Georgian citizens-deportees from the Russian Federation cannot get home
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/28/2006 7:11 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 26/10/2006 Georgian citizens-deportees from the Russian Federation cannot get home About 100 deported citizens of Georgia still remain at the Dagestan section of the Georgian-Russian border and cannot get to their homeland. The fact was presented by Elena Tevdoradze, chairperson of the parliamentary human rights committee, at the sitting of the Georgian Parliament on October 26. "Frontier guards believe that something wrong is with their passports," Tevdoradze stated. In her words, "the people have spent several nights in the weather waiting for a permit to cross the border". Tevdoradze asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Frontier Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia of to take all the necessary measures to enable the Georgian citizens deported from Russia make a safe return to their homeland. We remind you that deportation of Georgians from Russia was a consequence of an espionage ... >> full...
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Parents of militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria demand to initiate a case on the fact of body desecration
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/28/2006 7:16 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 26/10/2006 Parents of militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria demand to initiate a case on the fact of body desecration "We ask you to initiate a criminal case and to bring those guilty to responsibility for desecration of the bodies of the persons who perished in October 2005 in the city of Nalchik, and for abuse of official position and negligent attitude," runs an application written by the parents of the militants who died in Kabardino-Balkaria. "For two days, the bodies remained in the open air exposed to free observation by adults and children. Then, for two more days they remained in the morgue yard. The bodies were not covered. They became wet from rain and were exposed to the sunlight. The bodies lay in pools of blood, flies got on the blood and wounds and lay maggots. Therefore, the morgue and refrigerator ... >> full...
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Head of European Parliament calls to run a thorough investigation of Politkovskaya's murder
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/28/2006 7:25 AM
CAUCASIAN KNOT
26/10/2006
Head of European Parliament calls to run a thorough investigation of Politkovskaya's murder
Josep Borrell, President of the European Parliament, after the body he is heading has passed a resolution on the issue, called to run a thorough investigation of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a well-known Russian journalist, the "Interfax" reports.
The text of the resolution, published by the European Parliament, which has no mandatory character, expresses the concern of the parliamentarians about "more frequent cases on intimidation, oppression and murder of independent journalists and other people who are criticizing the government." It also remarks that the growing tension in the issue related to the freedom in Russian mass media may have a negative effect on Russia's reputation.
See earlier reports: "Politkovskaya's murder may push EU to revise its relations with Russia."
http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1094600.html
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Kondopoga residents forced the head of Karelia to go to Moscow
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/28/2006 7:28 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 27/10/2006 Kondopoga residents forced the head of Karelia to go to Moscow Sergey Katanandov, head of Karelia, has interrupted his vacations spent in Portugal, and is for two days already working in Moscow. According to the press service of the Karelian government, in the nearest future he is planning to get back to his Republic and hold a series meetings and actions there to execute the instructions of president Vladimir Putin, announced on October 25 during the TV bridge session of the head of the state with Kondopoga residents, the "LentaCom.Ru" reports. Then Vladimir Putin expressed his surprise with the fact that he was not able to contact the Republic's leaders and promised to hold "a serious talk" to Karelian authorities, the Regnum rights. We remind you that the cause of disorders in Kondopoga was a mass fight between locals and Caucasian natives, ... >> full...
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Anna Politkovskaya's memorial party will be held in Brussels
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/28/2006 7:31 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 27/10/2006 Anna Politkovskaya's memorial party will be held in Brussels Saturday evening, on October 28, Brussels will host a memorial party of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, organized by international journalistic and human rights organizations "Chechen Group," "Reporters without Borders," Human Rights Watch, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Enjeux Internationaux, Prague Watchdog, "Memorial," etc. Anna Politkovskaya's books and articles will be read at the meeting. The following figures have been invited to the event: Jean-Jacque Jesper, a journalist; Thomas Guntzig, a writer; Van Raendonk, Honourable President of Human Rights League; Ben Hamidus, an actor; Yurek Cukcievic, Editor of the Globe rubric in the Le Soir Brussels newspaper; Andrei Babitskiy, a journalist; Jean-Francois Butord, publisher of Politkovskaya's three books in the French language, etc. We remind you that journalist of "Novaya Gazeta" Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead on October 7 in Moscow, was known, ... >> full...
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