Vigil Held for Politkovskaya Birthday
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posted by zaina19 on August, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/31/2007 9:25 AM Friday, August 31, 2007
Vigil Held for Politkovskaya Birthday
By David Nowak Staff Writer Oxana Onipko / MT People gathering under a photo of Politkovskaya on Pushkin Square on Thursday evening. The group then held a short vigil outside her apartment building. Relatives, friends and colleagues of slain Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya gathered on Pushkin Square for a candle-lit commemoration of her life Thursday, which would have been her 49th birthday. The meeting came on a day Russian media reported that two of 11 suspects arrested in connection with her murder on Oct. 7 had been freed, while five others had complained of being abused during their detention. Thursday evening, about 250 people gathered in a small corner of the square, much of which was crowded with stages and equipment already in place for the weekend's City Day celebrations. Among those who attended were opposition politicians, including ... >> full...
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Seizure of equipment part of Kremlin campaign against civil society
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/1/2007 3:15 AM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Russia: Crackdown on Human Rights Groups Seizure of equipment part of Kremlin campaign against civil society Update: Yesterday’s seizure of computers at the Tolerance Support Foundation was followed today by a raid on an independent newspaper in Nizhni Novgorod. At 1 p.m. officers from the economic police appeared at the office of Novaia Gazeta-Nizhni Novgorod, one of Russia’s few remaining independent newspapers. Similar to yesterday’s raid on the Tolerance Support Foundation, police presented a warrant for complete inspection of the newspaper’s financial, administrative and other activities. After the search the police confiscated all six of the newspaper’s computers for examination for illegal software. Journalists were not allowed to copy any of the information stored on the computers, which contained the newspaper’s entire archive. Zakhar Prilepin, editor-in-chief of Novaia Gazeta-Nizhni Novgorod, told Human Rights Watch that the seized computers were private property of ... >> full...
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Mikhail Trepashkin complains to UN Secretary General of violation of his rights
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/1/2007 9:37 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 31/8/2007 Mikhail Trepashkin complains to UN Secretary General of violation of his rights Ex-Colonel of the FSB (Federal Security Bureau) Mikhail Trepashkin has sent an application to Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, with a request to demand from the Russian law enforcement bodies to release him and revise his criminal case. The Trepashkin's application to Ban Ki-moon, which was widespread today, runs that Mr Trepashkin was refused of his right to have his case revised, which is guaranteed by Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 2 of Protocol 7 to the European Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the "Interfax" reports. "On April 19, 2007, a regular session of the PACE passed a resolution with the demand to Russia about my immediate release, however, the RF authorities do not ... >> full...
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Manana Aslamazyan rejected of case consideration in absentia
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/29/2007 2:23 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 27/8/2007 Manana Aslamazyan rejected of case consideration in absentia The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has rejected the petition of Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Foundation "Educated Media" (successor of the "Internews"), accused of money contraband, to consider her criminal case without her presence - in absentia, Victor Parshutkin, the defendant's advocate has informed and added: "They demand Aslamazyan to come back and intend to deliver the case to the court only after her return." Currently, Ms Aslamazyan is outside Russia. The investigation of the criminal case is already over, and the defence should start acquainting with the collected evidences, the RIA "Novosti" reports. The "Caucasian Knot" has informed that Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Foundation, was detained late in this January, when she entered Russia with undeclared 9,550 euros and 5,130 roubles on her. This offence, which is ... >> full...
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NGOs Buried by Mountain Of Russia: New Campaign to Silence Rights Activist
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/24/2007 8:59 AM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Russia: New Campaign to Silence Rights Activist Update: (Moscow, August 17, 2007) – The Nizhegorodski district court granted a government motion to toughen the terms of rights activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky’s suspended sentence. Under the new terms allowed by the court’s decision on August 17, 2007, if Dmitrievsky commits two administrative violations within a year at any time during his four-year probationary period, the government can petition to replace his suspended sentence with a two-year prison term. Dmitrievsky told Human Rights Watch that the court’s judgment contains only a factual summary of the case and the ruling, but not the judge’s reasons for the decision. Dmitrievsky will appeal the decision. (Moscow, August 17, 2007) – The Russian government’s latest attempt to silence a leading human rights advocate reflects a deepening crackdown on critical voices in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. A ... >> full...
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