Jamestown Foundation: Volume 8, Issue 3 (January 18, 2007)
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posted by FerrasB on January, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 1/18/2007 11:08 AM Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 3 January 18, 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: * Observers Differ Over How Many Rebels Took Amnesty Offer… * …And What the Amnesty Actually Accomplished * Memorial Activist Says “Death Squads” Operate in Chechnya * Briefs * Yaseen Rasulov: Dagestan’s Rebel Scholar By Andrei Smirnov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVERS DIFFER OVER HOW MANY REBELS TOOK AMNESTY OFFER... The Russian government’s amnesty for rebels in Chechnya and elsewhere in the North Caucasus, announced last July by Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Nikolai Patrushev acting in his capacity as head of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK), expired on January 15. Estimates varied regarding how many militants took advantage of the amnesty, which was offered to those who had not committed grave crimes. Interfax, on January 15, quoted an unnamed NAK official as saying that 546 people had taken the amnesty offer. The official told the news agency that practically all of those who ... >> full
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PHO: Chechnya: Second Water Station Handed Over
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/19/2007 1:04 AM Chechnya: Second water station handed over Przekazanie drugiej bazy wodnej i pożegnanie z pracownikami K2 Uroczystość przekazania bazy K2 Second water purification station, K2, with production capacity of 8 thousand tons of water a month, was handed over to Grozwodokanal – the local institution responsible for the state of water piping in Grozny. The ceremony took part on 28th December, thus the realization of water production and distribution project was entirely overtaken by local society. The project is being led since the year 2000. Every day, five water filters produce 700 tons of potable water, which is then distributed among schools, kindergartens, hospitals, heath centres and temporary accommodation centres for the displaced people who return to Grozny. The same day, the sanitation project led by PHO, was handed over to local Zhilkomtrans. The project, within which 100 cubic meters of garbage and waste is being ... >> full
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Oskaloosa Herald: European Court Finds Two Chechens Were Tortured
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/19/2007 1:09 AM
European Court Finds Two Chechens Were Tortured (Washingtonpost.com)
MOSCOW, Jan. 18 -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that two Chechen brothers were tortured in their strife-torn Russian republic and that authorities there failed to investigate their allegations of abuse. It was the first decision on torture in Chechnya issued by the court, based... Read the full story on Washingtonpost.com
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Washington Post: European Court Finds Two Chechens Were Tortured
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/19/2007 1:24 AM European Court Finds Two Chechens Were Tortured Ruling Is Panel's First On Issue in Restive Russian Republic By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Inmates walk in a yard at Chechnya's Chernokozovo detention center, where brothers Adam and Arbi Chitayev were transferred by the Russian military in April 2000. Inmates walk in a yard at Chechnya's Chernokozovo detention center, where brothers Adam and Arbi Chitayev were transferred by the Russian military in April 2000. (Associated Press) Friday, January 19, 2007 MOSCOW, Jan. 18 -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that two Chechen brothers were tortured in their strife-torn Russian republic and that authorities there failed to investigate their allegations of abuse. It was the first decision on torture in Chechnya issued by the court, based in Strasbourg, France. "The applicants were indisputably kept in a permanent state of physical pain and anxiety owing to their uncertainty about their fate and ... >> full
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RIA Novosti: Chechnya Anti-Terrorism Center Officers Accused Of Robberies
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/20/2007 7:02 AM RIA Novosti Chechnya anti-terrorism center officers accused of robberies 19/01/2007 15:13 MOSCOW, January 19 (RIA Novosti) - A criminal case against anti-terrorism center officers in Chechnya accused of committing 21 robberies in Grozny has been passed on to the North Caucasus republic's Supreme Court, police said Friday. The gang, which was active in Grozny between December 2005 and May 2006, attacked apartments at night. A total of 59 people have been identified as victims of the gang, with total damages estimated at more than 2 million rubles ($75,400). "During the investigation, it was established that an officer of the Chechen Republic's anti-terrorism center set up an armed group from among his colleagues and acquaintances in December 2005. "During their attacks, the bandits used Kalashnikov assault rifles, Makarov handguns, ammunition, military uniforms and equipment provided to them by the anti-terrorism center," police said. A police spokesman said the bandits ... >> full
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