Relatives of killed in Nalchik wait for Constitutional court’s verdict
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 3:10 AM Relatives of killed in Nalchik wait for Constitutional court’s verdict 13.10.2006 "We, legal experts, consider that in the events in Nalchik were caused by numerous facts of prosecution against Moslems for their religious belief", - declared the executive director of the All-Russian public movement "For human rights" Lev Ponomarev at the press conference in Moscow devoted to the forthcoming anniversary to the tragical events in Nalchik of October 13, last year. "Unconditionally some representatives of the armed underground, connected with the Chechen insurgents, also participated in the action, but basically the young people, which, to all the attributes, had taken weapon in hands for the first time were lost", - ascertained Ponomarev. As the IA REGNUM correspondent reported, he characterized the tragical event as "a grandiose provocation" and emphasized that the young people being refused to perform religious rituals and exposed to ... >> full...
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Chechen woman abducted looking for missing daughter
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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: 10/13/2006 7:08 AM Chechen woman abducted looking for missing daughter 12 Oct 2006 16:05:50 GMT Source: Reuters GROZNY, Russia, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The mother of a missing Russian women reported to be the widow of Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has herself been abducted, a police detective investigating the case said on Thursday. Elina Ersenoyeva has been missing since Aug. 17 when armed men bundled her into a car in Chechnya's capital. Media quoted her family as saying she was in an arranged marriage with Basayev, Russia's most wanted man who died one month earlier. Her mother Margarita was on her way to meet someone who said they had information about Elina when she too was abducted, police detective Tamirlan Aidamarov said. "What we know is that on Oct. 2, the ... >> full...
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Russia Condemned for Chechnya Killings
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 11:52 AM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Russia Condemned for Chechnya Killings Europe’s Top Human Rights Court Issues Ruling in Favor of Chechen Plaintiffs (New York, October 12, 2006) – In a second historic decision on Chechnya this year, the European Court of Human Rights ruled today that Russia is responsible for the summary execution of five people in February 2000, Human Rights Watch said. The ECHR held Russia accountable for the deaths of five members of the Estamirov family, who included a baby and a pregnant woman, failing to carry out an effective and adequate investigation into the circumstances of their deaths, and failing to provide any effective domestic remedy. The court also ordered Russia to pay the victims more than US$250,000 in material and moral damages. Russia has three months to appeal the ruling. “This is a great victory for the family of the victims,” said Holly Cartner, ... >> full...
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Chechen rights group ordered closed
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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: 10/13/2006 11:55 AM Chechen rights group ordered closed MOSCOW, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A Russian court has ordered a Chechen rights group which has exposed abuses in Chechnya in the past to close down. Stanislav Dmitriyevsky of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society has vowed to appeal the ruling, linking the court decision to the recent killing of a Russian journalist who was a strong critic of Russia's actions in Chechnya, Mosnews reports. Dmitriyevsky's group, which fought off a similar closure attempt last year, has come under increased official pressure in recent months, said the report. Earlier this year, he was given a two-year suspended sentence for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred. The group said prosecutors in the closure ruling cited a new law making it illegal for an non-government organization ... >> full...
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Russian Federation: Russian Chechen Friendship Society closed under new NGO law
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 1:31 PM Russian Federation: Russian Chechen Friendship Society closed under new NGO law Press release, 10/13/2006 Amnesty International deplores the decision to close the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS). A court in the city of Nizhnii Novgorod ruled today to close down the RCFS which monitors human rights violations in Chechnya. "Today's verdict appears to be the latest move in a carefully calculated strategy to get rid of an organization that has been outspoken on behalf of victims of human rights violations in Chechnya,” said Nicola Duckworth, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Programme at Amnesty International. "The strategy started with the harassment of its activists, and escalated to simultaneous legal actions against the organization and its members in a further attempt to paralyze their work." The court acted on a new law that makes it illegal for a non-governmental organization (NGO) to be headed by a person ... >> full...
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