In Ingushetia, ladies-participants in dispersed picket in Politkovskaya's memory were fined
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 17/10/2006 In Ingushetia, ladies-participants in dispersed picket in Politkovskaya's memory were fined Three women, ordinary participants of the action in Nazran (Ingushetia), held in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, and collaborators of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," namely, Fatima Yandieva, Zoya Muradova and Zarema Mukusheva, were awarded yesterday for "breaching the established order of holding a picket" with a 500-rouble fine each. Ruslan Maisigov, local journalist, detained yesterday during the action some time later than 4 p.m., was released almost immediately after detainment. It is not clearly known so far, whether the other two detainees were convicted, but most probably, they were released from the militia station without a trial. On October 16, in the course of dispersing the picket convoked in memory of Anna Politkovskaya in the city of Nazran, eight persons were detained. The last of them to be released - Magomed Mutsolgov, chairman of the Association "Mashr" ... >> full...
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Two detained and one beaten in Ingushetia at dispersing a picket in memory of Politkovskaya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/19/2006 3:17 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 16/10/2006 Two detained and one beaten in Ingushetia at dispersing a picket in memory of Politkovskaya Today, at about 3:30 p.m., members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ingushetia moved to the venue of a picket in memory of Anna Politkovskaya in Nazran (Ingushetia), the "Ingushetia.Ru" informs. After having ordered the picketers to dismiss, the militiamen detained Magomed Mutsolygov, one of the picket organizers and head of the "Mashr" organization, and took him to the GOVD (City Interior Headquarters). Musa Medov, Deputy Interior Minister of Ingushetia, answering picketers' questions on the picket legality and reasons of militiamen's actions, gave references to the instruction of Murat Zyazikov, president of Ingushetia. Then, a mob of young guys aged 20-25 approached the meeting. Under an absolute ignorance of the militiamen who were busy dispersing the picket, they started to insult the participants of the ... >> full...
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Russia Suspends At Least 96 Foreign NGOs
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/19/2006 2:01 PM
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Russia Suspends At Least 96 Foreign NGOs
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(RFE/RL)
October 19, 2006 -- Russia has forced at least 96 foreign nongovernmental organizations to suspend their operations.
The reason given is that authorities were unable to process their registration papers before the October 18 deadline set in a new law.
(Interfax, AP)
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/10/A3C0301C-C5CD-4E38-BAEF-5C234B2B712B.html
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Rights groups stopped in Russia
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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: 10/19/2006 6:04 PM Rights groups stopped in Russia by Thursday 19 October 2006 2:33 PM GMT Agencies must produce a large number of documents to register Leading foreign humanitarian groups have suspended work in Russia after failing a registration deadline under a controversial new law they say will allow the Kremlin to intrude in their work. Alison Gill, New York-based Human Rights Watch's Moscow chief, said: "We're allowed to go into our offices to pay our electricity bills, but we can't do anything concerning our work. We've suspended our work as of today." The re-registration deadline expired on October 18 and involved almost impossible levels of paperwork. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, said the law was needed to combat terrorism and stop foreign spies using non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as cover. Critics say it gives ... >> full...
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In Ingushetia, demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya broken up by authorities
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/17/2006 6:22 PM 17.10.2006 20:38 MSK In Ingushetia, demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya broken up by authorities RUSSIA, Ingushetia, Nazran. On October 16, in the center of Nazran, a demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya was broken up by authorities. Colleagues of the human rights center "Memorial", Albert Khantygov, Fatima Yandiyeva, Zoya Muradova Zarema Mukusheva, and Magomed Mutsolgov, Chairman of “Mashr” (the Public Association of Relatives of the Disappeared) were detained. "Memorial" worker Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya’s nose was broken. The human rights center "Memorial" reports that on October 16, in Nazran and in Groznyy, it organized demonstrations in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in Moscow on October 7. The organizers informed the local authorities in advance about the forthcoming demonstrations. The demonstration in the center of Groznyy occurred from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. The local authorities made no effort to prevent it. There wasn’t even an increase ... >> full...
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