Betraying human rights in Russia
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/13/2007 7:10 AM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Betraying human rights in Russia By Allison Gill, published in Público Moscow - When he was here last week, Prime Minister Jose Socrates told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that there would be no more European Union moralizing about Russia’s human rights record, saying that “no one should claim to lecture anyone else" [“ninguém pretenda dar lições a ninguém"]. This was a victory for Putin’s increasingly authoritarian policies, a terrible blow to Russia’s besieged civil society, and a bad omen for Portugal’s upcoming presidency of the European Union. As Russia has become more assertive in international affairs, thanks in large measure to its lock on gas exports to the European Union, it has become increasingly petulant in response to the rare foreign expressions of concern about its worsening human rights situation. At the same time, the Kremlin has adopted more repressive measures at home ... >> full...
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Teacher ceases to teach children the Russian language because of police beating
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/12/2007 1:08 AM June 8th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev Teacher ceases to teach children the Russian language because of police beating By Ruslan Isayev CHECHNYA - A teacher of Russian language and literature from the mountain village of Benoy-Vedeno has told President Putin in a letter that he is ceasing to teach children the language. Alavdi Akhmatov felt he had no option but to write such a letter because of what happened to him in an incident in early May in neighbouring Dagestan, near the Chechen border. During his visit to Dagestan he was badly beaten without any reason by local police in the village of Tukhchar in the Novolaksky district. His wife and children who were present in the car were also subjected to taunts and mockery. Only by a happy chance was he able to escape from the clutches of the ... >> full...
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Russia responds to European Court on the case of non-giving out militants' bodies for burial in Kabardino-Balkaria
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/11/2007 1:13 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 6/6/2007 Russia responds to European Court on the case of non-giving out militants' bodies for burial in Kabardino-Balkaria "The bodies of 95 militants who perished in the events on October 13, 2005, in Kabardino-Balkaria were cremated on June 22, 2006," runs the answer of V. Milinchuk, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court for Human Rights, to the Memorandum of the European Court on the complaint "Sabanchieva et al versus Russian Federation." It follows from the answer that the criminal prosecution of "the members of the criminal community" has been stopped in connection with their death, and notifications have been sent to the relatives on impossibility of giving out their bodies with reference to the respective legislation. As to the conditions the bodies were kept in, the answer runs that "because of a great number of casualties... it was not possible ... >> full...
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Vladimir Pribylovsky's apartment searched
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/6/2007 12:38 PM 1.6.2007 20:57 MSK Vladimir Pribylovsky's apartment searched Vladimir Pribylovsky Vladimir Pribylovsky RUSSIA, Moscow. On May 31, officers of the Moscow procuratorship conducted a search of the apartment of Vladimir Pribylovsky - pamphleteer and President of the Information- Research Center "Panorama". Officially, the search was connected with the investigation of a criminal case concerning information leaks from law-enforcement agencies. On February 14, 2007, the procuratorship filed a criminal case concerning the publication by Vladimir Pribylovsky on the Internet site anticompromat.ru of the text of a witness interview in the investigation of the murder of the former Chief of the Moscow UFSB, General Anatoly Trofimov. The investigation is attempting to establish the source of the information leak. Pribylovsky is considered to be a witness. The search began at 11:00 am and ended at 1:40 pm. The search warrant indicated that it was conducted for the purpose of taking materials and ... >> full...
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Marina Litvinovich detained in St. Petersburg
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/6/2007 12:40 PM 6.6.2007 08:42 MSK Marina Litvinovich detained in St. Petersburg RUSSIA, Saint Petersburg. On the morning of June 4, in St. Petersburg, at Moscow Station, Gary Kasparov's assistant, Marina Litvinovich, was detained and taken to a police station, reported Executive Director of the United Civil Front (OGF) Denis Bilunov. According to Litvinovich, she was locked in her sleeping compartment an hour prior to the arrival of the train from Moscow. She was told she was on a " list for detention as an active participant in the March of Dissenters". Litvinovich was later released. She had gone to St. Petersburg to testify in court on an administrative matter relating to the Petersburg "March of Dissenters" and Denis Bilunov. He was accused of "cursing in a public place". "My detention means that participation in the March of Dissenters protest actions is being treated as a crime by law-enforcement agencies ... >> full...
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