Bad news for wanted Russian expatriates in London
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/4/2006 5:32 AM RIA Novosti Bad news for wanted Russian expatriates in London 03/07/2006 11:01 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Vladimir Simonov) Hoping to succeed where his predecessor Vladimir Ustinov failed, new Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika has launched an effort to have scores of London-based Russian criminal suspects extradited. To find out why extradition cases have failed one after another, Chaika has deployed a joint team of experts to London. Prosecutors, Justice Ministry officials, and diplomats will meet with attorneys from England and Wales to analyze the cases of individuals included on Russian and sometimes Interpol wanted lists. The experts have been thoroughly briefed and given instructions to either find out exactly what kind of evidence British courts need to uphold extradition requests, or - if some fault is found with British judicial procedures, which is also possible - ask the courts to resume the hearings in a way ... >> full...
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British Journalist Jeopardizes Russia's Security?
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/4/2006 9:45 AM PanARMENIAN.Net Source: PanARMENIAN.Net URL: http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=18704 Date: 04.07.2006 15:27 GMT+04:00 British Journalist Jeopardizes Russia's Security? /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia rejected to grant entry visa to Thomas de Waal, the Caucasus editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). The Russian Foreign Ministry made a reference to the law, which prohibits foreigners to enter the state if it’s necessary for the national security. As Thomas de Waal said in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the rejection of visa is to all appearance conditioned by his engagement in the investigation of the Chechen problem for a long time. “Yes, I have written a book titled “Chechnya. Calamity in the Caucasus” but it was 10 years ago. May be I was refused a visa because I was a witness at the process of Ahmed Zakayev’s extradition. But 3 years have passed since that time. Russia ... >> full...
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UK reporter barred from Russia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/3/2006 12:30 PM 3/7/2006 2:07:36 PM ( Source: Reuters) UK reporter barred from Russia By Oliver Bullough MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has refused a visa to a British journalist well-known for his coverage of Chechnya and the turbulent Caucasus, citing the needs of "state security". Thomas de Waal, who has previously worked in Moscow for the English-language Moscow Times, the BBC and the Times, said on Monday he had been due to attend the presentation of a Russian version of his book on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. But the Federal Migration Service refused him a visa. The service was not available for comment on Monday but in its letter refusing the application, which was obtained by Reuters, it cited a 1996 law that says a visa can be refused "in the aims of securing state security". De Waal said he had cooperated with Russian officials in the past on Nagorno-Karabakh, a South Caucasus ... >> full...
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In Ulan-Ude, participants detained in picketing against dissolution of Buryat autonomous regions
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/3/2006 1:35 PM 30.6.2006 16:34 MSK In Ulan-Ude, participants detained in picketing against dissolution of Buryat autonomous regions RUSSIA, Republic of Buryatiya, Ulan-Ude. On June 29th, in Ulan-Ude, participants were detained in a picketing action against the joining of two Buryat autonomous regions with the Irkutsk and Chita provinces. The picketing was held next to the building of the Buryat Drama Theater, where the All Buryat Congress was being held with Buryat representatives from various regions of the republic, Russian cities, and abroad. According to Dorzho Dugarov, journalist from www.buryat-mongolia.info, and member of the human rights group "Erkhe", some of those detained were taken to the Soviet ROVD in Ulan-Ude. Dorzho Dugarov, Nikolai Tsyrempilov, Dorzh Tsybikdorzhiyev, and Radzhana Dugarova were accused there of disturbances of the social order while picketing. Among these "disturbances" were "flying the flag of the Republic of Buryatiya" and "shouting". The picketing was timed ... >> full...
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Chechen Refugees Fear Eviction
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/30/2006 1:07 PM 30-June-06 Chechen Refugees Fear Eviction People displaced by Chechnya’s conflicts face being moved on yet again as officials hurry to close refugee centres. By Laila Baisultanova in Grozny (CRS No. 346, 30-June-06) For the last three years, 72-year-old Khava Bumbarova has lived in one room in a temporary accommodation centre in the Chechen capital Grozny. “I live in a room three metres by four,” said the old woman, smiling faintly. “You can only fit two beds in, as you can see, and a bowl for washing.” Bumbarova’s room has only the barest furnishings - two iron beds with identical Red Cross blankets, a small table and some makeshift shelves - and lacks basic washing and toilet facilities. Now, Bumbarova faces losing this temporary refuge in Grozny’s Koltsov Street. The internally displaced persons, IDPs, who live there have been told to move out by July 1 because the building is ... >> full...
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