Agency Caucasus: Conference On Justice In Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on November, 2005 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2005 8:42 AM Conference on Justice in Chechnya 08.12.2005 - 00:55:35 Invitation 8 December 2005 European Parliament Conference on Justice in Chechnya The Conference: "Countering Violence and Creating Justice in the Caucasus" organized by the Green-EFA group in the European Parliament and the Chechen World Congress... The aims of the conference are:... 1) to restore justice in Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus: tostrengthen the rule of law by trying those suspected of war crimes andcrimes against in court and to stimulate reconciliation; 2) to collaborate in ending the armed conflict and the violation ofhuman rights in the Northern Caucasus; 3) to rehabilitate victims of the large-scale violence. Tasks of the conference: Aim 1 Taking the extent of the destruction and the degree of violations intoaccount, the Conference will examine the different possibilities topursue justice for the Chechen Republic. Subjects of examination are theUN Convention on Genocide, the PACE resolution on the creation of aninternational tribunal for war ... >> full
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IWPR: Chechnya: High Voter Turnout Questioned
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/1/2005 1:07 AM Chechnya: High Voter Turnout Questioned 29-Nov-05 Human rights groups who monitored the ballot suggest that large numbers of voters stayed away. By Umalt Dudayev in Grozny (CRS No. 316, 29-Nov-05) As officials in Chechnya proclaim that the weekend election was an overwhelming success, independent observers say they did not see anything like the high numbers of people who are said to have voted. According to preliminary results released by Chechnya’s Central Electoral Commission, the United Russia party – the dominant party in Russia as a whole which fielded 49 of the 354 candidates standing for the Chechen assembly - had a predictably easy win in the November 27 ballot, carrying off nearly 62 per cent of the vote. Local candidates standing for the Russian Communist Party came a poor second with 12 per cent of the vote, with the liberal Union of Right Forces, SPS, following close behind ... >> full
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CAUCASIAN KNOT: Chechnya's President To Meet Separatists
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/1/2005 2:16 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 28/11/2005 Chechnya's president to meet separatists President Alu Alkhanov of the Chechen Republic intends soon to meet leaders and representatives of the former Maskhadov regime living abroad, RIA Novosti reports. "I am going to visit Brussels soon where I will meet so-called leaders of Ichkeria," Mr Alkhanov said at a press conference in Grozny when answering a question of Interfax. "Without peace, there is no creation, development is impossible, and democratic processes are impossible. To boost these phenomena, one has to handle return to peaceful life not only of rebels who are in Chechnya, but also those who for some reasons and false considerations have come to live in the West," Mr Alkhanov remarked. "The reconciliation policy will continue, and we welcome those who want peace and creation in this land," the Chechen president said. According to him, the issue of jobs for those ... >> full
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Kavkaz Center: «Elections» In Chechnya As Unlawful
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/2/2005 12:40 PM <st1:country-region w:st="on"> «Elections» in Chechnya as unlawful </st1:country-region> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</st1:country-region>'s top diplomats have been urged to list the recent parliamentary elections in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chechnya</st1:place></st1:country-region> as unlawful. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Rytas Kupcinskas, chairman of the Seimas Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="Algirdas Endriukaitis">Algirdas Endriukaitis</st1:PersonName>, secretary general of an International Parliamentary Group for Chechen Problems, have written a letter to Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, urging to assess the parliamentary elections that were held last weekend. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Forces favorable to Vice-Premier Razman Kadyrov - de facto <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> henchman in the Chechen region - won the parliamentary elections, the first since the start of the second Russian invasion in 1999. The European Union said the elections to the Chechen parliament were a step towards democracy. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chechen separatists did not participate in the polls, dismissing ... >> full
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AP: Chechen Refugees Return Home From Georgia
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2005 9:36 AM Chechen refugees return home from Georgia By ARSEN MOLLAYEV, Associated Press Writer (Updated Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 7:42 PM) MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) - Russian authorities took a planeload of Chechen refugees from the former Soviet republic of Georgia back home Tuesday - part of Kremlin efforts to show that the war-shattered region was stabilizing. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry flew 125 refugees to Makhachkala in the southern Russian province of Dagestan, where they will be taken by bus to Chechnya, said Alexander Rostovtsev, an official with the migration service. The refugees were among thousands of Chechens who fled to Georgia's rugged Pankisi Gorge across the border with Chechnya. Some of the women, accompanied by children, wept as they stepped off the plane and turned away from the waiting television cameras. "I am very glad to be home. It is better at home, although it was not bad there," said one ... >> full
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