktiabrskiy District of Chechnya, and started, together with local power agencies, violent eviction of residents. The belongings of the TRF inhabitants were taken out into the street, and the rooms were sealed up. However, the reasons of the eviction are still unknown. According to eyewitnesses, two "Ikarus" buses and the trucks that arrived from the Urus-Martan District drove into the territory of the TRF; the TRF residents, registered in this district, were "suggested" to load up their things and leave the territory of ... >> full...
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Strasbourg condemns Russia again for murdering and torturing residents of Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/22/2007 8:43 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 21/6/2007 Strasbourg condemns Russia again for murdering and torturing residents of Chechnya The European Court for Human Rights has found Russia guilty of murders and tortures of Chechen residents. Today in Strasbourg, the RF (Russian Federation) authorities lost the case "Bitieva and Kh. versus Russia." The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the Human Rights Centre "Memorial," whose lawyers represented the applicants' interests at the European Court. According to the Court's decision, Russia breached the right to life (Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)) of the applicant Zura Bitieva and her relatives Ramzan Iduev, Idris Iduev and Abubakar Bitiev, and of inefficient investigation of the above persons' assassination (Article 13). The state was also found guilty of torturing Zura Bitieva (Article 3) and violation of her right to freedom and personal security (Article 5 of the ... >> full...
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN Nicknamesataney_b1 (Original Message) Sent: 6/22/2007 4:33 PM
Award for Politkovskaya
June 21, 2007
The National Press Club will honor slain investigative journalist Anna
Politkovskaya with the John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award.
In a statement Wednesday, the club's president, Jerry Zremski, singled
out Politkovskaya's reporting on the military's conduct in Chechnya
and said she deserved to be remembered for her "courage and commitment
to journalism." Politkovskaya will be honored at a July 16 ceremony in
Washington. (MT)
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Forced expulsion of refugees from Grozny
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/23/2007 2:20 AM 23.6.2007 07:59 MSK Forced expulsion of refugees from Grozny CHECHNYA, Groznyy. On June 21 at approximately 3:00 p.m., representatives of the regional administration, together with local authorities, began the forced expulsion of inhabitants of the Okryzhenya temporary facilities, located in the Octyabrsky District. The inhabitants’ things were thrown onto the street, and their accommodations were boarded up, reported the information center SNO. According to eyewitnesses, two "Kraus" trucks from the Urus-Martanovsk region entered the territory where the facility is located. It was “suggested” to the inhabitants that they gather their things and leave the camp territory. The forced migrants report that "siloviki" (military officers) ejected their things from their houses onto the street and behaved extremely aggressively. The attempts of the people to explain their position and to call on the "siloviki" not to undertake such actions were ignored. Almost all temporary migrants from camps ... >> full...
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Widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria are under pressure
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/23/2007 11:36 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 22/6/2007 Widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria are under pressure It has become known to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that officers of law enforcement bodies are exerting pressure on the widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria. Thus, on June 5, 2007, Zhanna Eristaeva, a resident of Nalchik and wife of the perished militant, was summoned to Interior Department (OVD) No. 2 for interrogation. She was asked about her family, her activities, places she visited and persons she met with. Then, the inspector took a photo camera, put her against the wall and made a full-face and a profile photos. Larissa Alakaeva, her mother-in-law, told later that the young woman was all in tears - from abuse and humiliation. To her question about the aim of photographing, the officer answered, "To start a file." "What is my guilt?" Zhanna Eristaeva asks. ... >> full...
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