EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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posted by zaina19 on April, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/6/2007 3:21 AM Press release - 207(2007) 05.04.2007 EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Press release issued by the Registrar CHAMBER JUDGMENT BAYSAYEVA v. RUSSIA The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgment1 in the case of Baysayeva v. Russia (application no. 74237/01). The Court held unanimously that there had been: · a violation of Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the disappearance of the applicant’s husband; · a violation of Article 2 concerning the failure to conduct an effective investigation into his disappearance; · no violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the Convention concerning the applicant’s husband; · a violation of Article 3 concerning the applicant; · a violation of Article 5 (right to liberty and security) concerning the applicant’s husband; · a violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy); and, · ... >> full...
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Opposition newspaper journalist beaten in Kalmykia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2007 11:47 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 31/3/2007 Opposition newspaper journalist beaten in Kalmykia On March 30, at 7 p.m., in the city of Elista (Kalmykia), at office of the Kalmyk Republic's Branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), unknown persons attacked Vitaly Shulenin, editor of the "Leninskiy Puts" (Lenin's Way) opposition newspaper of the Kalmyk Republic's Branch (KRB) of the CPRF. In the attack, Mr. Shulenin got a leg fracture and multiple grazes and bruises of his head and body, however, his personal belongings, documents and cash money were of no interest to the culprits. Currently, V. Shulenin's health condition is causing doctors' concern, since he needs an urgent surgery. The Republic's CPRF Committee, Vitaly Shulenin's colleagues-journalists and friends think that the attack and slaughter are linked with his professional work: two days prior to the assault, the said newspaper had published V. Shulenin's critical article ... >> full...
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U.N. Rights Council vs. Freedom
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/4/2007 7:59 AM Freedom to Report Real News Wednesday, April 04, 2007 U.N. Rights Council vs. Freedom By Brett D. Schaefer, 4/3/2007 10:58:29 AM The closer one observes the United Nations, the more one notices how disconnected it is from reality -- especially when debating human rights. Its bias and politicization was on full display recently at the fourth session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which saw continued attacks on Israel and intolerance of criticism. In its first year, the HRC has proven just as feckless in confronting human-rights abuses and as prone to politically motivated attacks as its predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights. And the commission's record was so bad, even former Secretary-General Kofi Annan admitted it "cast a shadow on the reputation of the United Nations system as a whole" and called for its replacement. In a disheartening repeat of one of the old commission's worst failings, ... >> full...
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Former Russian Guantanamo Inmate Seeks Asylum in Netherlands
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Photo — MosNews archive
Photo — MosNews archive
Former Russian Guantanamo Inmate Seeks Asylum in Netherlands
04.04.2007
MosNews
A former Russian inmate at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has requested political asylum in the Netherlands, citing his lawyer and the organization Human Rights Watch, the RIA Novosti news agency reported April 4.
The paper said Shamil Khazhiyev had fought on the side of the Taliban movement and was arrested by the Americans in Afghanistan or Pakistan in 2002 and held at the Guantanamo camp.
In 2004, he was handed over to Russian authorities, together with six other detainees.
His lawyer, John Walls, said Khazhiyev has been harassed by Russian security services, making it unsafe for him to stay in Russia.
While Dutch authorities are considering Khazhiyev’s request, Walls advised him not to talk to reporters.
Khazhiyev left Russia in March and is now in a refugee camp in the Netherlands.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2007/04/04/Guantanamo.shtml
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Never taking no for an answer
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2007 1:43 AM Times Online Logo 222 x 25 From The Sunday Times April 1, 2007 Never taking no for an answer Thomas de Waal A RUSSIAN DIARY by Anna Politkovskaya, translated by Arch Tait Harvill Secker £17.99 Anna Politkovskaya, Russia’s bravest human-rights journalist, who was murdered last October in Moscow, is generally described as a critic of Vladimir Putin. She was that, but so much more. Anna was one of the world’s difficult people, who would not take “no” for an answer, in defending those whose rights had been trampled on – whether Chechen villagers, bullied Russian soldiers, orphans, the relatives of those killed in terrorist incidents. When I last saw her, at a conference in Sweden, shortly before her murder, she was castigating members of the Russian human-rights community for not doing enough to defend Chechens framed on dubious terrorist charges. Anna held everyone to the highest standards and found ... >> full...
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