Russian Terror in the Mountains of Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on December, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/19/2006 12:45 PM Russian Terror in the Mountains of Chechnya Publication time: 17 December 2006, 16:09 High in the mountains of Chechnya, on the border with Dagestan and Georgia, the Sharoi district used to be one of the most peaceful in the country. This is the most inaccessible parts of Chechnya, with narrow paths threading along cliffs and rivers winding below. Bears and wolves come out of the thick forests to attack cattle. The occasional houses, perched on high ground, are situated far from one another and only the villages of Sharoi and Kiri contain a dozen houses grouped together. During the first Russian-Chechen War of 1994-6, the fighting did not reach here. But as the Russian aggression that re-started in 1999 has ebbed, Russian terrorism has actually increased in the Sharoi district. Since 2004 men in masks have been bursting into our houses and taking people away," said Tumisha, ... >> full...
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Russian constitution emasculated
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 2:58 AM 13.12.2006 20:15 MSK Russian constitution emasculated RUSSIA, St Petersburg. On 12 December, on Russian Constitution Day in St Petersburg in Dvortsova Square the “Defence” political movement acquainted the people of St Petersburg with the Constitution as it has become during the period of rule of the current President. Activists of the movement handed out to passers-by a brochure entitled “Pu…-version of the Constitution” containing blank pages. This demonstration symbolically demonstrates that today the contents of the fundamental document of the state do not carry any weight – the constitution has simply become a book cover, nobody is interested in the text within and nobody takes account of it, said “Defence”. On 12 December the first action by the Kemerovsk branch of “Defence” took place. The demonstration in the centre of the city, near the post office, went ahead under the slogan “The Constitution defends your rights ... >> full...
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Office of the United Civil Front searched
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:01 AM 13.12.2006 20:17 MSK Office of the United Civil Front searched RTVI" hspace=5 src="http://www.prima-news.ru/upimg/m_37279.jpg" width=252 align=left vspace=3 border=1> RTVI RUSSIA, Moscow. On 12 December a search was conducted by members of the FSB and the Interior Ministry in the office of the United Civil Front in Moscow. At about 14:00 hours around 15 policemen and people wearing civilian clothes entered the premises of the United Civil Front. Several of those who entered were armed. They did not show their identification and conducted themselves in a rude manner, shouting abuse and threatening to break down the door. Members of the internet site “Kasparov.Ru” told PRIMA-News’s correspondent that only after persistent demands from members of the United Civil Front did the police show a warrant to search the premises. The warrant indicated that the search was being conducted on the grounds of a “suspicion of extremist activity”. Members of the ... >> full...
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Picket in support of Mikhail Trepashkin
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:06 AM 18.12.2006 13:53 MSK Picket in support of Mikhail Trepashkin RUSSIA, Moscow. On 15 December representatives of the all-Russian movement “For Human Rights”, the Committee for anti-war protests, the Antiwar Club and the Russian Movement for the Independence of Chechnya picketed the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments (FSIN) in Moscow with the aim of supporting the political prisoner Mikhail Trepashkin and to focus the attention of the FSIN on the unacceptability of human rights abuses, fabricating charges and breaking the law. Participants in the demonstration, of whom there were about 20, held portraits of Trepashkin with the title “Political prisoner of Russia”, a portrait of Aleksandr Litvinenko with the title “Who ordered the poisoning of Aleksandr Litvinenko (author of the investigative piece “Did the FSB bomb Russia?)”, and placards: “free the lawyer Trepashkin!”, “Not providing medical aid is the most cynical of crimes!”, “Obey ... >> full...
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Nationalists and populists participate in the “March of the Dissenters”
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:14 AM 19.12.2006 12:25 MSK Nationalists and populists participate in the “March of the Dissenters” RUSSIA, Moscow. “…We do not consider it right to formulate the aim of the united democratic March of the Dissenters as a struggle with those who “control the market and the purse-strings”, ..it is the “hero of privatization”. The slogans founded on populism and with a clear nationalistic tone, such as those which are in the manifesto “March…”, must not become the uniting slogans of the democratic opposition”, announced Russian human rights activists on the 16 December. The executive director of the movement “For Human Rights”, Lev Ponomarev, the coordinator of the movement “We”, Roman Dobrokhotov, the representative of the Anti-war Club, Mikhail Kriger and the president of the Youth human rights movement, Andrei Yurov in their announcement noted, in particular, that “We, the undersigned, consider ourselves as supporters of democracy and ... >> full...
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