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posted by zaina19 on May, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/17/2007 2:07 AM Rehabilitation The technical definition of the term “rehabilitation” is as follows: the restoration of lost rights and privileges, the restoration of civil rights for the future, and also the elimination of restrictions of rights connected with illegal ascription of criminal responsibility, the deprivation of freedoms, the improper conviction of innocent persons, and the illegal application of forcible means of a medical character. Beginning in 1987, Memorial conducted a struggle for the full rehabilitation of victims of political repression in the USSR. This included the public recognition of the innocent persons and a public apology to them from the state. The process of rehabilitation, barely begun in the Khrushchev era, was soon gradually halted. Social pressure brought about its resumption in substantial stages through the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in January 1989. After the collapse of the USSR, different laws and resolutions ... >> full...
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EU-Russian talks end in acrimony
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/18/2007 3:47 PM BBC NEWS EU-Russian talks end in acrimony Friday, 18 May 2007, 22:08 GMT 23:08 UK The leaders of the European Union and Russia have traded sharp criticism over human rights, at a summit that exposed the divisions between the two sides. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed alarm at the detention of activists intending to protest against the Russian government. Vladimir Putin retorted that Estonia's ethnic Russians were being persecuted. Correspondents said the exchanges just illustrated the souring mood between the EU and its eastern neighbour. There are a number of prickly issues between the two, including trade, energy supplies and Kosovo. In a break with previous practice, no joint declaration was prepared before the summit at Volzhsky Utyos government resort, near the Russian city of Samara. The Polish problem is a European problem. The Lithuanian and Estonian problems are also EU problems Jose Manuel Barroso European Commission chief If the atmosphere at the ... >> full...
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IHF: amnestied militants are persecuted in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/18/2007 3:58 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 17/5/2007 IHF: amnestied militants are persecuted in Chechnya Today, the International Helsinki Federation (IHF) has published its report "Amnestied Persons as Persecution Objects in Chechnya." It narrates the destiny of Chechen residents who were amnestied and then kidnapped, tortured and murdered. "The people released by amnesty and members of their families are the basic risk group from the viewpoint of human rights violations in Chechnya," Aaron Roads, IHF Executive Director, asserts. According to the IHF report, the "amnestied persons" and members of their families are the main victims of prosecution by power agencies. They are kidnapped and tortured (frequently with the aim to knockout confessions and fabricate a criminal case). In certain cases these people were murdered. On July 10, 2006, head of the FSB Nikolai Patrushev addressed militants on behalf of the Antiterrorist Committee of the Russian Federation with an appeal to lay ... >> full...
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European Court dismisses Russia's complaint on the case of Yandiev who disappeared in Chechnya in 2000
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/18/2007 4:02 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 17/5/2007 European Court dismisses Russia's complaint on the case of Yandiev who disappeared in Chechnya in 2000 The European Court for Human Rights has rejected the complaint of Russia on the case of Hadjimurat Yandiev who disappeared in Chechnya in 2000, the "Echo Moskvy" Radio reports with reference to the France Press. The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that Hadjimurat Yandiev was detained by federal forces early in February of 2000 in Alkhan-Kale when he was quitting Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, with a group of militants. In front of TV cameras of CNN and several Russian TV Channels General-Colonel Alexander Baranov subjected him to a severe interrogation and then ordered to kill him. Soldiers took Yandiev away, and nobody ever saw him again since. On July 27, 2006, the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that Russia had broken Yandiev's ... >> full...
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"Memorial": Kuznetsov is the first Chechnya's Public Prosecutor with whom we can cooperate
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/18/2007 4:06 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 17/5/2007 "Memorial": Kuznetsov is the first Chechnya's Public Prosecutor with whom we can cooperate After Valery Kuznetsov's appointment to the position of the Public Prosecutor of Chechnya, positive changes have been observed in investigation of the crimes committed by employees of Chechnya's power agencies. Natalia Estemirova, employee of the representative office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" in the capital of Chechnya, who is closely contacting the bodies of the Public Prosecutor's Office in her work, has explained this to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "I don't want to sing doxologies to Kuznetsov, but this is the person with whom we've started to cooperate. Contacts were impossible with Kravchenko or Chernov, when they were taking this post, the known human rights activist asserts. "For example, the case of Malika Soltaeva (last year she was humiliated by militiamen of Agrun town of Chechnya, - ... >> full...
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