Reporter for the independent biweekly Novaya Gazeta, murdered in Moscow on 7 October
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posted by zaina19 on September, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 3:38 PM Anna Politkovskaya Reporter for the independent biweekly Novaya Gazeta, murdered in Moscow on 7 October Sign the petition calling for an international commission of enquiry in order to establish the truth about Anna Politkovskaya’s murder on 7 October in Moscow. Sign the petition (JPEG) Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in her Moscow apartment building on 7 October 2006, was one of the few Russian journalists reporting on events in Chechnya. An illustrated article by her on torture there had been due to appear on 9 October in the twice-weekly newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Her killer did not even trouble to hide his face or deactivate the building’s surveillance camera. He has not yet been identified. Politkovskaya, who had two children, was born in 1958 in New York, where her Russian-Ukrainian parents were Soviet diplomats for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). She studied journalism at Moscow University ... >> full...
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Justice for Anna Politkovskaya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/6/2007 3:47 PM Sign the petition Justice for Anna Politkovskaya Russia We have all been shocked by the news of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder. Her commitment to exposing authoritarian abuses in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the “dirty war” in Chechnya had made her a symbol of democratic conscience in both Russia and the West. (JPEG) We are now demanding that the competent authorities - under the United Nations or Council of Europe aegis for example - create an international commission of enquiry in order to establish the truth about Anna Politkovskaya’s murder on 7 October in Moscow. Twenty one journalists have already been murdered since Putin became Russia’s president in March 2000. Most of these murders has not been solved. The murder of Politkovskaya, one of the few reporters to have covered the situation in Chechnya since 1999, one who had received many international awards for her work, has taken ... >> full...
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POLITKOVSKAYA AND LITVINENKO MURDER CASES REMAIN CONTROVERSIAL
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/7/2007 1:39 AM September 06, 2007 POLITKOVSKAYA AND LITVINENKO MURDER CASES REMAIN CONTROVERSIAL By Pavel Felgenhauer Investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, my friend and colleague from Novaya gazeta newspaper, was shot to death in an elevator in her apartment building last October. Anna was an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin’s policy in Chechnya. Our newspaper began a serious independent investigation, as we did not have much hope that the authorities would do anything to find the true culprits. Last June I insisted that Novaya gazeta must go forward and immediately publish the evidence we have gathered about the murder, before the authorities falsely pin the blame on Putin’s political foes, like the self-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Still it was decided to hold back, to not compromise the official investigation that was still moving in the right direction, albeit slowly. The small team of independent investigators at Novaya gazeta believed in ... >> full...
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North Ossetia: investigator of the General Prosecutor's Office beats an advocate
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/7/2007 2:00 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 6/9/2007 North Ossetia: investigator of the General Prosecutor's Office beats an advocate On August 27, 2007, in Vladikavkaz, in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of North Ossetia, Victor Pereverznev, investigator of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Russian Federation thrashed advocate Irina Kodzaeva. Ms Kodzaeva lodged an application on the incident to the MIA of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNO-A). On that very day she addressed the Republic's Clinical Hospital where she was examined by the neurosurgeon on duty who diagnosed: brain concussion. In the evening of that day, employees of the Iriston District Interior Department (ROVD) came to Ms Kozdoeva's home and took her explanations of what had happened. On the following day, an examination was held. After the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" had learnt about it, a correspondent appeal was sent to the General ... >> full...
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European Parliament suggests to nominate Politkovskaya for Sakharov Prize
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/7/2007 2:05 PM
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS
6/9/2007
European Parliament suggests to nominate Politkovskaya for Sakharov Prize
Pole Yatsek Sariush-Volski, head of the Committee of European Parliament for International Matters, has suggested to nominate Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya posthumously for 2007 Andrei Sakharov, a representative of the press service of the European Parliament has informed today.
Mr Sariush-Volski represents the largest fraction of the European Parliament - the European Peoples' Party - European Democrats.
The Sakharov Prize "For Freedom of Thought" was founded by the European Parliament in 1988 and is awarded annually for "achievements in the cause of protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also for respect of international legislation and development of democracy," the RIA "Novosti" reports.
http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1196594.html
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