Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has forbidden parents to represent perished Moslems at court
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2006 11:56 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 28/11/2006 Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has forbidden parents to represent perished Moslems at court The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria has cancelled the decision of the Nalchik City Court on recognition of parents of perished Moslems to be their lawful representatives at court. The Supreme Court has referred to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), which has no notion of "a representative of a deceased person." Making comments on the decision of the Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, advocate Larissa Dorogova, who represented the interests of the parents of perished Moslems, said: "This decision in relation to those perished cancels the defence institute. There is judiciary practice that close relatives may represent non-material rights of deceased persons, i.e. their honour and dignity. Besides, the above CCP and the Constitution stipulate that nobody shall be pled guilty otherwise that by a court verdict. The ... >> full...
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”Down with Elections without Choice!”
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2006 2:09 PM 30.11.2006 09:28 MSK ”Down with Elections without Choice!” RUSSIA, Moscow. On November 23 a protest was held against the abolition of minimum turnout requirements for elections and the against the banning of criticism of candidates during election campaigns. Youth Yabloko leader Ilya Yashin and Da! (Yes!) movement coordinator Maria Gaidar used mountain climbing equipment to hang a ten-meter-long sign from Bolshoi Kamenny Bridge with a message for the Kremlin. “Give elections back to the people, scum!” The Russian State Duma passed the amendments to elections law that were the subject of that unauthorized protest on November 17. According to the press service of the Yabloko Party, about 20 Youth Yabloko members chanted “Russia without Putin” and “Down with elections without choice” on Sofiiskaya Embankment in Moscow. Protesters handed out a statement signed by Yashin and Gaidar entitled “Give elections back to the people, scum!” which reads in ... >> full...
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This Year 143 People Were Kidnapped in Chechnya, 54 of Whom Have Disappeared
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2006 2:12 PM 30.11.2006 09:32 MSK This Year 143 People Were Kidnapped in Chechnya, 54 of Whom Have Disappeared RUSSIA, Moscow. This year 143 People have been kidnapped in Chechnya, 54 of whom have disappeared and the bodies of eight others have been found with evidence of torture and violent death, the Memorial Human Rights Center reports. All told, Memorial has records of 1804 kidnappings, in which 986 of the victims have disappeared completely and 181 of them were later found dead. In the report published by Memorial and the International Federation for Human Rights entitled “Torture in Chechnya: ‘Stabilization’ of a Nightmare,” it is noted that that organization’s monitoring covers 25-30 percent of the territory of Chechnya. The real number of the kidnapped and murdered is much larger. The circumstances under which those people disappeared – the use of armored vehicles, the unimpeded movement of the kidnappers through ... >> full...
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Poisoned Defector warns Putin From Beyond Grave
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/24/2006 6:52 AM Poisoned Defector warns Putin From Beyond Grave Publication time: Today at 17:12 Djokhar time Walter Litvinenko , father of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is escorted by a policeman to the main entrance to University College London Hospital after speaking to the media about his son's death, Friday Nov. 24, 2006. Alexander Litvinenko a former Russian spy died Nov. 23 at the hospital of suspected poisoning. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Russian Defector Alexander Litvinenko accused Putin of his murder from beyond the grave on Friday, in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital. "You have shown yourself to have no respect for life, liberty or any civilized value. You have shown yourself to be unworthy of your office, to be unworthy of the trust of civilized men and women," Litvinenko said. "You may succeed in silencing one man. ... >> full...
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U.N. Panel Cites Abuses in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/26/2006 12:05 AM Publication time: 25 November 2006, 21:05 A U.N. anti-torture panel said Friday it had credible reports of unofficial detention centers, abuse and disappearances in Russia's restive southern province of Chechnya. In a 12-page report on Russian compliance with a global ban on prisoner abuse, the U.N. Committee Against Torture said it had "reliable reports of unofficial places of detention in the North Caucasus," where security forces are trying to quell Muslim separatists. The committee, comprised of 10 independent experts, said it had learned of "allegations that those detained in such facilities face torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment." Russian officials have disputed abuse accusations in the past. The U.N. committee's report also highlighted "numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations that abductions and enforced disappearances" in Chechnya were carried out by government officials or with their consent and that perpetrators went unpunished. The incidents were linked with anti-terrorism operations, ... >> full...
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