KC: U.N. Panel Cites Abuses In Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on December, 2006 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 2:57 AM U.N. Panel Cites Abuses in Chechnya Publication time: 25 November 2006, 21:05 A U.N. anti-torture panel said Friday it had credible reports of unofficial detention centers, abuse and disappearances in Russia's restive southern province of Chechnya. In a 12-page report on Russian compliance with a global ban on prisoner abuse, the U.N. Committee Against Torture said it had "reliable reports of unofficial places of detention in the North Caucasus," where security forces are trying to quell Muslim separatists. The committee, comprised of 10 independent experts, said it had learned of "allegations that those detained in such facilities face torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment." Russian officials have disputed abuse accusations in the past. The U.N. committee's report also highlighted "numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations that abductions and enforced disappearances" in Chechnya were carried out by government officials or with their consent and that perpetrators went unpunished. The incidents ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation: Volume 7, Issue 45 (November 22, 2006) Choose another message board
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 11:56 AM CHECHNYA WEEKLY Volume 7, Issue 45 (November 22, 2006) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: MOVLADI BAISAROV KILLED IN MOSCOW WERE BAISAROV AND POLITKOVSKAYA ON THE SAME HIT LIST? SCANDAL AROUND LITVINENKO’S POISONING MUSHROOMS KABARDINO-BALKARIA REBELS VOW TO RENEW ATTACKS KADYROV’S CHECHEN NETWORK IN MOSCOW MOVLADI BAISAROV KILLED IN MOSCOW At first glance, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov’s position in the republic’s hierarchy was strengthened significantly on November 18, when one of his most vocal opponents, former Gorets special forces unit leader Movladi Baisarov, was shot and killed in Moscow. It is possible, however, that the audacious elimination of a political rival on the streets of the Russian capital will come back to haunt Kadyrov. Baisarov fought on the side of the separatists in 1999 but in 2000, went over to the federal side along with Akhmad Kadyrov, who became head of Chechnya’s pro-Moscow administration and named ... >> full
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/29/2006 2:38 AM
An active Chechen site in the name of: Maskhadov.com
http://www.maskhadov.com/rus/modules/news/
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Prague Watchdog: Calendar Of Events - December 2006
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/1/2006 10:25 PM December 1st 2006 · Prague Watchdog Calendar of Events - December 2006 This schedule of major events related to the conflict in Chechnya is continuously updated. Announcements for planned or expected events or any other suggestions are most welcome (e-mail: mail at watchdog.cz). December 6 New York (USA) PEN American Center, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Center for the Humanities, the Graduate Center, CUNY present "The Writer's Conscience: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya and Russia’s Forgotten War". The event will take place in Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY (365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street) at 19.00. The participants include Natalia Estemirova (Memorial's office in Grozny), Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor of The Nation), Musa Klebnikov (wife of American journalist Paul Klebnikov, who was murdered in Russia in 2004), Kati Marton (author and journalist), Dana Priest (Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The Washington Post), ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Unscrupulous Bosses Robbing Construction Workers In Grozny
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2006 6:46 AM December 7th 2006 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev Unscrupulous bosses robbing construction workers in Grozny By Umalt Chadayev GROZNY, Chechnya - Local residents involved in restoration work in the Chechen capital are complaining that payment of earnings for work they have done is being delayed, and that often the amount of the pay is much lower than promised. Large-scale restoration work on buildings is at present continuing in Grozny. In the city’s central section alone, 87 municipal houses are being restored. Thousands of people have been brought in to do the repair of the buildings, and some even arrive from remote districts of the republic in the hope of earning just a little extra money. But the vast majority of these people, who perform the heavy work of clearing obstructions and collecting rubbish from multi-storey buildings, and then repairing them, become the ... >> full
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