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posted by FerrasB on May, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 1:02 PM Brev från Norge CHECHNYA PEACE FORUM Dear Friend I am writing to you in my capacity as Director of the Chechnya Peace Forum. As an active campaigner for human rights for many years, not least in Bosnia during the early 1990s and over the past five years for the oppressed people of Chechnya, I have recently set-up a formal initiative in London to unite with other human rights activists called the Chechnya Peace Forum. We are seeking to promote the cause of democracy and human rights in Chechnya, and bring the humanitarian crisis there to greater international attention. Over the last few months many people have offered support to the efforts of the Chechnya Peace Forum and I am now in a position to ask for your help with our first substantial piece of work. We are currently in the process of collecting signatures for a letter ... >> full
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RFE/RL: Russia: Rights Activist Discusses Difficulties Of Working In Chechnya
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 1:16 PM Friday, March 2, 2007 Russia: Rights Activist Discusses Difficulties Of Working In Chechnya Czech Republic -- Svetlana Gannushkina, human rights activist at RFE/RL, 28Feb2007 Svetlana Gannushkina at RFE/RL's broadcast center in Prague (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, March 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Svetlana Gannushkina is the chairwoman of the Civic Assistance committee for refugees and heads of the migration and law network of the Memorial human rights center. RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Irina Lagunina spoke with her in Prague. RFE/RL: Some charitable organizations outside of Russia have had success collecting funds from individual contributors. Each may donate a very small amount of money, but it adds up to a lot. Can't this kind of approach work in Russia? Svetlana Gannushkina: People in Russia don't believe that a real social organization can exist and not steal. That tradition is there, and it's very hard to convince people otherwise. It can even be funny ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation/CHECHNYA WEEKLY: Volume 8, Issue 19 (May 10, 2007)
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 2:45 PM Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 19 May 10, 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: * British Luminaries Denounce Human Rights Abuses in Chechnya * Memorial Notes a Sharp Drop in Disappearances in Chechnya * Chechen Government Calls for Abolition of ORB-2 * Briefs * Military Intensifies Security Sweeps as Summer Fighting Season Approaches By Andrei Smirnov * A Profile of the Karachai Dzhamaat By Mayrbek Vachagaev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- British Luminaries Denounce Human Rights Abuses in Chechnya Britain’s Independent newspaper on May 7 published an open letter from more than 100 British political and cultural luminaries to Vladimir Putin, urging him to use his final year as Russian president “to act to end the war and to restore peace and justice in Chechnya.” “Since 1999, hundreds of thousands of Chechens have been displaced and more than 100,000 killed - mostly civilians,” the letter read. “Disappearances, torture, rape, extra-judicial killings and the silencing of independent journalists and human rights defenders ... >> full
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
"The Crying Sun" Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Screening of the film "The Crying Sun" - The Impact of war in the Mountains of Chechnya; followed by the discussion with the authors of the film and human rights activists from the region. The American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, in collaboration with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, organized a viewing of a new documentary treating the impact of the current Chechen conflict on the mountainous villages in the region. The movie highlighted the plight of the villagers as a result of the armed conflict, forced disappearances and killings. The authors called for the stop of violence and resources to be earmarked for the reconstruction of the villages and rehabilitation of life in them. Following the movie, the participants engaged in a discussion with the author of the movie, Memorial human rights activist Zarema Mukasheva and her colleagues Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, Shamil Tangiev and Ousam Baysaev, ... >> full
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RFE/RL: Chechnya: The Turning Point That Wasn't
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/12/2007 2:17 AM Friday, May 11, 2007 Chechnya: The Turning Point That Wasn't By Liz Fuller RFE/RL -- News Analysis graphic, button, bug (RFE/RL) May 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Ten years ago, on May 12, 1997, the presidents of Russia and Chechnya, Boris Yeltsin and Aslan Maskhadov, met in the Kremlin to sign a treaty "on peace and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations" that was intended to draw a line under the 1994-96 war and preclude a resumption of armed conflict. But from the outset, powerful factions in both Moscow and Grozny sought to undermine both the peace treaty and a parallel intergovernmental agreement on cooperation. Maskhadov proved unable to rein in renegade former fellow commanders who in the summer of 1999 invaded neighboring Daghestan and proclaimed an independent North Caucasus Islamic republic, and in October 1999 Russia launched a new war against Chechnya in the name of stamping out Islamic ... >> full
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