Russia Criticizes U.S. Human Rights Report
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posted by zaina19 on March, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/13/2007 2:16 AM Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Russia Criticizes U.S. Human Rights Report By Steve Gutterman The Associated Press MOSCOW — Moscow on Friday criticized the U.S. State Department’s annual report on global human rights, saying its assessment of the situation in Russia was skewed, confrontational and aimed at furthering U.S. political interests. In a bitter statement that reflected persistent strains between the Cold War foes, the Foreign Ministry accused Washington of double standards and suggested the United States was preaching to the world while violating the its own citizens’ rights and rights of others across the globe. The report is “nonobjective, politicized and in many ways confrontational,” the statement said, claiming that it aims to lead a reader to “draw specific negative conclusions” about Russia and contains “skewed perceptions of the real situation, outdated information, intentional vagueness and citations of biased sources.” The statement did not mention any specific information in ... >> full...
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13.3.2007 00:30 MSK Moscow lawyers support Mikhail Trepashkin
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/13/2007 2:55 AM News agency PRIMA 13.3.2007 00:30 MSK Moscow lawyers support Mikhail Trepashkin Mikhail Trepashkin Mikhail Trepashkin RUSSIA, Moscow. The Legal Council of Moscow has expressed a decisive protest in connection with violations of citizens' rights in Russia to the director of the Federal Corrections Service in Russia, Yuri Kalinin in a document published on March 5 by the Public Committee in Defense of Mikhail Trepashkin and the All-Russian movement "For Human Rights ". The document noted in particular: "Trepashkin was sentenced in May 2005 on the doubtful charge of the storage and transportation of ammunition (one cartridge!) and the divulging of state secrets (communicating the surname of a KGB agent to his former chief in the FSB). This is a man who has a perfectly clean record, was as a Colonel of the FSB, has received awards from the government, is a father of five, and suffers severe chronic illness. ... >> full...
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A Russian opposition party says it will legally challenge rules barring parties from elections.
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/14/2007 12:58 AM
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Russian Party To Challenge Election Rules
Russia -- Belykh , Nikita, the leader of a party of Union of Right Forces, 23Jan2007
Nikita Belykh, speaking to RFE/RL in January
(RFE/RL)
March 13, 2007 -- A Russian opposition party says it will legally challenge rules barring parties from elections.
The Union of Rightist Forces (SPS) was disqualified from four of 13 races for regional legislatures before the country's March 11 local elections.
SPS leader Nikita Belykh said his party would go to the Constitutional Court to challenge rules that curb voters' freedom of choice.
Andrei Kosmynin, a spokesman for the liberal Yabloko party, said his party was considering a similar move.
(Reuters, Interfax)
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/03/5B410E4D-620C-43E6-A9CE-5DB13D7E8572.html
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Maskhadov's family asks religious leaders to help them to get his body out
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/12/2007 12:45 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 10/3/2007 Maskhadov's family asks religious leaders to help them to get his body out The family of the former president of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed on March 8, 2005, has addressed "the leaders of world confessions and good-will people" with a request to call the Russian authorities to give out Maskhadov's body to his relatives for burial, the "Echo Moskvy" Radio informs. We remind you that Russian authorities refuse to give Maskhadov's body out referring to the "law on terrorism." The application placed in the web site of Chechen separatists, where the widow and children of Maskhadov ask to call the Russian authorities to give out his body for burial, emphasizes that "Maskhadov had never been a terrorist." Maskhadov's family suggests that representatives of the world community should sign this application, emphasizing that "signatures cannot be interpreted in the political context." The ... >> full...
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/13/2007 1:14 AM
Letters Repression in Russia
Saturday March 10, 2007
Guardian
The death of yet another prominent Russian investigative journalist (Russian journalist who angered Russia's military falls to death, March 6) raises concern about the safety of all independent journalism in President Putin's Russia. Death threats are becoming the - sinister - everyday fare for any reporter in Russia who dares to probe sensitive topics.
For example, Oksana Chelysheva and Stanislav Dmitrievskii, two journalists who have sought to investigate human-rights abuses in Chechnya, have both been vilified and threatened. Their offices have been closed down under new repressive legislation and they fear for their lives and livelihoods.
Independent journalism in Russia is dying. If President Putin is to begin to revive it we need to see a proper investigation into Ivan Safronov's death, and the killers of other journalists like Anna Politkovskaya to be brought to justice.
Graham Jones
Amnesty International
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2030815,00.html#article_continue
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