erald Tribune: French Front-Runner Sarkozy Says He'd Raise Chechnya With Putin
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posted by FerrasB on May, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/6/2007 2:08 PM International Herald Tribune French front-runner Sarkozy says he'd raise Chechnya with Putin if elected The Associated Press Friday, May 4, 2007 PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that if he is elected France's president this weekend, as polls predict, he will bring up concerns about human rights abuses in Chechnya with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Either we defend universal values of human rights, and that counts for the Chechens just as it counts for the French, or we don't defend them," Sarkozy said on Europe-1 radio. "I know perfectly well that the Russian national sentiment has suffered painful challenges in recent years ... but nonetheless, Russian democracy has progress to make," he said. "We have the right to say to a large country, 'Listen, there are some things that are not going well,'" Sarkozy said. "I would say it calmly, serenely, firmly." Human rights groups have assailed President Jacques Chirac — ... >> full
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Itar-Tass: Chechen Law Enforcer Killed In Ingushetia
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/6/2007 2:14 PM
Chechen law enforcer killed in village of Ordzhonikidzovskaya in Ingushetia
04.05.2007, 11.09
NAZRAN, May 4 (Itar-Tass) -- An officer of Chechnya’s power-wielding agencies was shot to death in the village of Ordzhonikidzovskaya in Ingushetia.
As Itar-Tass learnt at the law enforcement bodies of Ingushetia on Friday, the crime was committed in a cafй on Thursday. “An unidentified person fired point-blank at 30-year-old man from a 9-mm-calibre pistol and disappeared,” a law enforcer said.
During a search operation, it was established that the killed man was an officer of the group Zapad (west).
Besides, a local resident of the village of Ordzhonikidzovskaya, who was in the cafй at that moment, was injured in the shooting. He was hospitalised.
Criminal proceedings were instituted. The murderer is being searched for.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11497458&PageNum=0
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MDC: Open Letter Of Said-Emin Ibraguimov
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/6/2007 3:03 PM Open Letter of Said-Emin Ibraguimov Friday, 04 May 2007 Strasbourg, 16 April 2007 -To the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and to the Member-States of the United Nations: - to the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso; - to the High Representative for the Foreign Policy and Common Security of the European Union, Mr. Javier Solana, and to the Member-States of the European Union; -to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Terry Davis, and to the Member-States of the Council of Europe; - to the President of the European Parliament Mr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, - to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. René van der Linden, - to the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, - to the Rapporteur of the Juridical Commission of the Council of Europe for the question ... >> full
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Knot: Break Till May 14 Announced In Arakcheev-Khudyakov's Trial
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 6:21 AM
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS
8/5/2007
Break till May 14 announced in Arakcheev-Khudyakov's trial
Today's court session of the North-Caucasian Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don on the case of Khudyakov and Arakcheev, officers of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, accused of murdering three peaceful residents of Chechnya, has interrogated one witness. The defence was presenting its evidences yesterday and today. The "Caucasian Knot" was informed about it by Liudmila Tikhomirova, representative of the victims.
"This witness was interrogated earlier, during the preliminary investigation, therefore, we have learnt nothing new. A break in the hearings has been announced till May 14," Ms. Tikhomirova has reported.
Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev are accused of a person's kidnapping and illegal detainment, and of murdering three residents of Chechnya.
See earlier reports: "The defence party in Khudyakov and Arakcheev's case will speak at court on May 7."
http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1186144.html
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Caucasian Knot: Chechen Separatists' Web Site Author Sentenced To Compulsory...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 6:32 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 8/5/2007 Chechen separatists' web site author sentenced to compulsory medical treatment On May 7, the court of the town of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region, found Andrei Novikov, author of the "Chechenpress" separatists' web site, guilty of public appeals to extremist activities (Part 1, Article 280, of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The judicial hearing itself took place on May 4, Boris Krein, coordinator of the committee in support of A. Novikov and an activist of the Rybinsk organization of the "Yabloko" Party, has reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to Mr. Krein, since an earlier judicial-psychiatric examination had found a schizoid disorder in the publicist, he was exempted from punishment and directed to compulsory medical treatment at the Rybinsk Psychiatric Clinic. Convict's father has stated his disagreement with the verdict and intention to appeal against it to the cassation ... >> full
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