Parents of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria assert that bodies of their sons were not cremated
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/12/2007 6:40 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 11/7/2007 Parents of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria assert that bodies of their sons were not cremated Today, the correspondent's office of the "Caucasian Knot" located in the city of Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been approached by the relatives of the victims of the October 2005 events who have stated that the bodies of the casualties were not cremated. According to the relatives, they learnt about it from reliable sources. They have addressed their appeal to mass media, President of Russia, General Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, European Court for Human Rights and international human rights organizations. They call on President of Russia Vladimir Putin, General Public Prosecutor Yuri Chaika "to urgently interfere into the problem of the bodies, stop lawlessness, prevent cremation and present truthful information on the conditions the bodies are kept in to the parents." At the ... >> full...
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"Memorial" criticizes CC's bill on amending the procedure of appealing to Strasbourg
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/11/2007 5:21 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 10/7/2007 "Memorial" criticizes CC's bill on amending the procedure of appealing to Strasbourg On July 9, 2007, V. D. Zorkin, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation (RF) made a statement on the necessity to adopt new legal norms of the Russian law for those who apply against Russia to the European Court for Human Rights, which would oblige the applicants first to appeal to the RF Supreme Court. In the opinion of K. N. Koroteev, a legal adviser of the HRC "Memorial," the amendments proposed by the Chairman of the RF CC are restricting the applicants' rights. The human rights activist is convinced that the citizens who are complaining on Russia should apply to Strasbourg immediately after the cassation ruling or appeal statement (in the civil proceedings), without waiting for supervisory consideration, otherwise they are at risk to miss ... >> full...
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"Memorial": hundreds thousands of repressed people are unfairly rejected rehabilitation
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/11/2007 5:40 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 10/7/2007 "Memorial": hundreds thousands of repressed people are unfairly rejected rehabilitation Hundreds thousands of victims of political repressions in the USSR have been illegally rejected rehabilitation, and in some cases "they rehabilitate those whom they should not," Nikita Petrov, a Board member of the Scientific-Information and Education Centre "Memorial" and author of many books on Stalinist history, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: "From the point of view of Russian law enforcement bodies, the rehabilitation is over. They have physically reconsidered all the cases kept in the FSB archives all over the country. This is what the authorities consider to be the end of the process. ...It turns out that we still have an ideological approach to rehabilitation. It means that those who were state servants, even unjust servants, can be rehabilitated, but those who had once acted on the part of the forces, ... >> full...
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"Memorial": European Court's decisions on Chechnya do not reduce the crime count
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/8/2007 3:23 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 6/7/2007 "Memorial": European Court's decisions on Chechnya do not reduce the crime count The judicial system of the European Court for Human Rights is far from being perfect, since it resorts to forcing a respondent-state to pay out compensation. Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial," called this practice the "impunity tax." According to the statistics presented by Kirill Koroteev, a lawyer of the "Memorial," currently the European Court for Human Rights "keeps hundreds of Chechen cases." Six complaints united into three cases, which were traced by the HRC "Memorial," not long ago were recognized eligible for the European Court. "In some cases we know, who stands behind these or those offences covered by the Article 'crimes against humanity.' Therefore, if they are not brought to responsibility in Russia, these offenders can be prosecuted in many countries according to the ... >> full...
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Klebnikov's Family Appeals for Justice
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/9/2007 10:22 PM Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Klebnikov's Family Appeals for Justice By Alexander Osipovich Staff Writer Igor Tabakov / MT Diplomats and relatives of journalist Paul Klebnikov attending a memorial service Monday, the third anniversary of his death. From left are Klebnikov's uncle Arkady Nebolsin, U.S. Ambassador William Burns, German Ambassador Walter Jьrgen Schmid and his brother Peter. Relatives of murdered U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov expressed hope Monday that his killers would be brought to justice, following a memorial service to commemorate the third anniversary of his death. "We've learned that a very serious search is being conducted, and that several theories are being considered," Peter Klebnikov, the journalist's brother, told reporters outside Christ the Savior Cathedral on Monday afternoon. Senior prosecutors have assured the family that they were on the killers' trail, Klebnikov said, although he added that he did not know details of the investigation. Paul Klebnikov, the editor of ... >> full...
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