HUNDREDS OF CHECHENS FILE SUIT IN STRASBOURG
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posted by zaina19 on January, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/9/2006 1:28 PM HUNDREDS OF CHECHENS FILE SUIT IN STRASBOURG January 06, 2006 Citing the Swiss newspaper Schaffhauser Nachrichten, Kavkazky Uzel reported on December 30 that around 200 complaints from Chechens concerning crimes committed by Russian troops, including torture, kidnapping, extra-judicial arrests and murders, have been filed with the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg. According to the website, the fact that Chechens continue to file complaints with the Strasbourg court knowing that this could make them targets of security forces testifies to a worsening of the situation in Chechnya. The website also reported that Chechens who have filed complaints in Strasbourg may have to wait years for verdicts, given that only 25 Russian lawyers are working at the court and usually reject complaints filed by Chechens. The complaints are generally taken up only three years after they are filed and verdicts are handed down a ... >> full...
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Program to support Siberia's indigenous ethnic groups kicks off
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/9/2006 3:33 PM RIA Novosti Program to support Siberia's indigenous ethnic groups kicks off 09/01/2006 11:54 IRKUTSK, January 9 (RIA Novosti, Alexander Batalin) - A program to support the indigenous ethnic groups in Siberia has started to be implemented in the Irkutsk Region, the local administration said Monday. "The program is designed, above all, to protect the historical environment of the indigenous peoples and support their traditional occupations - reindeer breeding, fishing, and hunting," a local official said. This will help cut unemployment, which has hit 18%, Nikolai Yakovchenko said. Improving medical aid to the indigenous people who live sparsely in remote areas is one of the highlights of the program. "Education standards also have to be raised to allow local young people enter universities," Nikolai Yakovchenko said. The local authorities have allocated around 28 million rubles (more than $970,000) for activities in 2006, whereas the program was drafted for the period ... >> full...
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Relative seeks formal admission that Nicholas II was unjustly killed
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/9/2006 3:41 PM Descendant of last czar pushes Russia to admit mistake Relative seeks formal admission that Nicholas II was unjustly killed By GRAEME SMITH Monday, January 9, 2006 Posted at 4:57 AM EST From Monday's Globe and Mail Yekaterinburg, Russia — On the face of it, Maria Romanova's legal application to Russian prosecutors might seem straightforward. As the self-described head of the surviving family of Nicholas II, Russia's last czar, Ms. Romanova wants rehabilitation for her ancestors, according to her lawyer. Under Russian law, this would mean a formal admission that Nicholas II was unjustly killed along with his wife, children and attendants after revolution swept away Russia's monarchy. Boris Yeltsin went far beyond such recognition during his term as Russian president, apologizing for the killings and describing the incident as one of the most shameful chapters of Russian history. The Russian Orthodox Church went even further, canonizing the family as ... >> full...
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Merkel concerned about democracy
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/9/2006 11:59 PM Merkel concerned about democracy Sunday January 08, 2006 BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern over the development of democracy in Russia in an interview released on Saturday, taking a decidedly cooler stance toward Moscow than her predecessor. "We can’t transfer our idea of democracy" to Russia, Merkel told Der Spiegel weekly in an early release of its Monday edition. "At the same time, I confess there are developments that I view as cause for concern, for example the new law against non-governmental organisations." Merkel’s comments come in the wake of the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, which saw a brief drop in natural gas deliveries to Germany and a week before she is to pay her first visit to President Vladimir Putin since taking office on Nov. 22. Yet such remarks show she is pursuing a different tack in German-Russian relations than her predecessor, ... >> full...
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"The disease without diagnosis"
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/5/2006 5:29 AM January, 03, 2006 "The disease without diagnosis" Zaurbek Galaev, for CHECHENPRESS, 03.01.06 The method of the "end of war in Chechnya", used by the Kremlin, seemingly, extended also to medicine. Probably, in the Kremlin they decided: As it possible, after arranging information blockade around Chechnya, to declare three years ago about the end of war, then why do not we use so advanced method in the fight with the unknown disease? They first devised the suitable diagnosis of mysterious disease - "mass psychosis, which is transmitted through the information!?". (Based on the logic of occupiers, neither in Afghanistan nor in Iraq nor moreover in Palestine must be children at all). Then they devised not less savage solution of problem - to forbid the propagation of information about the disease. However, the result appeared on the second day. Except for the information about quantity of those discharged ... >> full...
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