Russia should be held to account over human rights abuses
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/11/2006 1:05 AM Russia should be held to account over human rights abuses European leaders must ensure that Chechnya torture victims can receive justice It is refreshing to hear of a European head of state challenging another over domestic human rights issues. When German chancellor Angela Merkel tackled Russia's president Vladimir Putin over Chechnya and new legislation restricting the work of NGOs in Russia, the Guardian contrasted her forthright position with that of her predecessor, Gerhard Schrцder, who was said to have "refrained from saying anything critical to Mr Putin" (Merkel challenges Putin on human rights, January 17). Such reluctance to criticise was a theme of a report last December by Rudolf Bindig to the Council of Europe. Bindig's report records that serious human rights violations occur in Chechnya "on a massive scale" - including murder, disappearances, torture, hostage-taking and arbitrary detention. His report expresses deep concern over ... >> full...
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Russia-France summit must spotlight NGO protection condemn Kremlin's assault on civil society
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/10/2006 11:27 PM 10.2.2006 20:14 MSK Russia-France summit must spotlight NGO protection condemn Kremlin's assault on civil society RUSSIA, Moscow. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin should use his February 14-15 visit to Moscow to signal France's alarm over Russia's rollback on civil and political freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, De Villepin should highlight concern about the new Russian law on nongovernmental organizations and the increasingly hostile environment for Russia's civil society. «De Villepin should make clear that France will not remain silent as the Russian government dismantles civil society," said Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director for Human Rights Watch. "He should emphasize that this issue is of global concern and that it will remain on the top of the Franco-Russian agenda». Human Rights Watch called on France to take the lead in pursuing a policy toward Russia that prioritizes respect for human rights, ... >> full...
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Trial of FSB building picketers did not take place
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/10/2006 11:30 PM 3.2.2006 15:31 MSK Trial of FSB building picketers did not take place RUSSIA, Moscow. On February 2nd, the trial of those detained on February 1st for picketing the FSB building did not take place, as the documentatio on their detention was not delivered to the court. 18 picketers were detained by the police because they, in the opinion of the administration of the central region of Moscow, broke the rules for conducting demonstrations. Elena Ryabinina, one of the participants in the protest action, told a correspondent of PRIMA-News that those detained in the previous days picketing went to the Meshansky Court in Moscow on February 2nd, but since the documentation was not delivered on time, they left. On February 1st, in Lubyanka Square in Moscow, representatives of Russian human rights organizations conducted a protest action against provocations and slanders directed against them by the authorities and, ... >> full...
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Mikhail Trepashkin sent into isolation again
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/10/2006 11:33 PM 3.2.2006 15:20 MSK Mikhail Trepashkin sent into isolation again Mikhail Trepashkin Mikhail Trepashkin RUSSIA, Lower Tagil, Sverdlovsk Region. On February 1st, attorney Mikhail Trepashkin, being held in the Lower Tagil Penal Colony, was sent into isolation. He was accused of using unprintable expressions in a conversation with the attorney who was brought to Trepashkin in response to his complaints. As Elena Lipster, Trepashkin’s attorney, reported to a correspondent of PRIMA-News, her client denies the charge. He said that in the building where he spoke with the representative of the Sverdlovsk provincial procuratorship, they were alone. But in the adjacent room were prisoners in the process of having their sentences lightened and therefore, according to Trepashkin, dependent on the administration. The charge of using unprintable expressions was based on their evidence. Trepashkin is serving a sentence on the charge of divulging state secrets, a charge which human rights activists ... >> full...
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Nongovernmental organizations demand resignation Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov
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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: 2/10/2006 11:40 PM 31.1.2006 13:42 MSK Nongovernmental organizations demand resignation Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov RUSSIA, Moscow. The coalition of non-government organizations "For Democratic Alternative Civil Service" issued a statement on January 30th in connection with the crime committed in the Chelyabinsk tank school, as a result of which Private Andrey Sychev was severely injured. The coalition’s statement read "Nongovernmental organizations demand the immediate establishment of public control of the situation concerning human rights in the army… The monstrous crime in the Chelyabinsk tank school at the beginning of January of 2006 is far from being the only scandalous act of violence involving soldiers, including attacks on their honor, humiliation, and outrages imposed on them by senior officers. Crimes against the troops are regular ... >> full...
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