Russia: European Court Rules on Chechnya Massacre
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/28/2007 8:42 AM Russia: European Court Rules on Chechnya Massacre (New York, July 27, 2007) – In a ruling on July 26, 2007 the European Court of Human Rights found the Russian government responsible for 11 killings that took place in Aldi, a suburb of Grozny, in February 2000. The killings were part of what Human Rights Watch documented as a massacre that Russian riot police and contract soldiers carried out in the midst of a sweep operation several days after Russian forces had taken control over the area. The court’s unanimous ruling held Russia accountable for the 11 deaths, inhuman and degrading treatment of one of the applicants, failing to conduct an effective investigation, and failing to provide an effective domestic remedy for the abuses. It ordered the Russian government to pay the applicants more than US $225,000 in material and moral damages. In announcing its ... >> full...
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Residents of temporary accommodations in Grozny forced out
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
30.7.2007 12:30 MSK Residents of temporary accommodations in Grozny forced out CHECHNYA, Grozny. Representatives of the local authority are continuing the "voluntary- forced" removal of inhabitants of points of temporary accommodation (PVR), reported the Center of Independent Journalists and Council of Nongovernmental Organizations (SNO) on July 26. PVR tenants in Grozny report that on July 25, the Head of Administration of the Leninist region, Bakharchiyev, Ministers of Culture and Building, Muzakayev and Gekhayev, and local police arrived at the PVR. They told the inhabitants that during August there will be a large festival in Grozny, "Peace in the Caucasus", and that the PVR building will be used to house numerous guests. In connection with this they demanded that the forced migrants living there leave their accommodations by 6:00pm. People began to express their concern that there was simply nowhere to go, however the officials simply ignored their protests. Moreover, it was explained to them ... >> full...
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ChCNS: old men and children were beaten during special operation in Ingushetia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/30/2007 3:15 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 28/7/2007 ChCNS: old men and children were beaten during special operation in Ingushetia Many of the Russian militaries who conducted today a special operation in Ali-Yurt village of the Nazran District of Ingushetia, were in the state of alcoholic intoxication, behaved rudely, offended old men, women and children, and threatened them with murder. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about it at the Ingushetia-based "Chechen Committee for National Salvation" (ChCNS) with reference to a resident of Ali-Yurt who managed today in the morning to get out of the village blocked by the troops. The eyewitness of the events has told the ChCNS that Russian soldiers have violently beaten Ramzan Nalgiev, 85, a resident of Ali-Yurt, who was going to the mosque for his morning namaz. As a result, his hips were broken. According to the information of the source, several teenagers in ... >> full...
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Case on threats to SRChF deputy head closed for finding no guilty persons
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/30/2007 3:22 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 28/7/2007 Case on threats to SRChF deputy head closed for finding no guilty persons Oksana Chelysheva, deputy head of the "Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship" (SRChF), has informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in Nizhni Novgorod the Prosecutor's Office has stopped investigation of the criminal case initiated on March 30, 2005, on crime attributes stipulated by Articles 129 (slander) and 130 (insult) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The "Caucasian Knot" has already informed that on March 14, 2005, in several multi-storey houses, located in the Iyulskikh Dney Street in Nizhni Novgorod, unknown persons disseminated leaflets with accusations of approval of terrorism and assistance to Chechen militants directed to the address of Oksana Chelysheva. According to Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, leader of the banned in Russia "Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship," the anonymous leaflets contained the residence address of O. Chelysheva and "dirty insults and ... >> full...
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Russia: Bread Prices -- And Worries -- On The Rise
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/18/2007 9:29 AM Friday, July 13, 2007 Russia: Bread Prices -- And Worries -- On The Rise Russia -- bread shop at a bakery in Moscow - 12jul2007 Muscovites buying bread on July 12 (RFE/RL) July 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Many Russians remember a time when a bukhanka, a loaf of the dense black bread that was an indispensable staple at any kitchen table, cost just 18 kopeks. Now a similar loaf can cost as much as 15 rubles, and authorities are warning that the price may grow by as much as 50 percent by the end of the year. The equivalent of $0.90 may not seem a lot to pay for a loaf of bread. But the projected price hikes have sparked anxiety in many Russians, who anticipate a higher all-around cost of living is just around the corner. "Of course it worries me," confided one middle-aged woman in St. Petersburg. "They ... >> full...
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