TaipeiTimes: End The Silence Over Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on March, 2006 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2006 1:06 AM End the silence over Chechnya In raising the bogeyman of `Chechen terrorism,' the Russian government is suppressing the liberties gained when the Soviet empire collapsed Friday, Mar 03, 2006 By Vaclav Havel, Andre Glucksmann, Prince Hassan bin Talal, Frederik Willem de Klerk, Mary Robinson, Yohei Sasakawa, Karel Schwarzenberg, George Soros and Desmond Tutu It is extremely difficult for an honest observer to break through the closed doors that separate Chechnya from the rest of the world. Indeed, no one even knows how many civilian casualties there have been in 10 years of war. According to estimates by non-governmental organizations, the figure is between 100,000 (that is, one civilian out of 10) and 300,000 (one out of four). How many voters participated in last November's elections? Between 60 percent and 80 percent, according to Russian authorities; around 20 percent, reckon independent observers. The blackout imposed on Chechnya prevents ... >> full
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MosNews: Former Czech President Condemns Russia’s Policy In Chechnya
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Former Czech President Condemns Russia’s Policy in Chechnya Created: 02.03.2006 MosNews Former President Vaclav Havel and eight other public figures on Wednesday criticized Russia’s policy in Chechnya, calling it a “return to autocracy”, the Associated Press reported. In an editorial published Wednesday by the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes, Havel and eight others, including retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Irish President Mary Robinson and philanthropist George Soros, accused the Russian government of using the threat of Chechen terrorism to “liquidate freedoms gained with the fall of Soviet empire.” Russian troops withdrew from Chechnya in 1996 after a two-year war, but returned in 1999 following Chechen militants’ incursions into a neighboring province and apartment building explosions blamed on the rebels. “The war (in Chechnya) is masking a return to autocracy,” they wrote. The editorial, published on the day when Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Prague on an official visit, also demanded that the issue be discussed ... >> full
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CHECHENPRESS: The Appeal Of president Of CHRI Abdul-Halim Sadulaev
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
March, 3, 2006 The appeal of president of CHRI Abdul-Halim Sadulaev CHECHENPRESS, the Department of the official information In the name of Allah, Gracious, Merciful! Praise to Allah, Master of the worlds. The Peace and blessings to Prophet Muhammad, to his family, his askhabs and all who follows a direct way up to Judgement Day! Dear brothers and sisters, dear compatriots! It is executed 62 years since that day when the criminal Kremlin clique has made the act of massmurder of Vainakh people. Violent deportation of Chechens and ingushs to Kazakhstan and Central Asia, carried out with usual cruelty for the Russian executioners, cost to our people of hundreds thousand people who were lost during mass executions, from famine, cold and illnesses. There was no vainakh family which during this deportation would not lose relatives and close people. Our villages were seized by immigrants and renamed, our property plundered, our cemeteries profaned. As has truly ... >> full
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Kavkaz Center: [Chechnya: Grozny Residents Still In Dark Age]
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2006 3:13 PM Chechnya: Grozny residents still in dark age Despite claims that normal life is returning, thousands in the Chechen capital exist without basic services. Residents from Grozny's 56th district, one of the city's remotest areas, say that they feel cut off and abandoned from the rest of the world. For the past five years, the approximately 270 families that remain here, amidst abandoned oil derricks that dot the mountainous landscape, have received no electricity or water. Televisions and other means of receiving news from abroad are of course out of the question. During the short winter days, gas lamps are used for lessons at the district's school No 9. "It is hard to breathe," said Zarema Edilova, one of the teachers. "The lamps leave black soot on the classroom ceilings. You can imagine what our lungs are like." At home, residents prefer to burn candles -- a cleaner ... >> full
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IWPR: COHARKALE RESIDENTS STILL IN DARK AGE
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2006 7:57 PM COHARKALE RESIDENTS STILL IN DARK AGE 03.03.2006 - 14:45:00 By Amina Visayeva : Amina Visayeva is editor of Vecherny Grozny newspaper. Despite claims that life is normalising, many of residents in Chechen capital deprived of basic services. Residents from Coharkale's 56th district, one of the city's remotest areas, say that they feel cut off and abandoned from the rest of the world. For the past five years, the approximately 270 families that remain here, amidst abandoned oil derricks that dot the mountainous landscape, have received no electricity or water. Televisions and other means of receiving news from abroad are of course out of the question. During the short winter days, gas lamps are used for lessons at the district's school No 9. One of the teachers at the school Zarema Edilova said "It is hard to breathe, the lamps leave black soot on the classroom ceilings. You can imagine ... >> full
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