Russia: Prominent Journalist, Kremlin Critic, Shot Dead In Moscow
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/11/2006 5:42 AM Saturday, October 7, 2006 Russia: Prominent Journalist, Kremlin Critic, Shot Dead In Moscow Russia -- Anna Politkovskaya, journalist, remidid Human rights defender, 26Jul2006 Politkovskaya at RFE/RL in July (RFE/RL) October 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya, has been shot dead in her apartment building in Moscow. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the October 7 shooting, which they say could have been a "premeditated murder." Press watchdogs and rights activists have condemned the killing. Moscow police said Politkovskaya's body was found by a neighbor in an elevator in the apartment building where she was living in the city center. Police officials said a pistol and four bullets were found in the elevator. Politkovskaya was respected for her critical, in-depth coverage of the Russian government's campaign in Chechnya. She worked for "Novaya gazeta," a newspaper known for ... >> full...
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Putin criticised over journalist remarks
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/11/2006 5:51 AM Putin criticised over journalist remarks by Wednesday 11 October 2006 10:39 AM GMT There has been an outcry over Politkovskaya's murder Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has been criticised for saying that the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya had exerted little influence on Russian political life. Putin was criticised in Russia and abroad for failing to speak about the murder in public until three days after the event. When he did speak of it on Tuesday during an official visit to Germany, he called it an "appalling" crime "that cannot go unpunished". But he went on to say: "I think that journalists should know, and experts perfectly understand, that her capacity to influence political life in Russia was extremely insignificant. "This murder inflicts far more damage on Russia, on the current authorities in Russia and in the Chechen republic which she worked on professionally recently, than her publications did." "Cold rage" Vitaly Yaroshevsky, ... >> full...
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Slain Russian reporter mourned
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/11/2006 7:20 AM Slain Russian reporter mourned By Peter Finn THE WASHINGTON POST October 11, 2006 MOSCOW – In the House of Farewell, an austere, cavernous funeral hall at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, the body of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya lay in an open casket yesterday afternoon as thousands of mourners – ambassadors, journalists, civil activists, politicians and ordinary Russians – filed past and paid their final respects. No senior Kremlin official attended – an absence that people noted, along with the almost complete silence of President Vladimir Putin in the immediate wake of the apparent contract killing of Politkovskaya in the lobby of her apartment Saturday. “It's really strange to see none of our senior officials here,” Eduard Sagalayev, chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Corporation, told the assembled mourners. The Kremlin said it was represented by Deputy Culture and Press Minister Leonid Nadirov. Shortly after Politkovskaya's body was laid into the ground, Putin, ... >> full...
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Human Rights Group Is Shut Down
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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: 10/11/2006 3:29 PM Human Rights Group Is Shut Down The Associated Press Prosecutors have acted to close down a human rights group that has regularly exposed abuses against civilians in Chechnya, in what the group's head denounced as an attempt to silence criticism of the war. The Nizhny Novgorod regional prosecutor's office said Wednesday that a court in the city would examine a request from prosecutors to shut down the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society on Thursday. "The government cannot accept any criticism of its conduct in Chechnya," said the group's leader, Stanislav Dmitriyevsky, who linked the threatened closure to the weekend murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. "Whoever ordered it [the killing], it's absolutely clear that the authorities either were directly behind it or at the very least created the conditions ... >> full...
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Adygs ask European parliament to recognize genocide of XVIII-XIX centuries
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/11/2006 4:16 PM Adygs ask European parliament to recognize genocide of XVIII-XIX centuries 12.10.2006 Adygeyan (Circassian) public organizations of Russia, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, the USA, Belgium, Canada and Germany have sent the president of the European parliament Mr. Joseph Borrell Fontelles the reference with request for recognition of the genocide against Adygeyan (Circassian) people within and after the Russian-Caucasian war of the XVIII-XIX centuries. The reference was sent yesterday, but already today, as the vice-president of the public movement of Adygeya "Circassian congress" Zaur Dzeukozhev informed, the organization - initiator of the action received the confirmation in reception of the reference signed by Annika Lopez Lotson, the secretary of the president. In total in the signers’ list there are 20 organizations, said Dzeukozhev. A compact disc with the archival documents written in due time by the Russian imperial war commanders was enclosed to the reference. ... >> full...
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