KC: Chechen Children Being Tested With Chemical Weapons
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posted by FerrasB on June, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/24/2007 2:56 AM Chechen children being tested with chemical weapons Publication time: Today at 04:45 Djokhar time The press-service of organization CKNS for protection of human rights, has received news that the mass poisoning of Chechen children at schools of Shelkovsko district is a result of chemical weapons usage by the Russian special services. 98 % of cases have been "unknown" illness, which has struck women and girls. The features of illness include asthma, dizziness, hysterics, extreme excited conditions, inflammation of mucous membranes of eyes, dryness in mouth, increased blood pressure, loss of consciousness. More than 100 persons were admitted in regional hospitals. Symptoms for all were identical. Later when the patients were being admitted in hospitals in mass numbers, a number of commissions were set up to investigate the reasons of the disease but it was ineffective. However the invaders and Chechen munafiqs have declared that the disease ... >> full
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Reuters: Elegiac Russian Film Looks At Life In Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/24/2007 6:14 AM Elegiac Russian film looks at life in Chechnya Thu May 24, 2007 7:09AM EDT By Mike Collett-White CANNES, France (Reuters) - In Alexander Sokurov's elegiac new film, an old woman visits her grandson serving in Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya, and she quickly becomes a magnet for soldiers and locals worn down by years of conflict. "Alexandra" is one of 22 films in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and the audience at a press screening on Thursday warmly applauded its moving and understated examination of war, loss and friendship. There are no bombs, no crazed militants and no troop brutality, but instead a slow-paced portrayal of life on a Russian army base and a market nearby where the lead character Alexandra strikes up an unlikely friendship. A classical score underpins the action, set in the searing heat and dust and shot in muted colors. Sokurov ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation/Chechnya Weekly: Volume VIII, Issue 21 (May 24, 2007)
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 5/24/2007 11:56 AM Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 21 May 24, 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: *Amnesty International Issues Reports on Disappearances * Mufti Admits Some Chechen Youths Joining Rebels * Is Ramzan Angling to Take Over Ingushetia? * Plan to Extend Kadyrov’s Term Gains Traction * Briefs * No Terrorist Acts in Russia Since Beslan: Whom to Thank? By Andrei Smirnov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amnesty International Issues Reports on Disappearances Amnesty International on May 23 issued a 22-page report on Chechnya entitled “What justice for Chechnya’s disappeared?” Aside from the specific issue of the disappearances, the report paints a bleak picture of the overall human rights situation in Chechnya. “The recently appointed President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated that Chechnya is the ‘quietest region in Russia’ and the safest,” the report states. “Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, dispute that claim. While large-scale military operations have been reduced, the conflict continues and both sides are still committing ... >> full
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WPR: Chechens Suffer Torture “Hell”
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/25/2007 12:41 AM 24-May-07 Chechens Suffer Torture “Hell” Chechnya full of traumatised people who’ve suffered torture but are reluctant to get help. By Laura Aldamova in Grozny (CRS No. 393 24-May-07) Although armed conflict has died down in Chechnya, cases of illegal detention and abuse of human rights are still frequent. When it comes to torture, human rights activists say they are noting an actual increase in the number of cases they have to deal with. “Any kind of torture is forbidden, whether the person is guilty or innocent, but in the Chechen Republic we are coming across cases of inhuman treatment of detainees more and more,” said Supyan Baskhanov, head of the non-governmental organisation, the Committee against Torture in Chechnya. Baskhanov said that every other person put on trial in Chechnya rejects the confessions he or she made in detention, because they were made under torture. “One of the main problems ... >> full
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Nationalists rally in Russian town near Chechnya
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From: MSN NicknameSamianQuazi1988 (Original Message) Sent: 6/5/2007 5:53 PM Reuters: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05206727.htm By Dmitry Solovyov MOSCOW, June 5 (Reuters) - Hundreds of locals rallied in the town of Stavropol in southern Russia on Tuesday, demanding the eviction of ethnic Chechens, witnesses and media said, reviving memories of racial riots in other parts of the country. Thousands of people gathered earlier on Tuesday at the funerals of two young Russians knifed by unknown attackers on Sunday in this leafy town of some 350,000 residents, 1,700 km (1,060 miles) south of Moscow and bordering volatile Chechnya. Many people in the town, populated mainly by Slavs, believe Chechens killed the two Russians in revenge for the murder of a Chechen man on May 24 in clashes between local Chechens and Russians. Hundreds of people gathered in Stavropol's main square, responding to calls in leaflets "to hold a Slav gathering". Minor scuffles with police erupted, Interfax news agency and Internet newspaper www.gazeta.ru ... >> full
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