Court due to rule on Chechen case
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/27/2006 3:09 PM Court due to rule on Chechen case Publication time: 27 July 2006, 11:26 The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule in the case of a Chechen man who disappeared after being detained by Russian forces in 1999. The case was brought by the mother of Khadzi-Murat Yandiyev after she saw TV footage in which a Russian officer ordered her son to be shot. However, Russia says there was no formal order to execute Mr Yandiyev and no hard evidence that he is dead. This is the first such case the court is hearing from the Chechen conflict. Khadzi-Murat Yandiyev was arrested during the military campaign to regain control of the capital Grozny in 1999. His mother, Fatima Bazorkina, filed the complaint against Russia in 2001, saying the authorities failed to adequately investigate the case. She spent the last six years trying to find out what happened ... >> full...
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Bush thrusts democracy to fore before Putin talks
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/14/2006 2:01 PM Bush thrusts democracy to fore before Putin talks By Douglas Busvine and Steve Holland ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush put democracy centre-stage ahead of a big-power summit, telling beleaguered Russian rights activists on Friday he would relay their concerns to President Vladimir Putin. But he signalled he would not jeopardise talks with Putin or the Group of Eight summit the Kremlin leader is hosting by clashing openly with him, saying he would instead raise his worries over an erosion of democracy in Russia privately. U.S. President George W. Bush hugs Russian President Vladimir Putin before a social dinner on the grounds of the Konstantinovsky Palace in Stralna, Russia, July 14, 2006. (REUTERS/Jason Reed) "I spent a lot of time listening to their concerns," Bush said after meeting the heads of some dozen Russian charities and pressure groups. Many of them ... >> full...
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Mikhail Trepashkin placed in penal isolation for 15 days
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/11/2006 3:05 AM 11.7.2006 13:41 MSK Mikhail Trepashkin placed in penal isolation for 15 days Mikhail Trepashkin Mikhail Trepashkin RUSSIA, Lower Tagil. Sverdlovsk Region. On July 6th, attorney Mikhail Trepashkin was placed in penal isolation for 15 days. The occasion for this punishment was the fact that he transmitted a rough copy of a complaint to the Superior Court of the Russian Federation via defense attorney, Lyubov Kosik, and not through the administration of the IR -13 penal colony, Kosik reported on July 8. Another of Trepashkin’s attorneys, Elena Liptser, in conversation with a correspondent of PRIMA-News, emphasized that placing her client in isolation (SHIZO) is illegal. Trepashkin is held under supervision in a colony- settling. According to the Criminal-Executive Code, he has the right to send a complaint to the Supreme Court independently. Lyubov Kosik reported that it is cold in SHIZO. On the second day Trepashkin was allowed a ... >> full...
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NGOs Urge G8 Leaders to Press Putin on Human Rights Violations, Corruption
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/11/2006 1:24 PM Vladimir Putin / Photo: AFP Vladimir Putin / Photo: AFP NGOs Urge G8 Leaders to Press Putin on Human Rights Violations, Corruption 11.07.2006 MosNews The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s partners in the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to raise the issue of rights violations in Russia when they meet this week in St. Petersburg, Radio Free Europe reports. The group, which represents 46 national rights committees, said the other seven leaders should address the plight of political prisoners. It said it was “appalling” that people had been imprisoned in Russia after politically motivated trials. In a joint statement with the Moscow Helsinki Group, it called on G8 leaders to bring up the issue of rights violation and corruption in Russia’s North Caucasus. It said the “war on terrorism” had become a “pretext for the continuing abuse of human rights” ... >> full...
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NGOs Urge G8 Leaders to Press Putin on Human Rights Violations, Corruption
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/11/2006 1:24 PM Vladimir Putin / Photo: AFP Vladimir Putin / Photo: AFP NGOs Urge G8 Leaders to Press Putin on Human Rights Violations, Corruption 11.07.2006 MosNews The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s partners in the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to raise the issue of rights violations in Russia when they meet this week in St. Petersburg, Radio Free Europe reports. The group, which represents 46 national rights committees, said the other seven leaders should address the plight of political prisoners. It said it was “appalling” that people had been imprisoned in Russia after politically motivated trials. In a joint statement with the Moscow Helsinki Group, it called on G8 leaders to bring up the issue of rights violation and corruption in Russia’s North Caucasus. It said the “war on terrorism” had become a “pretext for the continuing abuse of human rights” ... >> full...
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