Imprisoned NBP activists stage hunger strike
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posted by zaina19 on April, 2005 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/19/2005 2:51 AM Apr 18 2005 9:27PM Imprisoned NBP activists stage hunger strike
MOSCOW. April 18 (Interfax) - Seven activists from the Russian National Bolshevik Party, sentenced for taking over the Russian Health Ministry building last summer, have begun a hunger strike.
"The NBP activists demand that constitutional rights and human rights in Russia be observed. In addition, they demand that they be proclaimed political prisoners and that a real amnesty be announced in Russia, noting that the amnesty that is planned will only affect very few convicts," Dmitry Agranovsky, a lawyer for one of the activists, told Interfax on Monday.
"The hunger strike is not in any way related to the conditions the activists are being held in, in the Butyrskaya prison," Agranovsky said.
He said that the activists' defense is planning to send a appeal to the Moscow City Court's Presidium and the European Court on Human Rights.
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11271603
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/19/2005 1:14 PM 18.04.2005 Return to Grozny Pressured by Russian and Ingushetian authorities, many Chechen refugees in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia have headed back home. Today, there are only 34,000 refugees in Ingushetia. Just 18 months ago, there were 180,000. To respond to this new situation, MSF has decided to resume its programs in Chechnya. Denis Lemasson, program manager in the region, was in Grozny on February 11 and provides this account. Nazran (Ingushetia), February 10, 2005 — Based on the information we gathered, early that evening we decided to go to Grozny the next morning. We woke up early. In the fog, we crossed the famous Kavkaz checkpoint separating Ingushetia and Chechnya without any problems. We passed Russian tanks crawling at a snail’s pace, flanking mine clearing teams, and finally reached Grozny, in ruins. This is a city where one looks, hopelessly, for signs of rebuilding. It ... >> full...
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Chechen human rights organizations demand Aslan Maskhadov´s body for burial
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/20/2005 1:07 AM Chechen human rights organizations demand Aslan Maskhadov´s body for burial 19.04.2005 - 20:14:30 Chechen NGOs plan to appeal in open letters to the OSCE leadership and Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand that Aslan Maskhadov´s body be returned to his family for burial. Chechen human rights organizations demand Aslan Maskhadov´s body for burial Chechen NGOs plan to appeal in open letters to the OSCE leadership and Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand that Aslan Maskhadov´s body be returned to his family for burial. The human rights organizations also plan to start a campaign to collect signatures in support of this initiative; the signatures will be appended to the letters. The initiative was announced by representatives of Chechnya´s human rights and non governmental organizations at the Round Table which took place in Nazran on April 16. It will be recalled that according to the official version Aslan Maskhadov ... >> full...
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Chechen Refugees Return to Grozny
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/20/2005 1:44 AM Chechen Refugees Return to Grozny 2005-04-19 Pressured by Russian and Ingushetian authorities, many Chechen refugees in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia have headed back home. Today, there are only 34,000 refugees in Ingushetia. Just 18 months ago, there were 180,000. To respond to this new situation, MSF has decided to resume its programs in Chechnya. Denis Lemasson, program manager in the region, was in Grozny on February 11 and provides this account. By Denis Lemasson, MSF http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=14&par=2361 Nazran, Ingusheti - Based on the information we gathered, early that evening we decided to go to Grozny the next morning. We woke up early. In the fog, we crossed the famous Kavkaz checkpoint separating Ingushetia and Chechnya without any problems. We passed Russian tanks crawling at a snail's pace, flanking mine clearing teams, and finally reached Grozny, in ruins. This is a city where one looks, hopelessly, for signs of rebuilding. ... >> full...
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Russian court overturns acquittal of doctors accused of planning to kill patient for organs
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/20/2005 1:53 AM Pravda.RU:Russia:More in detail Russian court overturns acquittal of doctors accused of planning to kill patient for organs 17:55 2005-04-19 The Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the acquittal of four doctors charged with preparing to kill a critically ill patient to obtain organs for transplant. Court spokesman Pavel Odintsov said the court agreed with prosecutors who said the Moscow City Court acquittal was "unlawful and unfounded." He said the city court would hold a new trial with new judges. The charges stemmed from the death of a 51-year-old man who was brought to a Moscow hospital in April 2003 with a severe head injury. Police later found him lying outside the intensive care ward with doctors having prepared for the removal of his kidneys, even though he still had a heartbeat and a pulse, according to Russian news reports. Prosecutors had asked the court to sentence two ... >> full...
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