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Written by Войненет.ру
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Среда, 09 Апрель 2008 |
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That night at 11:30pm, raiders burst into the office of Lev Ponomarev’s movement, ‘For Human Rights’ (FHR). They entered by removing the emergency exit door from a nearby stairwell, and then occupied the second floor. The raiders blocked the stairs with pieces of tin roofing, sacks of cement, concrete slabs, and iron rails (!).
The office's new ‘owners’ showed no ownership documents, but despite this the police did not interfere. Even though it was already late, around 20 activists from various social and political organizations came together to stop the lawlessness.
Last night Suren Yedigarov from the United Civil Front heroically distinguished himself. He climbed a drainpipe to the second floor and after overcoming resistance from the raiders he began to take apart the obstruction the bandits had built on the stairs. He explained his actions by saying: “They should know they can’t do this to us!”
The hijackers then chose to retire, and the obstruction between the first and second floors was dismantled. We used the remaining rubble to block the emergency exit and prevent a repeat of the assault by the raiders.  Comments (1) | Views: 8236 | E-mail
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Written by Лента.ру
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Понедельник, 07 Апрель 2008 |
 Representatives of foreign nonprofit organizations (NPOs) demanded that the head of the FSB, Nikolai Patrushev, present evidence of their alleged links to international terrorists, reported 'Interfax'. At a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, Patrushev said that some foreign NPOs provide information support to terrorists, and called for a fight against the ideology of terrorism.
Alexander Petrov, the adviser on Russia and the CIS to the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch, called the FSB chief’s statement ‘foul play’. “Any such references to foreign NGOs (non-governmental organizations) harm the reputation of NGOs, and all this puts them in a very negative light in the minds of the public. Let the FSB be more specific,” explained the adviser.
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Written by Олег Ионов
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Воскресенье, 06 Апрель 2008 |
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Public outraged by cancellation of Dagestan performance of play about ‘Nord-Ost’
In Makhachkala yesterday, on April 5th, hundreds came to a second showing of a play on the events in the theater on Dubrovka, but it had been canceled. Organizers of the show refer to an unofficial ban by the president of Dagestan.
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Written by Леонид Никитинский, обозреватель «Новой газеты»
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Суббота, 29 Март 2008 |
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Why do the authorities fight against people for whom the fight against the authorities is not an end in and of itself?
The reason for any journey is curiosity. Why does Nizhny Novgorod seem such an exotic spot on the map of Russia? Until recently here flourished the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, but it has already joined the common denominator. And yet, why were both torture lawsuits in Strasbourg from Nizhny Novgorod? What explains this anomaly? Perhaps even palm trees grow there?
Sorting everything out
 We are not disclosing a huge state secret if we tell you know that two of the most scandalous items in the news have recently come out of Nizhny Novgorod, enterprises created by one man with a never-ending thirst for higher education — technician, businessman, and now lawyer, Igor Kalyapin. He did not do it all on his own, of course, but it was only due to his special brain that two fantasies came true: the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, and the Committee Against Torture.
Just before my departure from Nizhny Novgorod, Kalyapin and I were able to talk in a McDonald's near the train station. It turns out that the businessman does not have a car, and a nearby cafe that would seem to be a better spot for a conversation was hosting a wedding reception. The knitted cap over Kalyapin’s brow did not make him look like a Wahhabi fanatic, but on the contrary, more like a Special Forces major. Cops often take him for one of their own, only more senior. As a matter of fact, he occasionally drinks vodka with the SWAT police who crushed him back in the early 1990, and then, for some reason, befriended him, even though it is difficult to understand what they might have in common.
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Written by Андрей Шарый
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Четверг, 27 Март 2008 |
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Radio Liberty program by Andrei Shary with Radio Liberty Moscow correspondent Maxim Yaroshevsky participating. Andrei Shary: Ella Kesayeva, the leader of the human rights movement, ‘Voice of Beslan’, gave evidence today in court on the right bank of Beslan, concerning an administrative violation. The court will consider the case against two other ‘Voice of Beslan’ activists, Svetlana Margiyeva and Emily Bzarova, on Monday, March 31st. The movement activists are accused of violating several articles of the Administrative Code, but human rights activists and fellow members of ‘Voice of Beslan’ are convinced that the women are being tried primarily for political reasons. Be first to comment this article | Views: 4283 | E-mail |
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