Picket in support of Mikhail Trepashkin
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posted by zaina19 on December, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:06 AM 18.12.2006 13:53 MSK Picket in support of Mikhail Trepashkin RUSSIA, Moscow. On 15 December representatives of the all-Russian movement “For Human Rights”, the Committee for anti-war protests, the Antiwar Club and the Russian Movement for the Independence of Chechnya picketed the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments (FSIN) in Moscow with the aim of supporting the political prisoner Mikhail Trepashkin and to focus the attention of the FSIN on the unacceptability of human rights abuses, fabricating charges and breaking the law. Participants in the demonstration, of whom there were about 20, held portraits of Trepashkin with the title “Political prisoner of Russia”, a portrait of Aleksandr Litvinenko with the title “Who ordered the poisoning of Aleksandr Litvinenko (author of the investigative piece “Did the FSB bomb Russia?)”, and placards: “free the lawyer Trepashkin!”, “Not providing medical aid is the most cynical of crimes!”, “Obey ... >> full...
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Nationalists and populists participate in the “March of the Dissenters”
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:14 AM 19.12.2006 12:25 MSK Nationalists and populists participate in the “March of the Dissenters” RUSSIA, Moscow. “…We do not consider it right to formulate the aim of the united democratic March of the Dissenters as a struggle with those who “control the market and the purse-strings”, ..it is the “hero of privatization”. The slogans founded on populism and with a clear nationalistic tone, such as those which are in the manifesto “March…”, must not become the uniting slogans of the democratic opposition”, announced Russian human rights activists on the 16 December. The executive director of the movement “For Human Rights”, Lev Ponomarev, the coordinator of the movement “We”, Roman Dobrokhotov, the representative of the Anti-war Club, Mikhail Kriger and the president of the Youth human rights movement, Andrei Yurov in their announcement noted, in particular, that “We, the undersigned, consider ourselves as supporters of democracy and ... >> full...
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European Commission troubled by violations of rights of Georgians in Russia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:19 AM 20.12.2006 13:14 MSK European Commission troubled by violations of rights of Georgians in Russia FRANCE, Strasbourg. In accordance with its mandate to combat racism and racial discrimination, the 46 member states of the Europe Union European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECARI) has expressed its deep apprehension concerning recent events affecting Russian citizens of Georgian nationality and citizens of Georgia in Russia, reported the press-service of the European Union on December 18. In a statement, accepted on December 15 by the 41 member plenary meeting, ECARI said: " Actions, which in many instances were accomplished under the pretext of crime control and illegal immigration, consisted of detention and deportation, which in a number of cases led to the loss of those detained, and also caused complaints of oppression. ECARI deeply regrets that such measures were accepted and undertaken by the organs of power against an ... >> full...
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MVD captain discharged for illegal detention of "Defense" activists
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/20/2006 3:21 AM 20.12.2006 13:16 MSK MVD captain discharged for illegal detention of "Defense" activists RUSSIA, Moscow. The procuratorship has instigated a criminal case concerning the illegal detention on October 15 of two activists of the ""Defense" movement, and an operations duty officer from the Arbat has been discharged from the police, reported "Defense" on December 18. The procuratorship of the central region of Moscow and the Presnenskeyeo region addressed the matter of the militiamen's conduct. The OVD officers are threatened with up to 2 years in prison. A participant in the action Against the Anti-Georgian Hysteria, Roman Udot was detained by police for removing a provocateur from a bus stop. Another activist, Pavel Shaykin, attempted to assist his comrade and as a result was also detained by police. Although the police knew that the young people were, in essence, doing their duty, Udot and Shaykin were accused ... >> full...
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Clinical Condition of Defector Poisoned by FSB Worsened
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/15/2006 12:38 PM Clinical Condition of Defector Poisoned by FSB Worsened Publication time: Today at 08:54 Djokhar time A friend of the Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko who is now being treated in an unnamed London hospital after he had been poisoned by a Russian secret police agent said that the clinical condition of Mr Litvinenko worsened. Doctors do not know what happened to him, according to a report from a Russian radio station, Echo Moskvy ("Moscow Echo"), The station is considered by the West to be liberal and critical to the Putin's regime but it is owned by Gasprom, the largest Russian state gas company. Meanwhile, a Moscow newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets ("Moscow Young Communist League Member"), that is said to have most close ties with the Russian secret police FSB among all Russian state-controlled media, says in its Wednesday issue that Mr Litvinenko could have been poisoned by the ... >> full...
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