Russian Paper Publishes Slain Reporter's Unfinished Story
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/12/2006 3:53 PM Russian Paper Publishes Slain Reporter's Unfinished Story Thursday, October 12, 2006 AP * * * MOSCOW — A slain Russian journalist's last story was published Thursday, revealing an unfinished report on torture in Chechnya that some colleagues believe may have motivated her murder. Anna Politkovskaya's article described the torture of terrorism suspects by the Kremlin-backed Chechen security services. It was accompanied by graphic images of abuse taken from a video apparently shot by the torturers. Four pictures reproduced in the Novaya Gazeta paper were accompanied by a Russian translation of the culprits' expletive-filled conversation in Chechen about how hard it was to kill the victims. The images did not reveal the torturers' faces. "Are we fighting legally against lawlessness?" Politkovskaya asked in the article. "Or are we thrashing them with our own lawlessness?" Politkovskaya, 48, was gunned down in ... >> full...
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Murdered Russian Journalist Was Finishing Article on Torture in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/9/2006 12:34 PM Murdered Russian Journalist Was Finishing Article on Torture in Chechnya Publication time: Today at 15:41 Djokhar time A journalist shot to death in an apparent contract killing was about to publish a story about torture and abductions in Chechnya when she was slain, her editor said Sunday as Russia's top prosecutor took charge of the case, AP reports. Anna Politkovskaya, famed for her unsparing coverage of abuses against civilians in Chechnya in the outspoken newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was found dead Saturday in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building. She had two gunshot wounds - one to the head. Politkovskaya, 48, had collected witness accounts and photos of tortured bodies and the article had been due for publication Monday, her newspaper's editors said. "We never got the article, but she had evidence about these (abducted) people and there were photographs," Novaya Gazeta's deputy editor, Vitaly Yerushensky, told ... >> full...
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Putin pressed over Moscow murder
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/9/2006 6:16 PM Putin pressed over Moscow murder by Monday 09 October 2006 8:52 PM GMT Politkovskaya's murder has triggered widespread outrage Two human rights watchdogs have called on the Russian president to denounce the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. In their joint statement on Monday, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) and the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) said Vladimir Putin's silence on the killing amounted to complicity. Speaking after the statement was issued, Putin said that all necessary measures would be taken to find the killers. Ulrich Fischer, the IHF president, said in the statement: "The silence of President Putin suggests an attitude of complicity, or of indifference. No one can accept that, after the country's leading media critic of the government has been murdered, apparently by a professional assassin, he keeps silent." The Vienna-based IHF and its sister organisation MHG said that they were "concerned the murder will further ... >> full...
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Remembering Anna Politkovskaya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/10/2006 1:17 PM October 8th 2006 · Prague Watchdog / Tomáš Vršovský Remembering Anna Politkovskaya Remembering Anna Politkovskaya By Tomáš Vršovský PRAGUE - I was with a British academician and human rights practitioner yesterday afternoon, discussing the price that human rights activists pay for their vocation when a friend of mine called to announce, "They killed Politkovskaya". The contract murder of a top Russian investigative journalist, who covered the Chechnya conflict and developments in the Northern Caucasus, took place on President Putin’s 54th birthday. This is rather symbolic in that it was Putin who at the turn of the century launched, along with the war in Chechnya, a campaign against the free media. Anna, however, was not afraid of him. Last month I happened to talk with her about the threats she faced in the past, asking whether they had stopped. "Not at all. I'm still being ... >> full...
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Vakha Umarov knows nothing about the fate of his father and brother
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/10/2006 1:45 PM October, 8, 2006 Vakha Umarov knows nothing about the fate of his father and brother (Photograph: Akhmad Umarov, brother of President Dokka Umarov) Radio Liberty Chechen Service ("Marsho") has interviewed Vakha Umarov, the younger brother of ChRI President Dokka Umarov. The following is the translation of this interview from the Chechen. ******** Bauddi Martanov: This July, the Russian FSB director Patrushev offered an amnesty to the Chechen combatants. This was followed with an active propaganda campaign by Russian authorities, but now, after the Russian State Duma has approved the project, they talk about the amnesty not so frequently. Some news that one or two militants voluntarily surrendered to the authorities still appear from time to time in the Chechen media. However, the national TV no more reports that a well-known warlord, or a big group of combatants, has laid down the weapons. On 18 August, there was a ... >> full...
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