DECEMBER 2005

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/18/2005 7:38 PM

New York, May 2, 2005—Murder is the leading cause of job-related deaths among journalists worldwide, and the Philippines is the most murderous country of all, a new analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. Iraq, Colombia, Bangladesh, and Russia round out CPJ's list of the "Most Murderous Countries for Journalists."

In issuing its analysis to mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3, CPJ called murder with impunity the most urgent threat facing journalists worldwide. CPJ studied more than five years of death records beginning January 1, 2000, and found that the vast majority of journalists killed on duty did not die in crossfire or while covering dangerous assignments. Instead, 121 of the 190 journalists who died on duty worldwide since 2000 were hunted down and murdered in retaliation for their work.
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/23/2005 1:53 AM
Russian Constitutional court confirmed Putin's right  to appoint governors
22.12.2005
On December, 21st the Constitutional Court of Russia announced the decision on the case about check of constitutionality of positions of the Federal law "About general principles of organization of legislative (representative) bodies and agencies of governments of the federative subjects of Russian Federation" (in edition from December, 11th, 2004), concerning order of Russian citizens’ coming into powers of high officials of subjects of Russian Federation (heads of supreme body of governments of subjects of Russian Federation) in connection with V.F.Grishkevich's complaint and collective complaints of some citizens.

The constitutional court of Russian Federation confirmed that the present mechanism of governors’ appointment corresponds to the Constitution of Russian Federation and can not be considered ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/23/2005 2:15 AM
Russian MPs approve NGO controls
Friday, 23 December 2005
Russian police remove a human rights activist protesting against the bill outside the Duma. File photo
Human rights activists have been campaigning against the bill
The Russian lower house of parliament has passed a controversial bill to tighten controls on non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

The bill - criticised by human rights groups and Western governments - easily passed its third and final reading.

It was backed by 357 members of the Duma and rejected by just 20. Pro-Kremlin MPs dominate the Duma.

The Russian government argues that the legislation is necessary to ensure the security of the state.

'Foreign spies'

The bill is expected to be passed by the upper house - the Federation Council - before being signed into law by President Vladimir Putin.

It is one of the most controversial bills to be debated in the Russian parliament since President Putin came ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/23/2005 2:19 AM
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS

19/12/2005
Antifascists attacked in Moscow

A group of anarchists who took part in yesterday's demonstration and public meeting titled Moscow without Fascism were attacked by young right-wing radicals in Bolshaya Bronnaia St after the end of the action at about 3:00 p.m. yesterday, Autonomous Action activist Olga Miriasov and some of the victims told Caucasian Knot's correspondent.

Two young men pretended to be organising a meeting with a group of "antifa" movement activists and thus deceived 15 anarchists into an ambush arranged by nationalistic extremists. When they came to the prearranged place, there happened to be about a score of guys. They shouted "Antifa assholes!" and "Die antifa!" and threw Molotov cocktails at the antifascists, after which they began to fight with them. One cocktail hit the head of an activist from Kaliningrad whose name was Anton.

Security guards from a nearby shop ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 12/23/2005 2:30 AM
Speech by Professor Mohammad Adel Shishani
19.12.2005 - 00:45:12

Human Rights abuses in Chechenia

Speech by Professor Mohammad Adel Shishani

Presented at the Conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels

Titled ´´Countering Violence and Creating Justice in the Caucasus,´´ Organized by the Green-EFA group in the European Parliament and the Chechen World Congress, Dec. 8, 2005.

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the Chechen World Congress, I would like to thank Mr. Bart Staes and his Green Party and the Pax Christy Flanders and the Action Group for organizing this Conference, and I also would like to thank the Leadership of the European Parliament for providing the venue for this conference.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On December 11, 1994 three columns of Russian tanks and armored vehicles invaded the Chechen republic of lchkeria from three directions. They hoped for a fast victory. But the war has been going on ...
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