Journalists of "Ren-TV" kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia return to Moscow
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/28/2007 6:18 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 26/11/2007 Journalists of "Ren-TV" kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia return to Moscow Journalists of the "24" news group of the "Ren-TV" Channel - Artyom Vysotskiy, Stanislav Goryachev and Karen Sakhinov, who had been detained in Nazran, have arrived to Moscow. Nothing threatens their lives any longer. According to Mr Orlov himself, who was kidnapped from the hotel in Ingushetia together with the journalists, the aim of the kidnapping was not to let the TV crew film the mass protest rally in Nazran. This was the reason why the correspondents had been kept for so long, almost till the end of the rally, at the City Department of Internal Affairs, Oleg Orlov has noted. According to Mr Orlov, as quoted by the "Gazeta.ru", at about midnight people in masks and camouflage, who presented themselves as employees of the antiterrorist centre, rushed into his hotel ... >> full...
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Amnesty accuses Russia of pre-election crackdown
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/29/2007 7:40 PM Amnesty accuses Russia of pre-election crackdown Publication time: 29 November 2007, 10:52 Amnesty International said on Wednesday Russian authorities were arresting and harassing critics such as opposition leader Garry Kasparov to silence them in the run-up to the December 2 parliamentary elections. The rights group called for the immediate release of Kasparov, a former international chess champion who is serving a five-day sentence at a Moscow detention centre for leading a protest on Saturday against President Vladimir Putin. He is due to be released on Thursday. "Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and calls for his immediate release," the rights group said in a statement titled "Russian Federation: systematic repression on eve of elections". "Several witnesses told Amnesty International that they had overheard conversations among the police indicating that it had been planned in advance of the march to detain Garry Kasparov." U.S. President ... >> full...
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European rights court blames Russia for more killings in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/29/2007 7:45 PM European rights court blames Russia for more killings in Chechnya Publication time: 29 November 2007, 17:22 The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday found Russia responsible for the death of three Chechens during an armed raid in the restive province's capital, and ordered Moscow to pay their relative €60,000 (US,428) in damages. The three died in January 2000, when Grozny came under heavy bombardment by the Russian military. The house where they had been hiding was set on fire, and they burnt to death. One of them also had gun wounds. Their relative, who lodged the case with the Strasbourg court, "had provided sufficient evidence to prove that (they) had been killed by the Russian military ... Therefore, the court established that the state had been responsible for the deaths," the court said. It also said the authorities had failed to carry out a proper ... >> full...
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European rights court blames Russia for more killings in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/29/2007 7:45 PM European rights court blames Russia for more killings in Chechnya Publication time: 29 November 2007, 17:22 The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday found Russia responsible for the death of three Chechens during an armed raid in the restive province's capital, and ordered Moscow to pay their relative €60,000 (US,428) in damages. The three died in January 2000, when Grozny came under heavy bombardment by the Russian military. The house where they had been hiding was set on fire, and they burnt to death. One of them also had gun wounds. Their relative, who lodged the case with the Strasbourg court, "had provided sufficient evidence to prove that (they) had been killed by the Russian military ... Therefore, the court established that the state had been responsible for the deaths," the court said. It also said the authorities had failed to carry out a proper ... >> full...
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International conference on human rights to be held in Azerbaijan
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/29/2007 8:26 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 28/11/2007 International conference on human rights to be held in Azerbaijan On December 9, Baku will host the international conference "Human Rights Policies of the European Union and Council of Europe: Prospects of Azerbaijan in the European Integration Process". The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the information office of the Council of Europe in Baku that the organizers of the conference are the European Union and the Azerbaijani National European Integration Committee (ANEKI). The conference will be attended by Peter Semneby, EU's Special Representative for South Caucasus, Denis Bribosa CE's Special Representative, Andres Herkel, a member of the CE's Monitoring Group for Azerbaijan, Samed Seidov, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE, as well as by human rights activists, journalists, etc. We remind you that recently Azerbaijan has faced frequent instances of prosecution in relation to opposition representatives and journalists from independent ... >> full...
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