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posted by zaina19 on June, 2005 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/8/2005 12:24 PM 7/6/2005 War hits children More than 5,000 children in Chechnya need artificial limbs, having suffered because of explosive devices, says the Chechen newspaper Groznenskii Rabochii. The feature claims there are more than 0.5 million explosive devices across Chechnya, according to official information. Ten thousand people have been killed or disabled by bombs and landmines since the beginning of the first Chechen campaign, according to the newspaper's information. The parents of most disabled children cannot afford even a Russian-made artificial limb which costs up to 15,000 roubles, the features says, according to Interfax. "Blown up small shepherds, young mowers, schoolchildren who on weekends change pens for woodcutter's axes are the sad statistics of our time," notes Groznenskii Rabochii. "Experts think people are off their guard because of the present relatively peaceful stage, as it is often forgotten than mine warfare continues much longer than the usual one with its ... >> full...
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Committee to Promote Legitimate Human Rights
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/9/2005 12:08 PM Committee to Promote Legitimate Human Rights Contacts: 414000, Astrakhan, Lenina 8/20 Phone: 8-8512-229370 E-mail: gigeufq@mail.astranet.ru Leader: Gladyshev, Viacheslav Vladimirovich Brief info: The organisation handles human rights issues in the Astrakhan region. The organisation was established in 1994 on the initiative of a group of citizens. The organisation's objectives include facilitation of the legal protection of citizens, the study of causes and conditions contributing to civil and human rights violations, education of citizens in the area of human rights, and creation of conditions for the development of civil society. Its everyday activities are: * Legal sponsorship - legal assistance to citizens (legal advice, court proceedings); * Attraction and education of law students (a legal clinic); * Monitoring of elections to the Russian Duma and local and municipal government (1999-2000); * In association with the Eurasia Foundation, a research study of the condition of NGOs in the Astrakhan region and their interaction with ... >> full...
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OSCE Urges Stronger Laws Against Racism
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/9/2005 12:52 PM OSCE Urges Stronger Laws Against Racism <GRAPHIC />Vienna, 9 June 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) yesterday urged governments to enforce stronger legislation against any form of racism or discrimination. OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel, who is also the Slovenian foreign minister, said it was not enough to criticize aggressive nationalism, hatred of foreigners or religious and ethnic hatred. He said governments must introduce strong laws and enforce them. Rupel was speaking at a conference on discrimination in Europe organized by the OSCE in the Spanish city of Cordoba. He said Europe was becoming more multicultural as it expanded and there was a growing need for more for integration and the protection of minorities. The conference, which ends today, is focusing on religious discrimination including both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim propaganda. It is also discussing racism in the Balkans and other parts ... >> full...
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About 5000 children of Ichkeria became invalids because of mines of the Russian terrorists
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/10/2005 4:30 AM June, 10, 2005 About 5000 children of Ichkeria became invalids because of mines of the Russian terrorists In the Chechen Republic more than 5000 children need prosthetics, Interfax informs about it. Also it is informed, that in the territory Russian gangs scattered about half a million explosives and since the beginning of the first Russo-Chechen war in the republic 10 (!) thousand children have been lost or become cripples only because of mine-explosive traumas. And, according to the official data, the total number of victims, lost from hands of the terrorists from Russia , is 42 000 of only children. Parents of the majority of children-invalids cannot buy even a Russian artificial limb, which costs about 15 thousand roubles, the "Interfax" informs. As it has been informed earlier, only for the last days in the Gudermes region, having blown up on a mine, two teenagers, who ... >> full...
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Germany has doomed a Chechen family to death
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/10/2005 2:23 PM Germany has doomed a Chechen family to death As the "Kavkaz Center" informs, for several months the family of Rizvan Usaev, a native of the village Starye Atagi, lived in Germany pending for the status of political refugees. However the German authorities refused the Chechens in it, having declared, that nothing threatened them in the Chechen Republic , so they could not count on the corresponding status in Germany . As a result they were extradited from the country and were compelled to return to the Chechen Republic . In several days after returning, in the end of May, the head of the family Rizvan Usaev was kidnapped from his own house by armed Kadyrov's supporters. Usaev's relatives do not know, where he is, applications to the occupational structures have given no result. About 5000 children of Ichkeria became invalids because of mines of the ... >> full...
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