Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria dies by jumping down from the fourth floor of the UBOP building
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/18/2007 10:08 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 17/11/2007 Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria dies by jumping down from the fourth floor of the UBOP building Zeitun Gaev, 29, a resident of Gerpegezh village, who was detained on November 15, died in Kabardino-Balkaria. According to employees of the UBOP (Department for Fighting Organized Crime) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), his death was a result of his jump that he undertook in the course of interrogation from the fourth floor of the UBOP building. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from informal sources. We remind you that on November 15, in Kabardino-Balkaria, in a suburb of Nalchik, militiamen detained a car with two young men, aged 29 and 19 - residents of Gerpegezh village. The young man of 19 was released since he turned out to be an occasional fellow traveller of the car ... >> full...
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European Court finds Russian authorities guilty of murdering a Chechen militiaman
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/16/2007 1:38 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 15/11/2007 European Court finds Russian authorities guilty of murdering a Chechen militiaman The European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized Russian authorities guilty of the murder of Aslanbek Kukaev, a militiaman of the Staropromyslovskiy ROVD (District Militia) of the capital of Chechnya - the city of Grozny. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has learnt about it from Grigor Avetisyan, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", who represented the interests of the victim's father at the Strasbourg Court. Aslanbek Kukaev was detained by Russian militaries in the capital of Chechnya on November 26, 2000, and on April 22, 2001, his body with a bullet wound in the head was found at the entrance to one of the cellars in Grozny. The Strasbourg Court has ruled that Russia had breached Aslanbek Kukaev's right to life (Article 2 of the European Convention on Human ... >> full...
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Trepashkin to be released on December 1
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/16/2007 1:46 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 15/11/2007 Trepashkin to be released on December 1 The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has stated that the imprisonment term of Mikhail Trepashkin, ex-FSB lieutenant colonel, expires on November 30 this year. By doing so, the Court has partially satisfied the inmate's cassation complaint demanding to cancel the decision of the Nizhni Tagil District Court to toughen his custody conditions and extend his term till December 19. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told about it right after passing the verdict by Gleb Edelev, coordinator of the Ekaterinburg Movement against Violence, who was present in the courtroom. "It turned out that Dmitri Ilyutik, judge of the Tagilstroy District Court of Nizhni Tagil, had passed his ruling to extend Mikhail Trepashkin's term only on the basis of a certificate submitted by the administration of the corrective colony. The court had failed even to consider the grounds for ... >> full...
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Caucasian Foundation and Agency Caucasus are attending NGO fair
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/17/2007 10:52 AM Caucasian Foundation and Agency Caucasus are attending NGO fair Istanbul - Both the Caucasian Foundation and the Agency Caucasus officials are attending November 15-18 the International Non-Governmental Organizations' Fair in Istanbul. Officials of both organizations are seeking to maintain contacts with representatives of both Turkish and foreign civil society organizations as officials of such organizations are gathering for the first time together in Turkey at the invitation of the Foundation of Volunteer Organizations of Turkey, or TGTV. Ismail Tunçbilek, President of the Caucasian Foundation, attached in his words great importance both to the fair and its functionality in giving a chance to the Caucasians to have a word about themselves heard across the world, in getting daily questions shared among the non-governmental organizations, in gaining further awareness to different communities and in creating further opportunities for cooperation. "The TGTV intends its ... >> full...
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/17/2007 12:59 PM Sunday, March 25, 2007 Why Tlisova Left Russia Writing in the Moscow Times Yulia Latynina (pictured), who hosts a political talk show on Ekho Moskvy radio, one of the last bastions of opposition speech in Russia, tells the sad story of journalist Fatima Tlisova: An article ran 11 days ago in London's Sunday Times about a Russian journalist requesting political asylum in the United States. Working under the pseudonym of Maria Ivanova, she is an expert on the Caucasus region and claims to have been poisoned last autumn. Up until last Thursday, people unfamiliar with the specifics of the story were trying to guess her true identity. Those who knew the whole story, however, were praying for her life. This is because Fatima Tlisova -- former correspondent for Svoboda, Novaya Gazeta and The Associated Press, head of the North Caucasus bureau of the Regnum online news ... >> full...
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