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ISLAM IN RUSSIA
28.11.2005 - 00:49:06

ANTI-ISLAM REPRESSIONS ESCALATING IN RUSSIAN REGIONS.
On 19 October police in Ulyanovsk Oblast arrested a group of Muslims belonging to the Tablig organization and held them for one day without charges.

On 19 October police in Ulyanovsk Oblast arrested a group of Muslims belonging to the Tablig organization and held them for one day without charges.

They were severely beaten and then ordered to leave the oblast within one day.

The official Spiritual Administration of the Volga Muslims invited the group to visit Ulyanovsk from Samara, according to the administration's press service.

They sought to instill tolerance among local Muslims, hoping to reduce the level of tension in society during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Passions were strong in the oblast following the 13 October assault on Nalchik, in which armed groups attacked law enforcement agencies in the republican capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The authorities have blamed the attacks on "Islamic extremists" and ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/1/2005 3:55 AM

A Russian soldier guards a polling station in the village of Gorsky in Chechnya, Nov. 27, 2005 / Photo: AFP

A Russian soldier guards a polling station in the village of Gorsky in Chechnya, Nov. 27, 2005 / Photo: AFP
British Foreign Office Protests Deportation of Rights Lawyer From Russia

Created: 01.12.2005 10:50 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:17 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1133425028)); </SCRIPT> , 3 hours 34 minutes ago

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The British Foreign Office has protested to Russia about the deportation of a leading British human rights lawyer on his way to observe the politically sensitive trial of Stanislav Dmitrievsky, a director of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, The Guardian reported.

The decision to detain Professor Bill Bowring at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and then expel him has raised fears that contacts with other Russian civil liberties groups may also be targeted.

Professor Bowring, who served as an adviser to the Department ...
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Russian Rights Champion Fears Return of Radio Jamming

Created: 24.11.2005 11:50 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:50 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1132822220)); </SCRIPT>

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Russia’s human rights groups have voiced concerns over the Defense Ministry’s plan to establish a new combat force responsible for radio frequency jamming devices, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily reported Thursday.

The paper quoted its well-informed sources in the defense agency as saying that the plan to establish a new radio-electronic combat force has already been drawn up and awaits approval by the Commander-in-Chief, i.e. the President.

The new force, the source reported, will be responsible for radio-electronic destruction of enemy’s targets in space, on land or sea, and protection of troops and installations. The radio-electronic combat department has already been set up at the General Staff of the Defense Ministry, headed by General Andrei Osin, who will most likely take over the ...
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