Russia regains global influence, but is far from ideal morally - Solzhenitsyn
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posted by zaina19 on December, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/9/2007 6:23 AM Dec 9 2007 1:30PM Russia regains global influence, but is far from ideal morally - Solzhenitsyn PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. Dec 9 (Interfax) - Even though Russia has regained much of its former influence in the world arena, its domestic spiritual and moral atmosphere is far from being ideal, writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn has said. "Russia has re-asserted its influence in international relations, and regained its role in the world. But inside, morally, we are far from what we wish and what we need to be," Solzhenitsyn said in an interview with the Vesti Nedeli program on Rossiya television. "Deep and difficult development is still needed, which no government or parliamentary practices can ensure. It is a very complex spiritual process," the writer said. Asked whether this process will be a success Solzhenitsyn said, "it depends on how it works out." When asked if he still believes that, "the saving of the ... >> full...
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Filmmaker flees city after assault by police; parents harassed, sued for defamation after discussing attack on their daughter
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/6/2007 4:00 AM Filmmaker flees city after assault by police; parents harassed, sued for defamation after discussing attack on their daughter Français: Après avoir été violentée par la police, une documentariste fuit la ville, ses parents sont à leur tour persécutés et accusés de diffamation pour avoir parlé de l'agression Country/Topic: Russia Date: 04 December 2007 Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Person(s): Natalia Petrova Target(s): journalist(s) Type(s) of violation(s): assaulted , attacked , harassed Urgency: Threat (RSF/IFEX) - The authorities in the Tatar capital of Kazan are harassing the parents of documentary filmmaker Natalia Petrova, who herself left the city after being attacked by police in September 2007, Reporters Without Borders said. Plain-clothes police arrested her parents at a polling station on 2 December, took them to a police station and did not release them until shortly before midnight. "Now that Petrova's assailants in the Kazan police ... >> full...
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Prosecutor's Office of Volgograd Region finds violations of SIZO inmates' rights
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2007 4:24 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 5/12/2007 Prosecutor's Office of Volgograd Region finds violations of SIZO inmates' rights In the Volgograd Region, prosecutor's inspections undertaken at five investigatory isolation facilities and eight premises that function as SIZOs (pre-trial custodies) have revealed numerous violations of the rights of suspects and defendants. L. I. Sergeeva, Senior Assistant of the Public Prosecutor of the Volgograd Region, has enumerated to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent the main violations of the rights of the detainees. Firstly, they failed to ensure the right of suspects and defendants for the minimal standard of sanitary room area (4 square meters per person) and individual bed as stipulated by Article 23 of the Federal Law. The reason of the violation is the excess of the limits of accommodation established for custodies in investigatory isolation facilities of the Chief Department of the federal Service for Punishment Enforcement (GUFSIN) for the ... >> full...
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Oleg Kozlovsky sent from the Military Registration and Enlistment Office to a military assembly point
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/31/2007 1:31 PM 07 12:07 MSK Oleg Kozlovsky sent from the Military Registration and Enlistment Office to a military assembly point Oleg Kozlovsky Oleg Kozlovsky RUSSIA, Moscow. On December 20, at approximately 3:00pm, the coordinator of the "Defense" movement, Oleg Kozlovsky was taken from the Izmailovsky Military Registration and Enlistment Office from a back entrance and sent by cars with license plates bearing yellow numbers 732 vn. 77 (supposedly) to the assembly point at Ugreshskoy St, Building 8. The last SMS from Oleg Kozlovsky read: "They are taking me somewhere", reported a member presidium of the Democratic Union of Young People, Igor Drandin. Drandin reported that they had attempted to take Oleg Kozlovsky into the army for FSB observation earlier. On December 20, at approximately 10 am, Kozlovsky exited his house and was met by a district policeman. He told Kozlovsky that there were problems at the Military Registration and ... >> full...
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Mikhail Trepashkin who was released from colony is going to appeal against his verdict
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/1/2007 2:37 PM
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS
30/11/2007
Mikhail Trepashkin who was released from colony is going to appeal against his verdict
Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB colonel, who was convicted for disclosure of state secrets and got his liberty today, is going to appeal against his verdict.
"Mr Trepashkin is going to appeal against his verdict as he finds it to be unfair," said a source from the public committee in defence of Trepashkin as quoted by the RIA "Novosti".
According to the source, Mikhail Trepashkin is also confident that he had committed no treason against the State.
We remind you that today at 8:20 a.m. local time, ex-FSB colonel Mikhail Trepashkin was released from the general custody colony in the city of Nizhni Tagil, Sverdlovsk Region.
See earlier reports: "Trepashkin to be released on December 1."
http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1202621.html
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