European Court Sanctions Russia
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posted by zaina19 on March, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2006 6:44 AM Thursday, 02 March 2006 European Court Sanctions Russia Russia -- Putin Plaintiff Valentina Andreievna Dolkgova was arrested in December 2004 at a Moscow rally against President Vladmir Putin (file photo) (CTK) March 2, 2006 -- The European Court of Human Rights today found Russia guilty on two counts of illegal imprisonment, and ordered it to pay damages to a Kazakh banker and an opponent of President Vladimir Putin. The banker, Lev Alexandrovich Nakhmanovich was extradited from Switzerland to Russia in 1997 on suspicion of embezzlement and held for three years. In 2004 charges against him were dropped. The court found that nearly a year of his imprisonment had been without legal foundation and ordered Moscow to pay him $21,000. Valentina Andreievna Dolkgova was arrested in December 2004 after taking part in an anti-Putin rally in Moscow. She was held in provisional detention until her trial in December 2005, when she was ... >> full...
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Vakhid Murdashev kidnapped from "Chernokozovo" isolation unit
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
7.3.2006 14:18 MSK Vakhid Murdashev kidnapped from "Chernokozovo" isolation unit Vakhid Murdashev Vakhid Murdashev CHECHNYA, Naursky Region. On March 2nd, Vakhid Murdashev, sentenced to 15 years, and present when President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Aslan Maskadov, was kidnapped by unknown men in a helicopter from the "Chernokozovo" isolation unit. Murdashev’s defense attorney Bey-Ali Elmurzayev, addressed an urgent telegram to the Chairman of the Supreme Court and Procurator-General of Russia concerning Murdashev’s appearance. The attorney sent a copy of the telegram on March 4th, to the Chechen National Rescue Committee (CHKNS). "We fear for his life and health. We request you to take urgent measures to determine his location and return him to the isolation unit. Murdashev turns to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation", writes Elmurzayev. CHKNS states that on February 25th, the Europe Human Rights Commissioner, Alvaro Hill-Robles visited the "Chernokozovo" isolation unit in the Naursky Region of Chechnya. There he became ... >> full...
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Louise Arbur: In Chechen Republic they often torture and kidnap people
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/1/2006 11:35 AM Louise Arbur: In Chechen Republic they often torture and kidnap people 27.2.2006 The United Nations Supreme commissioner on human rights Louise Arbur declared at the press conference in Moscow that in Chechen Republic transition from authority of force to the legal society had not been carried out yet. Arbur informed that she had visited three republics of Northern Caucasus - Chechen Republic, Ingushetia, and Northern Ossetia. She also met the president of Russia Vladimir Putin, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, visited Moscow and St.-Petersburg. As to Chechen Republic the commissioner admitted that in the republic there are available attributes of restoration, both of the material infrastructure, and the public institutes. Nevertheless, as she said, for the present there are too many infringements of human rights and, the most terrible, they widely commit tortures and continue to kidnap people. Louise Arbur noted ... >> full...
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Arbour addresses Russia's new NGO law
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/25/2006 4:16 AM 15:36 GMT, Feb 24, 2006 Arbour addresses Russia's new NGO law MOSCOW. Feb 24 (Interfax) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said the recently passed Russian bill on nongovernmental organizations [NGOs] is still a concern. There are still several areas - NGO registration and their tax accounting - where the law lacks clarity, Arbour said on Friday at a press conference at the Interfax central office. The question is how the new law will be applied in practice, she said. The law comes into effect in April. The general understanding is that everything will depend on how the law is applied, Arbour said. It will be monitored very carefully both in Russia and abroad, she added. If the law is applied with certain constraints, it will not seriously hinder the work of the NGOs, she said. ... >> full...
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UN to help establish rule of law in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/25/2006 4:22 AM UN to help establish rule of law in Chechnya www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-25 06:52:33 MOSCOW, Feb. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations' human rights body will help establish the rule of law in Chechnya, the United Nations' top human rights official said on Friday. "There is no question that the federal authorities are seized with this issue ... I have offered the support and expertise of myoffice in these efforts," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told a press conference, the Interfax news agency reported. During her visit to Russia, Arbour traveled to the Caucasus regions of Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia. A long-awaited reconstruction process is underway in Chechnya, Arbour said. Arbour welcomed the establishment of Chechnya's political institutions and emphasized the transfer of power to local authorities. Meanwhile, she noted problems in Chechnya's law enforcement agencies and unofficial units. Arbour said ... >> full...
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