Khidriev brothers suspected of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train face no charges
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/2/2007 6:02 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 1/11/2007 Khidriev brothers suspected of blowing up the "Neva-Express" train face no charges The suspected of undermining the "Neva-Express" train Maksharip Abdul-Karimovich and Amirkhan Abdul-Karimovich Khidriev have faced no charges yet. Ayup Khidriev, brother of the detainees, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the court had appointed the freedom restriction measure to the brothers in the form of a 30-day arrest. The Khidrievs are kept in the building of the pre-trial isolation facility of the GOVD (City Police Unit) of Veliki Novgorod. Since October 31, nobody is let to meet them. When Murad Yunusov, Maksharip Khidriev's advocate, was not admitted to see his client, he was shown a letter of inspector Ushapovskiy, which ran: "No external persons, including the participants of the criminal trial, shall be let in without my permit." Mr Yunusov asserts that this is a breach of the Code ... >> full...
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Constitutional court tosses out complaint
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
2.11.2007 22:32 MSK Constitutional court tosses out complaint Vadim Prokhorov, Vladimir Bukovsky and Vladimir Kara-Murza Vadim Prokhorov, Vladimir Bukovsky and Vladimir Kara-Murza RUSSIA, Moscow. On November 1, the Constitutional Court of Russia determined it would not examine the complaint of SPS (Union of Right Wing Forces) member and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza. The applicant requested that the court examine the Russian Constitutional law passed in July of last year, in accordance with people with dual citizenship were forbidden from being elected to the Parliament of Russia and the legislative assemblies of the Federation, and were also prevented from becoming President of the country and from holding other high state offices. The judicial session was conducted in private. Murza's official representative in the Constitutional Court Vadim Prokhorov was not even allowed in the room. The detailed motivation for refusing to examine the complaint is unknown. Prokhorov expects to obtain a letter from the Constitutional Court with an ... >> full...
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EU: Use Russia Summit to Urge Reform
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/30/2007 2:03 PM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH EU: Use Russia Summit to Urge Reform EU Has a Responsibility to Address Russia’s Deteriorating Human Rights Record (Brussels, October 25, 2007) - The European Union should use its October 26 summit with Russia to robustly challenge the Kremlin on its worsening rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. Failure to tackle deteriorating human rights and the rule of law in Russia will have negative repercussions for the European Union in dealing with Russia in the future. In a memorandum made public today, Human Rights Watch highlighted three key areas in which EU leadership is urgently needed - the deteriorating environment for civil society, continued impunity for serious abuses in Chechnya, and Russia's implementation of the rising number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding Russia responsible for these abuses. At the last EU-Russia summit, held in the Russian city of Samara ... >> full...
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Russia: 'My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture'
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/31/2007 5:59 AM Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Russia: 'My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture' By Claire Bigg Russia -- Aleksei Mikheyev, a victim of police torture, won compensation at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg -- 24Oct2007 Aleksei Mikheyev was left paralyzed by police torture and his attempted escape (Courtesy Photo) October 24, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- It took nine days of police torture for Aleksei Mikheyev to confess to a crime he never committed. No longer able to stand the blows and electric shocks, he admitted to raping and killing a 17-year-old woman to whom he had given a lift in his Russian hometown of Nizhny Novgorod. Mikheyev later retracted his confession at the prosecutor's office. So he was taken back to the police station for another round of torture. There, he managed to break free from his captors and threw himself out of the window. "The perpetrators were convicted, ... >> full...
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The action "Return of the Names" starts at the Solovki Boulder
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posted by zaina19 on 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: 10/30/2007 1:30 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 29/10/2007 The action "Return of the Names" starts at the Solovki Boulder The action "Return of the Names" in memory of the victims of political repressions has started in the Lubyanka Square of Moscow. The action was opened at 10 a.m. with an introductory word of the representative of the International Historical-Enlightenment and Human Rights Society "Memorial", which was the organizer, as Elena Zhemkova, Director of the Society, has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., replacing each other, we shall read the names of the executed victims. Only the name and surname, age, profession and the date of execution," the "Memorial" informs. "On October 29, in the days of the 70th anniversary of the Great Terror, on the eve ... >> full...
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