Russian Police Detain Opposition Leader Garry Kasparov, Scores Of Activists
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posted by zaina19 on April, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/14/2007 9:17 AM Saturday, April 14, 2007 Russian Police Detain Opposition Leader Garry Kasparov, Scores Of Activists Russia - Mikhail Kasianov, 14Apr2007 Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at rally site in Moscow today (RFE/RL) MOSCOW, April 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russian police detained more than 100 anti-Kremlin activists today in a bid to stop an unauthorized opposition rally in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reported. Among those detained was Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion and a leader of Other Russia. The opposition political bloc, which is critical of the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says it is using peaceful pressure in an attempt to persuade the authorities to hold free and fair elections next year. Police and OMON special forces moved to break up the unauthorized rally before it began, but their detention of Kasparov looks certain to provide publicity for Russian opposition efforts. Police Pull No Punches MORE: Coverage in Russian ... >> full...
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Honorable Members of the Olympic Committee
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
SOCHI: LAND OF GENOCIDE SOCHI: LAND OF GENOCIDE Honorable Members of the Olympic Committee You could recently appreciate the preparations and promises of the town of Sochi, candidate for hosting the 2014 winter Olympic Games. During your visit, you must have been surely able to travel without any infringement to admire the natural beauty of that region. That is very lucky of you, because it is not the case for a great number of inhabitants of Caucasus where Sochi is situated. Those who want to travel to a nearby district where they are not registered need a special permit which may take up to 7 days to get! When USSR collapsed in 1991, all those nations that got away from it could find a certain freedom of movement, except for Caucasians. Their situation as hostages of Kremlin got worse and worse each year. Unfortunately, they cannot even hope that the possibility of Olympic Games' ... >> full...
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European Court of Human Rights finds Russia guilty in disappearance of man in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/12/2007 5:08 AM 11.4.2007 12:47 MSK European Court of Human Rights finds Russia guilty in disappearance of man in Chechnya FRANCE, Strasbourg. On April 5, the European Court of Human Rights, in the matter of "Baysayev vs. Russia", has found Russia guilty in the disappearance and death of 61-year-old inhabitant of Chechnya, Shahid Baysayev. The court decisively condemned the practice of disappearances of people in Chechnya and the tolerance of authorities with respect to this situation. As reported by the organization "Legal Initiative in Russia", which gives legal aid to victims of violations of human rights in the North Caucasus and represented Asmart Baysayeva (Baysayev's wife), the European Court examined the detention and disappearance of Shahid Baysayev during a “cleansing" operation carried out by Russian police (OMON) in the village of Podgorny in Chechnya, in March 2000. The OMON unit had sustained losses in a random skirmish and was ... >> full...
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Russian soldiers disappear and perish
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/12/2007 5:12 AM 11.4.2007 12:52 MSK Russian soldiers disappear and perish RUSSIA, Saint Petersburg. On April 4, the mother of soldier Pavel Kozyrev turned for help to the organization "Soldier's Mothers of Saint Petersburg". Her son disappeared from his unit in Pushkin. According to commanders, Pavel was missing at the evening roll call on March 13. He was born in the Murmansk region, and does not know the city of St. Petersburg, noted the "Soldier's Mothers of Saint Petersburg". On April 3, the mother of Vasily Sardyko came to the organization for help. Her son served in the Air Defense Unit in the settlement of Gostilitsy in the Lomonosovsky region of the Lenoblast. On April 1, a commander called her and told her that her son had left at 6 in the morning. They called again and accused the soldier of the theft of 14 thousand rubles, allegedly ... >> full...
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Tver: natives of Chechnya sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/12/2007 4:28 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 10/4/2007 Tver: natives of Chechnya sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment Today, the Tver Regional Court has condemned two Chechnya natives to 13 years in jail each. The main convict - Bislan Badalov - was found guilty of organizing a criminal group, kidnappings, extortions with use of violence and robberies. Advocate Abusupyan Gaitaev, Mr. Badalov's defence, has told about it to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot." Badalov's accomplices - Alexander Ivanov and Nikolai Uglanov, residents of the city of Udomlya of Tver Region, and Khasambek Ahmetkhanov - have been found guilty of being members of the criminal group and accessories to the crimes organized by Badalov. The former two were sentenced to 12 and 11 years of corrective camp accordingly, while Ahmetkhanov, who comes from the same locality in Chechnya as Badalov, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, since ... >> full...
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