Putin: Russian ready for int'l co-op in human rights
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/24/2006 12:36 AM Putin: Russian ready for int'l co-op in human rights www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-24 06:33:21 MOSCOW, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed on Thursday his country's readiness for international cooperation in defending human rights. "We believe it is the state that bears prime responsibility forthe observance of human rights, but we also attach great significance to cooperation on these issues on the international arena and to the activities of international organizations, above all the UN," Putin said at the meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. The meeting followed Arbour's five-day trip to the northern Caucasus, where she visited the southern regions of Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia. Putin said he would like to exchange opinions about human rights situations in the regions she visited, as well as in the country on the whole and in the world. Foreign Minister ... >> full...
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Russia’s Muslims Angered by Discriminatory Ads
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/24/2006 1:13 AM Image by MosNews.com Image by MosNews.com Russia’s Muslims Angered by Discriminatory Ads 26.12.2005 Claire Bigg RFE/RL The Muslim Spiritual Directorate of the Republic of Karelia, in northwest Russia, complained to local prosecutors last month. They said two circulars in the region published ads offering homes for rent to Russians only. Such discriminatory ads, they protested, offend their dignity and are illegal. A group of Muslims in St. Petersburg is preparing a similar complaint. Both groups have threatened to bombard courts with lawsuits if prosecutors fail to take action. In the Russian language, the word “Russian,” or “russkii,” refers to one’s ethnicity rather than to one’s citizenship — a person holding a Russian passport is defined as “rossiiskii”. Nafigulla Ashirov, the supreme mufti of the Asian part of Russia, told RFE/RL he strongly backed the complaints. “Such advertisements have, indeed, a racist character that is absolutely unacceptable in a multi-ethnic, multi-confessional country,” Ashirov said. ... >> full...
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Russia: UN Human Rights Chief Says 'Climate Of Fear' Prevails In Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/24/2006 2:12 PM Friday, 24 February 2006 Russia: UN Human Rights Chief Says 'Climate Of Fear' Prevails In Chechnya UN - Arbour, Louise, Canadian, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at a meeting with rights groups in the Nazran office of Memorial, 20 Feb. 2006 Arbour meeting with representatives of the Memorial human rights group in Nazran on 20 February (RFE/RL) Louise Arbour, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has spent the week (20-24 February) on a tour of Russia's North Caucasus region, making stops in Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Beslan, North Ossetia, the site of the 2004 school hostage crisis. Speaking today in Moscow, Arbour said her discussions touched on a "multitude" of human rights issues like forced migration, torture, and the pervasive "climate of fear" prevailing in the region, particularly in war-torn Chechnya. PRAGUE, 24 February 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Arbour's remarks come at the end of a rare ... >> full...
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Putin Tells UN's Arbour Not To Politicize Human Rights
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/24/2006 2:16 PM Thursday, 23 February 2006 Putin Tells UN's Arbour Not To Politicize Human Rights Russia -- Vladimir Putin (R) invites the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour (L) to start their talks in Moscow's Kremlin, 23 Feb. 2006 President Vladimir Putin (right) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met at the Kremlin today (epa) 23 February 2006 -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met today in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin told Arbour that Russia was committed to working together with international organizations on human-rights issues. But he reportedly cautioned her not to allow the UN to politicize rights issues. Arbour has spent several days traveling through Russia's troubled North Caucasus region to examine the human-rights situation in the country. She met with refugees in Ingushetia and visited Chechnya, where she expressed concern over accounts of abuse by Russian forces. She ... >> full...
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LIFE / KOMMERSANT Rubricated Docs, FEBRUARY 24, 2006
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/24/2006 2:51 PM LIFE / KOMMERSANT Rubricated Docs, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 Open Gallery... A woman looks at the drawing of a person painted on the road near the embassy of Uzbekistan in Kiev, Ukraine, to protest against the capital punishment. Photo: Ivan Chernichkin 2/3 Russians Call for Reviving Capital Punishment Most Russians regard the capital punishment as the necessary sanction that should be preserved in laws and applied in case of need, said sociologists of the Public Opinion Foundation after studying the results of All-Russia's poll. The poll was held in mid.-February, covered 100 population centers of 44 regions, districts and republics of Russia and lured 1,500 respondents. According to the poll, 74 percent of Russians regard the capital punishment basically admissible, while 15 percent oppose this sentence. Each tenth respondent failed to answer the question. Two thirds of respondents (63 percent) think Russia should revive the capital punishment. This action is ... >> full...
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