RFE/RL: Chechnya: Nothing To Celebrate
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posted by FerrasB on May, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/12/2007 2:29 AM Friday, May 11, 2007 Chechnya: Nothing To Celebrate By Aslan Doukaev Chechnya -- an old man in Grozny, 2004 War-torn Grozny (RFE/RL) May 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Aslan Doukaev, the head of RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service, recalls the 1997 peace accord between Russia and Chechnya and discusses the decade since: When the news came of the peace agreement in 1997, people weren't out on the streets singing and dancing. Although it was a glimmer of hope, there was very little to celebrate. It was the end of a bloody and painful war, which inflicted huge suffering and losses on the Chechen people. My first thought when I heard about the signing of the peace agreement was whether this was finally the end of years and years of hostilities between Russia and Chechnya. Is this a new page in history? Or is it simply a ploy, a temporary solution to the ... >> full
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RFE/RL: Chechnya: Filmmaker Documents Villagers' Sad Fate
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/16/2007 3:42 PM Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Chechnya: Filmmaker Documents Villagers' Sad Fate Chechnya -- shot from film: The picture from which Mukusheva's film takes its name (Courtesy Photo) High in the mountains of Chechnya, the ancient village of Zumsoi stands as a tragic symbol of the recent wars pitting the independence-seeking republic against Russia. Once home to several families whose ancestors had farmed the rocky terrain for generations, it is now abandoned. Zarema Mukusheva is a young Chechen human-rights activist from Grozny who spent two years documenting life in Zumsoi. The resulting film -- “Crying Sun: The Impact Of War In The Mountains Of Chechnya” -- was recently screened in Washington, D.C. RFE/RL correspondent Heather Maher spoke to Mukusheva ahead of the event. RFE/RL: How did you decide the title of the film? Zarema Mukusheva: We chose this title because we remembered a picture that was painted by one of the ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog:The Radicalisation Of The Chechen Separatist Movement:Myth Or..
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/17/2007 12:27 AM May 16th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Cerwyn Moore The radicalisation of the Chechen separatist movement: Myth or reality? By Cerwyn Moore, special to Prague Watchdog On December 9 2006, a young Mojahed, named only as Muhannad, assumed the leadership of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya. But does the presence of Muhannad, an Arab fighter, provide evidence of the radicalisation of what might be called the Chechen separatist movement, or does his presence in the separatist military council point towards complicated religious, social and Diaspora networks involved in the ongoing conflict in Chechnya? The role of the Arab mujahideen in Chechnya In November 2006, the Amir of the Arab mujahideen in Chechnya, Abu Hafs Al-Urdani, was killed in Dagestan. Prior to this, in April 2004, Abu Walid, the then leader of the Arab fighters in Chechnya was killed in a “special operation”. Abu ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: The So-Called "Cadet" Accused Of Tortures In Chechnya Is Left...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/17/2007 12:34 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 15/5/2007 The so-called "Cadet" accused of tortures in Chechnya is left under arrest Today, the Octiabrskiy District Court of Grozny has left Sergey Lapin, former militia officer from the city of Nizhnevartovsk (radio call sign "Cadet"), accused of torturing Zelimkhan Murdalov, a "disappeared" resident of Chechnya, under arrest. The news was reported to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by Natalia Estemirova, employee of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial," who was present at the court session. Petitions lodged by defendant's advocate Georgiy Degtyarov and Lapin himself on changing his freedom restriction measure from custody to recognizance not to leave were rejected by the court. Now, the defendant is kept at the investigatory isolation facility of Grozny. State accuser Milana Baitaeva voiced a protest against releasing "Cadet." She has declared that it is too early yet to lodge such petitions, N. Estemirova reported about the course ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Nukhazhiev: Residents Of Chechnya Have No Trust In Courts And...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/17/2007 12:40 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 16/5/2007 Nukhazhiev: residents of Chechnya have no trust in courts and power agencies A total of 633 persons addressed the Chechen Ombudsman during the first three months of 2007. Compared with the same period of 2006, the number of appeals went up by more than 60%, the press service of the Republic's government reports. "Many years of our experience confirm that the bureaucracy of the Republic's bodies of power has extremely low level of trust among the population. The fact that the number of appeals to the Ombudsman in the Chechen Republic is on the rise is another reflection of citizens' discredit to low- and middle-level employees of the state machinery," Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhiev has noted. Eight percent of applicants are convicts, the "Gazeta.Ru" remarks. "Almost half of the applicants express their disagreement with court judgements - the fact illustrates that judicial bodies ... >> full
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