Russia to pay $2.2 million for Chechnya deaths
STRASBOURG (December 03, 2010) : The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ordered Moscow to pay 1.72 million euros (2.2 million dollars) in compensation for the death of 24 Chechens in a 2000 bombing of their village by Russian forces. The victims, most of whom had sought refuge in caves, were killed when the Russian army bombarded the village of Katyr-Yurt in a bid to stop the breakout of Chechen separatist forces from Grozny in February 2000.
The Strasbourg-based court awarded a total 1.72 million euros to the 29 plaintiffs in the case, who are each to receive sums ranging from 30,000 to 120,000 euros for moral damage. Russia can appeal the decision within three months.
"The (Russian) operation had a legitimate aim - the fight against separatist rebels - but it did not do enough to ensure that civilians be spared," the Strasbourg-based court said. It cited a violation of the right to life, a lack of effective recourse and a faulty investigation.
In a separate case, the court awarded a total of 65,000 euros to the mother and aunt of Isa Aytamirov, a Chechen man kidnapped and killed by Russian troops during a February 2003 operation in the village of Novy-Tsentoroy. It took Russian justice to task for failing to conduct an effective probe of the case. The court has condemned Moscow more than 150 times for rights abuses in the Russian Caucasus, notably Chechnya. It is currently handling more than 260 cases of alleged rights abuses raised by Chechen plaintiffs. Russia has been paying up but has been ignoring court requests to reopen inquiries.
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If the World still thinks that money can return to live a person who is been brutally killed by occupiers, the world is completely wrong. Genocide in Chechnya cannot be forgotten paying off some miserable money.
And many more...
But at least, it gives us, the Chechens, the belief that all of these crimes approved by the World Community will finally put Russia into very uncomfortable position where Chechens will be liberated on their won land for which the Chechens have paid not by Euros but alive souls. May God accept those souls and May they rest in peace.
http://www.chechenpress.co.uk/content/2010/12/05/main02.shtml
