Russia Suspends At Least 96 Foreign NGOs
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/19/2006 2:01 PM
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Russia Suspends At Least 96 Foreign NGOs
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(RFE/RL)
October 19, 2006 -- Russia has forced at least 96 foreign nongovernmental organizations to suspend their operations.
The reason given is that authorities were unable to process their registration papers before the October 18 deadline set in a new law.
(Interfax, AP)
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/10/A3C0301C-C5CD-4E38-BAEF-5C234B2B712B.html
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Rights groups stopped in Russia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/19/2006 6:04 PM Rights groups stopped in Russia by Thursday 19 October 2006 2:33 PM GMT Agencies must produce a large number of documents to register Leading foreign humanitarian groups have suspended work in Russia after failing a registration deadline under a controversial new law they say will allow the Kremlin to intrude in their work. Alison Gill, New York-based Human Rights Watch's Moscow chief, said: "We're allowed to go into our offices to pay our electricity bills, but we can't do anything concerning our work. We've suspended our work as of today." The re-registration deadline expired on October 18 and involved almost impossible levels of paperwork. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, said the law was needed to combat terrorism and stop foreign spies using non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as cover. Critics say it gives ... >> full...
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In Ingushetia, demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya broken up by authorities
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/17/2006 6:22 PM 17.10.2006 20:38 MSK In Ingushetia, demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya broken up by authorities RUSSIA, Ingushetia, Nazran. On October 16, in the center of Nazran, a demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya was broken up by authorities. Colleagues of the human rights center "Memorial", Albert Khantygov, Fatima Yandiyeva, Zoya Muradova Zarema Mukusheva, and Magomed Mutsolgov, Chairman of “Mashr” (the Public Association of Relatives of the Disappeared) were detained. "Memorial" worker Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya’s nose was broken. The human rights center "Memorial" reports that on October 16, in Nazran and in Groznyy, it organized demonstrations in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in Moscow on October 7. The organizers informed the local authorities in advance about the forthcoming demonstrations. The demonstration in the center of Groznyy occurred from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. The local authorities made no effort to prevent it. There wasn’t even an increase ... >> full...
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Two activists of the "Defense" organization detained
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/17/2006 6:28 PM 17.10.2006 20:30 MSK Two activists of the "Defense" organization detained RUSSIA, Moscow. On October 15, in Smolensky Square in Moscow, near the MID building, a demonstration was held against the expanded anti-Georgian campaign in Russia. The demonstration’s slogan was "End the hysterics!” The action was organized by the Russian Youth Movement "Defense", the People's Democratic Union of Young People and the Moscow SPS. According to the "Defense", press-service, several people participated in the demonstration, expressing their disagreement with the actions of the authorities who are spreading xenophobia throughout Russian society. Participants in the action held posters reading:" No Georgians means no problems?", "Putin on Xachapuri", etc. Several participants in pro-Kremlin youth organizations tried to break up the action. Some of them were robed in sheets bearing ... >> full...
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Russian Police Raid Of Environmental Watchdog
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/18/2006 7:07 AM Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Russian Police Raid Of Environmental Watchdog Russia – Energy – Construction of a pipeline being built as part of the Sakhalin-2 project in the Zubrovy nature reserve, Sakhalin, Russian Far East, 29Sep2006 Construction of a pipeline being built as part of the Sakhalin-2 project in the Zubrovy nature reserve (TASS) October 18, 2006 -- Russian police officers searched the offices of the country's environmental watchdog today. Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor), told the Interfax news agency that the agents inspected documents in the accounting offices. "Financial documents regarding business trips taken by our staff members are in fact being confiscated from our accounts department now," he said. He added that the investigators "have the right to do it. The only thing that upsets us that it concerns those staff members who took part in our most ... >> full...
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