March upstages St Petersburg summit
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2007 as Human Rights
SATURDAY, JUNE 09, 2007 March upstages St Petersburg summit Kasparov and other Putin opponents took part in the "March of the Dissenters" in St Petersburg [AFP] Opposition protesters marched through St Petersburg on Saturday to demonstrate against Vladimir Putin while the Russian president was hosting a huge conference for investors in his home city. Around 3,500 people marched through the historic city centre shouting "Shame on the Kremlin, shame on the authorities" and "Russia without Putin". Some carried posters saying "Putin - Wanted" while others complained about the Kremlin's tight control of the airwaves, which keeps most opposition figures off television and radio shows. In sharp contrast to other opposition demonstrations in past months, which were broken up by baton-wielding riot police, Saturday's march was allowed by the authorities. Police kept a low profile apart from a helicopter buzzing overhead. "The authorities didn't want to ban the protest during the forum," Garry Kasparov, world chess champion turned opposition leader, ... >> full...
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"Demos": criticism of the work of "Memorial" in Chechnya is unjustified
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/11/2007 12:59 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 5/6/2007 "Demos": criticism of the work of "Memorial" in Chechnya is unjustified The "Caucasian Knot" has informed that on May 30 a meeting was held in the city of Gudermes of President Ramzan Kadyrov with representatives of the Republic's NGOs. During the event, the region's leader criticized the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial." "For two months in a row, the "Memorial" was disseminating information in the media that the Kadyrov Charitable Public Foundation had allegedly made exactions, but when we tried to get into it and started to investigate who, when and where had exacted money for deduction into the Foundation, they could not give us any particular example," Mr Kadyrov stated. Tatiana Lokshina, Chair of the Board of the "Demos" Information and Analytical Centre, gave her comments on the statement in her interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: "President of Chechnya ... >> full...
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Trepashkin refuses to have advocates
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/11/2007 1:04 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 5/6/2007 Trepashkin refuses to have advocates The consideration by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court of the cassation complaint lodged by Mikhail Trepashkin against the ruling of the Nizhni Tagil District Court on toughening his custody mode that was pre-scheduled for tomorrow, June 6, will not take place. This news was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Gleb Edelev, an activist of the public group in defence of the convicted ex-FSB officer and coordinator of the Yekaterinburg Movement Against Violence (MAV), with reference to Lyubov Kosik, Trepashkin's advocate. "Trepashkin wrote a petition to the Court asking to consider the case in his presence. Despite this petition and in violation of the law, he was not even brought from his colony in Nizhni Tagil to Yekaterinburg, referring to the absence of a statement of the Regional Court about his removal. To exclude any consideration ... >> full...
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Russian human rights activists speak out against "practical politics"
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/6/2007 12:28 PM 1.6.2007 20:35 MSK Russian human rights activists speak out against "practical politics" RUSSIA, Moscow. In connection with the G8 Summit from June 6–8, Russian human rights activists and public workers have called on heads of states and governments of Italy, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, the USA, and Japan "to clearly and unequivocally focus attention" on President of Russia Vladimir Putin for "blatant and massive violations by the country's leadership of basic human rights and democratic freedoms". The human rights activists declared that they must "forego the practice of practical politics where connivance and antidemocratic actions dictate shifts of position on political and economic questions". The authors of the petition called on the seven democracies: 1) To secure the release of Russian political prisoners, including Zary Murtazaliyev – sentenced in the YUKOS case, pamphleteer Boris Stomakhin, scientists Igor Sutyagin and Valentina Danilova, and attorney Mikhail Trepashkin; 2) ... >> full...
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