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Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/21/2007 12:30 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS
18/4/2007 "The Other Russia" received about 50 complaints from victims of "Disagreement Marches" dispersals
About 90 percent of those who suffered from dispersals of the so-called "Disagreement Marches" in Moscow and Saint Petersburg are going to appeal against the actions of law enforcement bodies. Marina Litvinovich, one of the organizers of the anti-governmental demonstrations, editor-in-chief of the "Truth of Beslan" web site and leader of the Foundation to Help Terror Victims, informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about it.
Ms. Litvinovich explained that "The Other Russia" was going to coordinate its actions with the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and others human rights organizations, now engaged in helping the victims of dispersals of the "Marches." "Some four organizations are now collecting complaints, and I think we'll put them all together," she added.
Liudmila Alekseeva, Chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, stated in her comments on detention in Moscow of the protest action participants representing the opposition coalition: "It is a most serious violation of human rights, it is a violation of the Constitution, according to which Russian citizens have the right for meetings and demonstrations. By means of these detentions the authorities try to reduce the number of those who disagree, but actually they just increase it."
On April 26, jointly with the Movement "For Human Rights," the Moscow Helsinki Group plans to hold a solidarity meeting in Pushkin Square in support of those who had went out to "Disagreement Marches" in Moscow, Nizhni Novgorod and Saint Petersburg.
We remind you that the "Caucasian Knot" reported earlier that on April 14 in Moscow and on April 15 in Saint Petersburg actions were held named "Disagreement Marches" and organized by "The Other Russia" coalition of democratic and left-wing political organizations. The demonstrators demanded social reforms and return of political freedoms, first of all - free elections. The law enforcement bodies violently dispersed the demonstrations.
See earlier reports: "PEN-Centre protests against beating journalists during "Disagreement Marches".
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