From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/13/2006 1:44 AM May 9 2006 6:50PM World Chechen Congress seeking asylum for Maskhadov family
BAKU. May 9 (Interfax-Azerbaijan) - The World Chechen Congress is seeking asylum in the West for the family of former Chechen separatist president Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed in a Russian security operation more than a year ago, the Congress coordinator said on Tuesday.
"Maskhadov's family needs protection, there is a threat to their life, and so we are sending out appeals all around [for them] to receive asylum in a Western country," Isa Akhyadov told reporters in Baku.
"The situation in Azerbaijan is very complicated, and the circle is getting tighter around Maskhadov's family," he said.
"We have been intensively trying to evacuate the family outside the Commonwealth of Independent States, but unfortunately these attempts have produced no results," Akhyadov said.
"It is a political issue, one that must be dealt with not by any migration services but by the leaderships of countries. It is not merely a matter of granting the right of entry or exit. Maskhadov's family needs security guarantees," the coordinator said.
He said the Congress planned to send asylum appeals to the United States, Britain, France, and Germany.
Earlier, the Moscow radio station Ekho Moskvy, citing foreign news agencies, said the Maskhadov family was seeking asylum in Finland and had already contacted Finnish authorities.
Maskhadov was Chechen president between the two Chechen wars.
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