Suspect of murdering antifascist Kacharava sentenced to 12 years in prison
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posted by zaina19 on August, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/7/2007 3:17 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 7/8/2007 Suspect of murdering antifascist Kacharava sentenced to 12 years in prison The Petersburg Court has sentenced four defendants in the murder case of student-antifascist Timur Kacharava to imprisonment from 2 to 12 years. Three other defendants were convicted conditionally. The "Gazeta.Ru" reports that Andrei Shabalin, who was found guilty by the jury of murdering Timur Kacharava, was sentenced to 12 years of deprivation of freedom in a strict custody colony. His sentence for the crime envisaged by Article 105 of the Criminal Code (CC) assumes 11 years of imprisonment, and for kindling of hatred or enmity (Article 292 of the CC) - to three and a half years. His punishment was defined by a partial summing up of the terms. The remaining defendants were found guilty of kindling hatred or enmity. The "Caucasian Knot" has already informed that the attack on antifascists ... >> full...
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Human rights defenders think that Chechnya's authorities want to put NGOs under tough control
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/7/2007 8:25 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 3/8/2007 Human rights defenders think that Chechnya's authorities want to put NGOs under tough control On August 2, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov recommended all humanitarian and nongovernmental organizations, who execute their activities in the territory of the Republic, to move to its capital. Now, all the organizations are required to set up their offices and warehouses only in the capital of the Republic. Besides, registration is mandatory. Apart from moving to Grozny, humanitarian organizations were suggested to obtain their tax registration in the Republic and to hire local residents as their employees. Human rights activists assert that by doing so, the Chechen authorities want to put the work of NGOs under control, the "Kommersant" newspaper writes. "This is an open interference of the authorities into activities of NGOs, and assertions that removal of offices will increase tax deductions into the local budget ... >> full...
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Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin Larissa Arap's
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2007 8:16 PM
31.7.2007 17:50 MSK
Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin Larissa Arap's
Larissa Arap
Larissa Arap
RUSSIA, Moscow. On July 30, the Russian Federation's Human Rights Commissioner, Vladimir Lukin, ordered the creation of a commission to check the validity of the forced hospitalization of Larissa Arap in a psychiatric hospital. The commission will be headed by the President of the Independent Psychiatric Association, Yuri Savenko.
Murmansk OGF (United Civil Front) member Larissa Arap was forcibly hospitalized in a mental hospital in Murmansk on July 5 of this year. On July 26, Larissa Arap was transferred to a provincial psychiatric hospital in the Apatites, 300 km from Murmansk.
Relatives, friends and comrades in the OGF believe Larissa Arap is mentally completely healthy, and her hospitalization is being carried out for political reasons.
Translated by OM Kenney
PRIMA-News Agency [2007-07-31-Rus-21]
http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2007/7/31/38853.html
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Hunger strike patients to get necessary medical treatment
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2007 8:20 PM 31.7.2007 23:10 MSK Hunger strike patients to get necessary medical treatment RUSSIA, Republic of Ingushetia, Nazran. July 30. The Department of Dialysis in the Ingush Republic Clinical Hospital (IRKB) now has 10 dialysis machines. In addition to the single machine that was in use, four have been repaired and five are new. This occurred after patients suffering kidney deficiency complained to the authorities in Russia and Ingushetia, and declared a hunger strike on July 24, protesting against "inhuman treatment from the management of the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Ingushetia". On July 24, 15 IRKB patients who suffer from kidney deficiency declared a hunger strike. In the entire republic there are 35 people with this diagnosis. They all were forced to use ... >> full...
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Repressions against trade union activists on eve of Avto-Vaz strike
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/1/2007 8:23 PM 2.8.2007 01:31 MSK Repressions against trade union activists on eve of Avto-Vaz strike RUSSIA, Togliatti in the Samarsky region. On July 29 associates for the trade-union movement announced that on July 27, Anton Pustovoy, an Avto-Vaz welder who actively participated in the preparation of a strike set to begin on August 1 had been detained, according to a report by the Collective Action Institute (IKD). He called his mother on July 29 from the detention center, and reported that he was detained for resisting the police. According to Pyetr Zolotarev, chairman of the free trade union "Unity", Pustovoy had been being followed for several days. He was difficult to detain, because comrades from work constantly accompanied him. On July 27 at the end of the second shift, he was detained in the cloakroom. Pustovoy was detained for supporting workers, and preparing to strike, notes IKD. According ... >> full...
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