16 June 2009, 23:20
Georgia: refugee from Abkhazia has sewn up his mouth and eyes
On June 15, in the presence of journalists, Ramaz Aroniya, a native of the Gali District of Abkhazia, sewed up his mouth and eyes.
"I did it because our country has no suffrage, and the authorities see nothing," said Aroniya.
Ramaz Aroniya sewed up his eyes in front of the parliament in Tbilisi; and a couple of hours earlier, at the protest action of refugees from Abkhazia, held at the building of the UN Mission, he sewed up his mouth and announced a termless hunger strike, as reported by the "News-Georgia" Agency.
Aroniya demands to punish those guilty of the road accident on June 15, when three women from among the protesting refugees received bodily injuries in front of the building of the UN Mission in Tbilisi.
The TV Channel "Vesti" reports that Ramaz Aroniya threatens to sew up his ears, should the authorities fail to hear his demands.
The discussion by the UN Security Council of the resolution assuming to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in the region of Georgia and Abkhazia ended with voting, during which Russia used its veto right and blocked the resolution. Thus, the UN Mission in Transcaucasia is stopped.
"Three refugees from Abkhazia knocked down by a car at UN Mission."
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Rights defender Nagavkin complains about violations during expertise of his case
The linguistic expertise, which has formed the basis of the case of disorganizing the work of the SIZO (pre-trial prison), was conducted with violations, Igor Nagavkin, a Volgograd human rights defender, has stated this in his complaint and asked that the experts be held accountable.
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ECtHR finds violations of rights of Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don residents
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled to pay compensations to participants in protest actions in Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don, recognizing a violation of their right to an impartial trial.
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KBR native suspected of treason
Criminal cases of spreading fakes about the Russian Army and treason have been opened against Muaz Kibishev, a native of the Kabardino Balkarian Republic (KBR), who is participating in hostilities against the Russian Army, human rights defenders have informed.
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Rights defenders assess level of public attention to Liya Zaurbekova's case
The case of Liya Zaurbekova, an ethnic Chechen, who ran away from her relatives, has attracted attention of quite a lot of concerned people, human rights defenders have noted. Some came to the police station; others expressed their opinions on social networks, they have added.
May 19, 2024 14:52
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Rights defenders give number of kidnapped people in Chechnya
At least 80 residents of Chechnya have been kidnapped after a car with a DUSTUM license plate was set on fire; volunteers have identified the names of a number of them. In the village of Starye Atagi, Urus-Martan District, about 50 members of the Saif-Islam Elmurzaev family, suspected of setting the above car on fire, have been kidnapped; and about 30 people have been kidnapped in the Shali District, the "Memorial" Centre for Human Rights Defence (CHRD)* has reported.
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May 19, 2024 22:52
Rights defender Nagavkin complains about violations during expertise of his case
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May 19, 2024 22:43
ECtHR finds violations of rights of Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don residents
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May 19, 2024 22:22
KBR native suspected of treason
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May 19, 2024 19:56
Rights defenders assess level of public attention to Liya Zaurbekova's case
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May 19, 2024 14:52
Rights defenders give number of kidnapped people in Chechnya
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May 19, 2024 22:52
Rights defender Nagavkin complains about violations during expertise of his case
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May 19, 2024 22:43
ECtHR finds violations of rights of Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don residents
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May 19, 2024 22:22
KBR native suspected of treason
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May 19, 2024 19:56
Rights defenders assess level of public attention to Liya Zaurbekova's case
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May 19, 2024 14:52
Rights defenders give number of kidnapped people in Chechnya
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KBR native suspected of treason -
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Rights defenders assess level of public attention to Liya Zaurbekova's case -
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Rights defenders announce Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev as political prisoners -
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Escaped Chechen native Zaurbekova frightened by promise of Kadyrov’s associates to return her to her family -
May 18, 2024 22:46
Court doubles compensation to Dagestani Amakhanov for being beaten by police -
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Journalist Marshenkulova arrested in absentia on charges of justifying terrorism -
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Armed incident in KChR is third in 25 days