Chechens face intimidation and torture, says UN
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/25/2006 4:28 AM Chechens face intimidation and torture, says UN By Andrew Osborn in Moscow Published: 25 February 2006 Chechnya is living in a climate of fear, devoid of the rule of law, where civilians disappear without trace and police torture is widespread, Louise Arbour, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights, said yesterday. Speaking after a visit to the region, Ms Arbour said she had "serious concerns" about the integrity of basic law enforcement institutions and warned there appeared to be no checks and balances on those in power. Her view of life in Chechnya contradicted that of President Vladimir Putin, who regularly claims the republic is getting back to normal after more than a decade of separatist war. Ms Arbour dismissed the assessment, saying allegations of police torture, intimidation, and disappearances were "credible" and serious changes were needed. "It is not credible to assume that people in Chechnya ... >> full...
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UN refugee commissioner's office to open in Moscow soon - Arbour
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/25/2006 1:03 PM
Feb 24 2006 5:47PM
UN refugee commissioner's office to open in Moscow soon - Arbour
MOSCOW. Feb 24 (Interfax) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said a representative of her office would be given a permanent posting to Moscow within the next several months.
Agreement on the Moscow office was reached during Arbour's last visit to Russia, she told a Friday press conference at Interfax.
It took a long time to find the candidate for the post, she said, noting that high interest in this position was raised in the world community.
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11469860
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Chechnya Needs to Eradicate Torture by Police, UN's Arbour Says
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/25/2006 1:10 PM Chechnya Needs to Eradicate Torture by Police, UN's Arbour Says Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Chechnya should do more to enforce the rule of law and eradicate the torture and intimidation that's commonplace in the breakaway Russian republic, said Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Russia has about 80,000 troops stationed in Chechnya, a republic in the North Caucasus, to battle rebels seeking to set up a separate Islamic state. Human rights organizations have raised concerned over the use of force against civilians. ``Two phenomena are particularly disturbing -- the predominant use of torture to extract confessions and information and the intimidation of those who make complaints against officials,'' Arbour told a press conference in Moscow today. Russian President Vladimir Putin is under pressure from the UN and western governments to clamp down on the misuse of power by police and soldiers in ... >> full...
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UN shocked by tales of rights abuses in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
rom: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/23/2006 6:39 AM Thursday, February 23, 2006 UN shocked by tales of rights abuses in Chechnya MOSCOW: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, said on Tuesday she was deeply disturbed by accounts of torture and kidnappings in Chechnya, where the Russian military has for over a decade been engaged in the bloody repression of militant separatists. Arbour said that while she did not underestimate the task facing the Russian forces in restoring order in the war-torn republic, she was deeply worried by reports from numerous human rights organisations of abuse at their hands, Russia news agencies reported. She made the comments during a meeting in the Chechen capital Grozny with the public prosecutor for the region, Valery Kuznetzov, the agencies said. Arbour cited accounts of civilians disappearing, interrogators using force to extract information and pressure being exerted on witnesses who ... >> full...
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Chechnya: Danish Ban Angers Locals
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/23/2006 3:26 PM Chechnya: Danish Ban Angers Locals 23-Feb-06 Consternation at Grozny government decision to stop work of Danish Refugee Council in Chechnya. By Luiza Zamayeva in Grozny (CRS No.328, 23-Feb-06) There has been condemnation of the decision by the Chechen government in Grozny to suspend the work of the Danish Refugee Council in the republic following the scandal over the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in the Danish press. Russian human rights groups and organisations helping those displaced by the conflict are alarmed by the move, saying the agency does vital humanitarian work in the region, which has benefited large numbers of local people. Moscow officials, who have responsibility for issues of cooperation with foreigners and non- governmental organisations, have not yet publicly commented on the Chechen decision, which was announced by the acting prime minister of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced the decision February 6. But in the first indication ... >> full...
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