JRL: Rights Groups Undergo Surprise Checks
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posted by eagle on October, 2010 as Human Rights
Rights Groups Undergo Surprise Checks
Alexey Eremenko, Alexandra Taranova | Moscow Times | Sept. 15, 2010 | JRL 2010-174-13 - JRL Home
Leading human rights groups said Tuesday that prosecutors have initiated a hasty series of in-depth checks of their papers ahead of October elections. The checks, ordered by Moscow prosecutors, are targeting Moscow Helsinki Group; Golos, an independent elections watchdog; the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights; and the Russian branch of Transparency International, among others.
The prosecutors' requests, mostly sent out late Monday and Tuesday, ask the groups to provide organizational and financial documents as well as other paperwork.Some organizations have refused to comply, citing errors in the requests, one of which failed to properly spell the name of Transparency International, Interfax reported. But most groups presented what paperwork they could collect on short notice. Golos deputy head Grigory Melkonyants said the Basmanny District Prosecutor's Office on Monday asked for the ...
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JRL: Russia Reopens Cases Into 19 Journalist Deaths
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Russia reopens cases into 19 journalist deaths
Lidia Okorokova | | Oct. 7, 2010 | JRL 2010-188-15
The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General's Office has agreed to re-investigate 19 journalists' murders, in a move that has sparked hopes that President Dmitry Medvedev's campaign to reform the law enforcement system is making a difference. While journalists were happy about the change in tone, some analysts expressed doubt that the decision together with Medvedev's recent drive to create an FBI-style unified investigative committee and his replacement of a top official in the Interior Ministry would bring about real change.
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http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/russia-assassinations-journalist-murders-180.cfm
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RFE/RL: Russian Rights Activist Battles On In Chechnya
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posted by eagle on as Human Rights
Russian Rights Activist Battles On In Chechnya Kheda Saratova is one of a handful of human rights activists left who continue to risk their lives in Chechnya. August 31, 2010 By Gregory Feifer Nothing about Kheda Saratova's demeanor indicated the nature of her work when I first met her in Grozny five years ago.
She was escorting a group of rights activists to her native district of Shatoi, a lush stretch in the Caucasus Mountains in which some of the most protracted fighting in Chechnya had taken place.
Sunny and smiling, her elegant features crowned by dark bangs under a head scarf set back on her head, Saratova betrayed none of the hell she'd lived through. Not only had she survived both Chechen wars, but she took a job investigating the grim violence that characterized those conflicts: disappearances, torture, and murder that would otherwise have remained unknown.
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CK: European Parliament Commemorates Anna Politkovskaya
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European Parliament commemorates Anna PolitkovskayaOn October 6, the European Parliament paid tribute to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, assassinated right four years ago. "October 7 marks the fourth anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder. She paid the ultimate price for dedicating her life to revealing the truth about the situation in the North-Caucasian region of Russia," said Jerzy Buzek, Chairman of the European Parliament, at a plenary session. Mr Buzek called Russian authorities to investigate the murders of Politkovskaya and other journalists and human rights defenders committed over recent years, the Radio Liberty reports. "The perpetrators shall be brought to justice," the "Interfax" quotes the head of the European Parliament as saying. See earlier reports: "Rally in memory of journalist Anna Politkovskaya held in Moscow," "ICPO wants to extend inquiry into Politkovskaya's murder till February 2011," "Joel Simon: ICPO admits mistake in Anna Politkovskaya's inquiry," "Moscow municipal court found legal the sentence for extortion in the ...
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CK: Zinfira Mirzayeva, A Lawyer, Detained And Beaten Up In Dagestan
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Zinfira Mirzayeva, a lawyer, detained and beaten up in DagestanMilitiamen in Dagestan beat up Zinfira Mirzayeva, a lawyer, and detained her on accusation of complicity to terrorists, Alexander Cherkasov, member of the Council of "Memorial" Human Rights center, reported. The Lawyer Zinfira Mirzayeva is an attorney of a man suspected of livestock theft. The mother of one of the militiamen who detained Zinfira Mirzayeva with the use of their authority interestedly is the complainant in the process, Cherkasov said on the air of "Echo of Moscow". Other details of the incident have not yet been reported. The above mentioned militiamen's position has also not been commented on. See earlier reports: "Lawyer Tagirova, beaten in Dagestan, states that inspector involves false witnesses," "In Dagestan, defender of beaten lawyer Gyulnara Bammatova appointed," "Dagestan lawyers demand safety guarantees from MIA and Prosecutor's Office," "HRC "Memorial": authorities of Dagestan should stop persecuting journalists and rights defenders." http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/14731/
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