JANUARY 2007

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/7/2007 4:50 PM
January 7th 2007 · Prague Watchdog     
    
    
The Month in Brief - December 2006

December 1

The number of new HIV/AIDS cases registered in Chechnya reached 140 in the January-November period of this year, compared with 90 cases in the same year-ago period, and the number of people who died of the disease in the period is 23, said Khedi Aydamirova from the republic's anti-AIDS center. Nowadays the total number of HIV positive people in Chechnya is 707 and the total death rate is 73, she added.

As of today there are no conscripts in the Russian Interior Ministry forces in the Northern Caucasus, Interfax-AVN quoted Vasily Panchenkov of the Interior Ministry's press department as saying.

December 2

The Moscow-backed Chechen Premier Ramzan Kadyrov became a member of the General Council of the Unified Russia party during the party's congress in Yekaterinburg.

December 4

The UNHCR will ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/5/2007 5:44 AM
Further information on "Disappearance"/abduction/torture and -ill-treatment: Elina Ersenoeva (f)

Further information on "Disappearance"/abduction/torture and -ill-treatment: Elina Ersenoeva (f)
 

PUBLIC AI Index: EUR 46/068/2006
18 December 2006

Further Information on UA 231/06 (EUR 46/040/06, 29 August 2006) – "disappearance"/ abduction/ torture and ill-treatment

RUSSIAN FEDERATION Elina Ersenoeva (f), journalist
New name: Margarita Ersenoeva (f), her mother

Margarita Ersenoeva, the mother of journalist Elina Ersenoeva, who "disappeared" on 17 August, has not been seen since 2 October 2006, and it is believed she may have been abducted or subjected to enforced disappearance.

Margarita Ersenoeva had gone to see her mother that day, in the village of Starye Atagi in Chechnya. While she was there, she reportedly received a call on her mobile phone, and told her mother that it was from one of the investigators into her daughter’s abduction, who wanted to tell her some good news. She said this man had ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/13/2007 12:52 AM
CHECHNYA WEEKLY
Volume 8, Issue 2 (January 11, 2007)
    
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
    
        
    
MORE VIOLENCE AND UNREST IN DAGESTAN
SHOOTOUTS ALSO REPORTED IN NORTH OSSETIA AND INGUSHETIA
SOME CHECHEN REBELS ATTACK, OTHERS SURRENDER
TRIAL OF ACCUSED RUSSIAN OFFICERS POSTPONED
CHECHEN GOVERNMENT PLANS KHRUSHCHEV MONUMENT
BRIEFS
THE CHECHEN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT: 2006 IN REVIEW

    
MORE VIOLENCE AND UNREST IN DAGESTAN

Fresh on the heels of a series of attacks on police and a Muslim cleric in Dagestan during the second half of December and the first few days of January (Chechnya Weekly, January 4), security forces launched a special operation in the republican capital of Makhachkala on January 10, targeting a group of rebels hiding in a 12-story building located on Prospekt Gamidova, near the “Arizona” furniture store, in the center of the city. Citing Interfax, Kavkazky Uzel reported on January 10 that police spetsnaz had begun firing ...
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From: MSN Nicknamelove_caucasus  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/14/2007 7:25 PM
 
Chechens in Paris: bureaucratic odyssey

Far from the conflict-torn Caucasus, we meet the Chechnya Committee in
Paris, who won’t allow a forgotten war to be erased from the European memory


A cold December evening in Paris. The Chechnya Committee is bursting
with activity in their headquarters, not far from the Place de la
Nation. In the association's small office, a poster is stuck on a wall,
in front of a line of old seats filling up the space in the waiting
room. It reads 'Terror there, silence here'. 'Terror' is the continuing
violence, including that raging between civilians, caused by Russian
aggression in the Caucasus' rebel republic. 'Silence' signifies the
almost non-existent coverage of this war by the European press. You can
only gain access to this region with special permits or through
'Lastrjembski tour' visits, organised by the communication department of
the pro-Russian Chechen government. (*)

Displaced even in Poland

The Chechnya Committee has been active ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/17/2007 10:34 AM
January 16th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev     
    
    
Amnesty deadline runs out in Chechnya

By Umalt Chadayev

CHECHNYA - Today (January 15) marks the end of the amnesty for members of armed groups and federal servicemen which was declared by the Russian State Duma in September 2006.

According to the data of the various law enforcement bodies, from 470 to 546 guerrillas turned themselves in during the amnesty. The oldest was aged 75, and the youngest 16.

This information is supplied by the Interior Ministry of the Chechen Republic. A Chechen police officer says that in his opinion the government amnesty for former members of armed groups "will save the lives of hundreds of people.”

"Not only has it been possible to save the lives of these people, many of whom were drawn into illegal activities by means of deception, but also the ...
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