Criminal case filed against "Live Journal" writer
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posted by zaina19 on April, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/16/2007 11:14 AM 16.4.2007 20:44 MSK Criminal case filed against "Live Journal" writer RUSSIA, Syktyvkar. Live Journal participant and musician Savva Terenteva has been charged in a criminal case under St. 282 of the criminal code for "…the excitation of hatred or hostility, and the humiliation of human dignity" for writing the following on ZHZH (Live Journal) on February 14: "Cops and robbers are one and the same. It would be good if bad cops were periodically burned in Stefansky Square ". St. 282 refers to "…the excitation of hatred or hostility, and the humiliation of human of dignity of an individual or group of persons according to ethnicity, race, nationality, language, origin, religion, or any social group, in mass media". On March 16, Terenteva's apartment was searched and her computer was taken. On April 11, the organization "Legal Team" reported that she had to sign a non-departure agreement ... >> full...
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Mufti of Adygea is against repatriates' participation in religious activity
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/16/2007 11:53 AM Mufti of Adygea is against repatriates' participation in religious activity Publication time: 15 April 2007, 12:44 "Adygeis-repatriates should not be religion servants in Adygea and take post if imams, Nurbij Emizh, Mufti of Adygea and Krasnodar Territory, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. In his words, "they are of different mentality." "This statement (...) contradicts both the Russian legislation and the norms of Islam and universal norms," Ramadan Tsei, one of repatriates with higher religious education who has tensions with Emizh, said in his talk with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "Under the Russian law, the Adygeis who live abroad have the right to return to their historical homeland and get engaged in any legitimate activity. If a repatriate has religious education, where else can he find employment outside the religious sphere? However, Mr. Emizh wouldn't agree to this. Why? Because whoever of repatriates becomes a religion ... >> full...
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White House Blasts Russian Authorities for Demonstrations Breakdown
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/17/2007 1:50 AM Photo from visitingdc.com Photo from visitingdc.com White House Blasts Russian Authorities for Demonstrations Breakdown 17.04.2007 MosNews The White House Monday sharply criticized Russian officials for their handling of weekend protests, the UPI news agency reports. Authorities in St. Petersburg detained scores of individuals after protesters engaged in a March of Dissent rally Sunday, just a day after a similar protest in Moscow led to the arrests of 250, including Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov. We are deeply disturbed by the heavy-handed manner in which this weekend’s demonstrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg were broken up by the authorities and by an emerging pattern of use of excessive force by the authorities in reaction to similar events, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. Perino said she doesn’t think President Bush has expressed his opinion directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin yet, but Perino said Bush would urge the Russian government ... >> full...
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Germany Condemns Russian Police Action at Weekend Anti-Putin Rallies
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/17/2007 1:57 AM Photo from Lenta.ru Photo from Lenta.ru Germany Condemns Russian Police Action at Weekend Anti-Putin Rallies 16.04.2007 MosNews Berlin — The German government has condemned Russian police use of ’excessive force’ to break up weekend protests against the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the DPA press agency reported on Monday. A total of 350 demonstrators, including a representative of Germany’s public TV, were briefly arrested in the protests which took place in Moscow on Saturday and the nation’s second biggest city, St Petersburg on Sunday. A German government spokesman Thomas Steg said that the ’excessive use of force’ by Russian security officials had been a cause for concern. In particular, Steg said that action against members of the media had been ’unacceptable’ with the German Embassy in Moscow protesting about the detention of accredited journalists. The German government expects a ’comprehensive statement’ from the Russian side explaining the circumstances surrounding the ... >> full...
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/14/2007 8:58 AM Protest march in Russia Publication time: Today at 17:18 Djokhar time Russian police detained at least 170 people, including chess champion Garry Kasparov, today as they snuffed out an attempt by opponents of President Vladimir Putin to protest near the Kremlin. Activists had planned to gather at a city center square about one km (half a mile) from the Kremlin to protest at what they say is Putin's trampling of democratic freedoms and demand a fair vote to choose a new president in 2008. Teams of riot police, acting on a ruling from the city authorities banning the protest, pounced on protesters as they appeared in small groups near the square and swiftly loaded them into buses. "The authorities are afraid of their own citizens and they do not want citizens to influence what is happening in the country," Mikhail Kasyanov, a leader of the Other Russia ... >> full...
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