Public Chamber criticises amendments to NGO legislation
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posted by zaina19 on December, 2005 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/26/2005 1:56 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 23/12/2005 Public Chamber criticises amendments to NGO legislation The new, significantly improved version of the law on non-profit-making organisations contains a number of drawbacks, members of the Public Chamber of Russia think. The new version of the bill allows of many proposals meeting requirements to the nation's present-day public life, the Chamber's statement notes. Moreover, the very concept of the bill actually changed by the second reading, RIA Novosti reports. Even so, some of the bills' provisions will "actually lead to the establishment of a new, powerful bureaucratic machine," says the document. Public Chamber members see one of the main flaws of the new version of the bill in the provision on annual inspections of public associations and non-profit-making organisations by a regulatory agency which is yet to be established. Igor Yakovenko, Secretary General of the Journalists Union of Russia, has also criticised the ... >> full...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/26/2005 2:24 AM Racism suspected in Russian stabbings African student killed, second wounded near St. Petersburg dorm Lax prosecution is fuelling hate crimes, rights activists say Dec. 26, 2005. 01:00 AM IRINA TITOVA ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—An African student was stabbed to death and another was seriously wounded in separate attacks that Russian prosecutors called likely hate crimes. The students were assaulted on the same street as they walked from the subway to their university dormitory Saturday night, law-enforcement officials and a student group said yesterday. In the first incident, attackers slashed a student who managed to escape, said Aliu Dumkara, head of African Unity, an advocacy group for African students in St. Petersburg. He said the injured student was either from Zambia or Kenya. In the second attack about two hours later, a Cameroonian student was stabbed and killed, Dumkara said. A Namibian friend ran away uninjured, he said. Police offered few ... >> full...
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Gang Attacks African Students in Russia on Christmas Eve, One Killed
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/26/2005 10:26 AM Photo from www.newsru.com Photo from www.newsru.com Gang Attacks African Students in Russia on Christmas Eve, One Killed Created: 25.12.2005 11:44 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:02 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1135584160)); </SCRIPT> , 2 hours 22 minutes ago MosNews A Cameroonian student of a Russian university was killed and another received severe injuries in St. Petersburg on Saturday night, news agencies reported Sunday. Several Cameroonians were walking to their hostel when they were attacked by about 10 men. One of the students died of a throat wound, another was rushed to hospital in a severe condition, the press service of the local Interior Ministry department told Interfax. The murdered student only arrived in Russia two months ago for his higher education program. Law-enforcement agencies are investigating the incident, but no criminal proceedings have been launched so far. Racial hatred is among the versions being looked at. Foreign students in St. Petersburg are considering holding ... >> full...
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Over 70 die from hypothermia in Moscow this winter
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/26/2005 2:37 AM Dec 26 2005 1:23PM Over 70 die from hypothermia in Moscow this winter
MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) - Seventy-one people have died of hypothermia in Moscow this winter, a source in the city medical emergency service told Interfax on Monday.
Ten dies from hypothermia last week, the source said.
The first deaths from hypothermia in Moscow occurred in late October.
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11441097
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An Open Letter to the Russian Public and the International Community from the relatives of the 13 individuals convicted of the raid on Ingushetia during the night of 21-22 June 2004
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2005 as Human Rights
CAUCASIAN KNOT / ANALYTICS An Open Letter to the Russian Public and the International Community from the relatives of the 13 individuals convicted of the raid on Ingushetia during the night of 21-22 June 2004 We, the relatives and close family of the thirteen individuals charged with the raid on Ingushetia during the night of 21-22 June 2004 and convicted on 3 August 2005 by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ingushetia [1], appeal to the Russian Public and international Community to put an end to unlawful treatment and arbitrariness which are being carried out on our relatives. Despite the fact that the majority of those convicted did not take part in the crimes of which they are accused, which can be proved by a large amount of documentary evidence, to our amazement all of them were found guilty. There are also, amongst those convicted, people who did not know what form ... >> full...
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