posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
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Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/14/2006 1:19 PM 11.10.2006 16:18 MSK Persecutions of Georgians in Ivanovo RUSSIA, Ivanovo. On October 6, representatives of the Ivanovo National Cultural Georgian Autonomy reported to Chairman of the Ivanovo Public Committee for Human Riights, Deputy of the Provincial Legislative Assembly Sergey Valkov, that in Ivanovo all persons who have Georgian surnames or surnames that are similar are being checked.
As reported October 9, by the Public Movement "For Human Rights", in the Valkov area of Ivanovo, all businesses, restaurants, cafes, and stores whose owners have Georgian surnames are being checked, even though they are citizens of Russia, often having served Russia and the USSR.
Checks involve the tax inspection service, the migratory service, the Division of Economic and Tax Crimes of the UVD, the sanitation service, and the fire inspection service. Owners of these enterprises are told that they will be shut down, although no violations are found. Owners are invited to meetings with the FSB.
In schools, children with Georgian surnames are told to bring in evidence concerning their birth and where their parents are located. This creates tension between the children and their Russian contemporaries.
Some representatives of the National Cultural Georgian Autonomy had proposed writing letters to Saakashvili to ask that he release the Russian officers involved from duty, although by then they were already let go.
Translated by OM Kenney PRIMA -.News Agency [2006-10-09-Rus-08] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2006/10/11/36877.html
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