Prague Watchdog: Russian Soldiers Conduct "Mop-Up” In Serzhen-Yurt
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posted by FerrasB on January, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/27/2007 4:29 AM January 23rd 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev Russian soldiers conduct "mop-up” in Serzhen-Yurt Russian soldiers conduct "mop-up” in Serzhen-Yurt By Umalt Chadayev SERZHEN-YURT, Chechnya - At dawn on January 23, Russian soldiers arrived in the village of Serzhen-Yurt in the Shali district in a Ural truck, four UAZ vehicles and an armoured personnel carrier. They blockaded one of the private houses and conducted an unsanctioned search in it. "Russian soldiers arrived in the village at about 7am. They broke into the house of Osmayeva, a local resident who lives by herself with four children, and carried out searches there. Not finding anything, the soldiers left. However, towards 9am they returned and searched the house a second time," a resident of Serzhen-Yurt has reported by telephone. "Some time after that, the soldiers left again. When it was closer to dinner time they returned ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Russia's Supreme Court Okays Dismantling Of Russian-Chechen...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/27/2007 4:31 AM January 23rd 2007 · Prague Watchdog Russia's Supreme Court okays dismantling of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society Russia's Supreme Court okays dismantling of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society By Prague Watchdog MOSCOW - A Russian NGO, which has been reporting on the conflict in Chechnya for several years, has lost another round in the battle waged against them by the government. Today the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation turned down the appeal of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (ORChD) against the Nizhny Novgorod regional court’s verdict to dismantle the organization. The NGO, based in Nizhny Novgorod, has been openly harassed by the authorities for the third year. Last year its director Stanislav Dmitriyevsky was given a two-year conditional sentence for publishing a Chechen resistance leader's call for peace talks. Russian and international human rights organizations called the case politically motivated. In recent months, dozens of foreign politicians and celebrities, ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Czech MEPs Condemn Ongoing Pressure On Russian-Chechen..
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/27/2007 4:37 AM January 25th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Tomáš Vršovský Czech MEPs condemn ongoing pressure on Russian-Chechen Friendship Society By Tomáš Vršovský PRAGUE/BRUSSELS – Two Czech members of the European Parliament have sharply criticized the Russian Supreme court's verdict of approving a ban on a Russian NGO that reports on human rights violations in Chechnya. MEPs Zuzana Roithová and Jana Hybášková have expressed their deep concern over the outcome of Tuesday's court hearings where the embattled Russian-Chechen Friendship Society tried in vain to appeal the harsh sentence. Recently the two Czech MEPs - along with dozens of other political figures and prominent international personalities - became members of the Russian organization in an effort to save the NGO from being dismantled. “I find prohibiting the operations of any NGO seeking to improve Russian-Chechen relations very worrisome. First of all, it sends a poor signal ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Aslan Maskhadov Was Elected President Of Chechnya 10 Years Ago
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/27/2007 4:39 AM January 27th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev Aslan Maskhadov was elected President of Chechnya 10 years ago The 1997 presidential and parliamentary elections in Chechnya By Umalt Chadayev CHECHNYA - On January 27 1997 elections to the post of President were held in Chechnya. A convincing victory in them was gained by Aslan Maskhadov, the former chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). The presidential elections in Chechnya took place after the end of the so-called "First Chechen War", which began in the autumn of 1994. The first military campaign in the republic, called a "restoration of constitutional order", ended in August 1996 with the signing in Khasavyurt of agreements between Aslan Maskhadov, then still the representative of Ichkeria, and the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, Alexander Lebed. In January 1997 ... >> full
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RFE/RL: Chechnya: Determined 63-Year-Old Bikes To Mecca For Hajj
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/27/2007 5:13 AM Chechnya: Determined 63-Year-Old Bikes To Mecca For Hajj Saudi Arabia -- hajj map (RFE/RL) January 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Every able-bodied Muslim is supposed to make the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, once in a lifetime. But few choose as difficult a path as Dzhanar-Aliev Magomed-Ali, who lives in Urus-Martan, 15 kilometers west of Grozny. "I left on November 8," he told RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service . "On December 25, I was at the hajj. I left on January 2, and on January 9 I returned to Urus-Martan. The entire trip covered 11,838 kilometers." It's an enormous distance, from Chechnya through Daghestan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, nearly all of which was traveled on a rusting purple bicycle. A Mother's Wish Magomed-Ali had never performed the hajj, and didn't think he had the means. But then, he says, his late mother spoke to him in a dream: "Two years ago, ... >> full
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