posted by zaina19 on July, 2005 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/31/2005 9:25 AM 29/7/2005 Chechnya struck with TB Chechnya's health professionals are concerned about a dramatic increase in the number of people with lung diseases. More than 18,000 people are registered to have tuberculosis in Chechnya presently, according to the republican Health Ministry's information. This figure continues to grow. "The number of people with TB in the republic has grown significantly over the past few years. This figure is 18,000 according to official information alone. About 3,000 are children. As a matter of fact, the figure is much higher. After all, one person with TB can infect several dozen people. The trouble is also that we have no conditions and opportunities to carry out preventive activities, reveal this disease in early stages, and so on, because there is no required base, including technical," a worker with the republican Health Ministry told Caucasian Knot's correspondent in an interview. "The war-stricken republic ... >> full...
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Briefly: European panel puts pressure on Russia
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2005 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: 6/25/2005 12:23 PM The International Herald Tribune Briefly: European panel puts pressure on Russia The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 European panel puts pressure on Russia STRASBOURG: The Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly urged Russia on Wednesday to formally abolish the death penalty, withdraw its troops from Moldova and prosecute those responsible for human rights breaches, notably in Chechnya. In a resolution, the assembly, which includes representatives from each of the Council's 46 member states, also called on Russia to strengthen its judiciary and improve its co-operation with the European Court of Human Rights. The abolition of the death penalty and respect for other states' territorial integrity are two key conditions for membership in the Council of Europe, the continent's top human rights body, which Russia ... >> full...
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“The psychological effects of torture are most serious…the worst scars are in the mind…“
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/25/2005 6:27 PM 24-06-2005 Audio Collection “The psychological effects of torture are most serious…the worst scars are in the mind…“ Audio interview with the ICRC's medical coordinator for health in detention, Hernan Reyes. none type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> <LINK href="/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/js/60-General-JscriptBody" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> ICRC photo On the occasion of the United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26), Hernan Reyes, the ICRC's medical coordinator for health in detention, talks about the ICRC's work in favour of those suffering torture and ill-treatment. 1 In your experience, what is the value of ICRC medical visits to detainees who have gone through torture or ill-treatment? type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> 2 How have the methods of torture and ill-treatment evolved during the last 30 to 40 years? Duration 1min 23 sec MP3 download 1.2MB RealMedia stream 16-32Kbs 3 Has the mobilization against torture been successful in diminishing its practice or, on the contrary, are we experiencing an erosion of its prohibition? type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> 3 ... >> full...
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Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federatio
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/27/2005 6:56 AM PACE REPORT CONDEMNS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 27.06.2005 - 00:00:12 PACE REPORT CONDEMNS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, DEMANDS ACTION FOR CHECHNYA Resolution 1455 (2005) June 22, 2005 ´´With regard to the conflict in the Chechen Republic, comply with the recommendations contained in Resolution 1403 (2004) and notably take effective action to put an immediate end to the ongoing ´´disappearances,´´ torture, arbitrary detentions, incommunicado detention in illegal and secret detention facilities, and unlawful killings...´´ PACE rapporteurs on Russia Rudolf Bindig and David Atkinson harshly criticized Moscow for a perceived lack of compliance with the commitment to human rights it made along with membership in 1995. The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg called on Russia to bring to justice those responsible for human rights violations in Chechnya in a resolution passed on 22 June, 2005 according to a statement on the assembly´s website (http://assembly.coe.int). The PACE resolution specifically: Honouring of obligations and commitments ... >> full...
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Tax agency targeting human rights group
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/1/2005 10:55 AM 21/6/2005 Tax agency targeting human rights group Serious tax claims have been put forward against the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) that works on Chechnya problems, says Izvestia newspaper. Having done an audit, the tax agency came to a conclusion that the RCFS was to pay an additional 1 million roubles as a profit tax on foreign grants which it received to fund its activities. The RCFS must pay 1,001,651 roubles as a profit tax and penalties for three years (2002-2004) according to the report on the audit the Nizhny Novgorod Federal Tax Service did. The FTS considered it a violation that no taxes were paid on grants received from the National Endowment for Democracy and the European Commission because neither organisation features on the list of tax-exempt donors approved by the Russian government's decree No 923 of 24 December 2002, RCFS leader Stanislav Dmitriyevskii told Izvestia. He ... >> full...
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