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THE PRAGUE WATCHDOG WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, No. 36 (September 5, 2005)
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1) THE WEEK IN BRIEF (August 29 - September 4)
August 30 - The Russian Supreme Court's Military Board overturned the
North Caucasus District Military Court's May 25 acquittal of four Russian
special force servicemen accused of killing six Chechen civilians in 2002
and ordered a new trial, the second retrial in this case that is known as
the Ulman case.
August 30 - Abdul-Khalim Sadullayev, successor to the slain President of
independent Chechnya and resistance leader Aslan Maskhadov, issued decrees
appointing Akhmed Zakayev his foreign envoy.
August 31 - Four guerrillas planning attacks on the Moscow-backed Chechen
leadership and Russian military command were killed by the local
Interior Ministry forces in the village of Novoterskoye in Chechnya's Naursky
district, according to statements made by Moscow-backed Chechen officials.
September 1-3 - People in the North Ossetian town of Beslan and the whole
Russia commemorated the September 2004 school hostage tragedy and mourned
its victims.
September 2 - Representatives of the Beslan Mothers Committee and relatives of the victims of last year's Beslan school siege met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin to "talk openly" about the hostage tragedy and the course of its investigation which they consider protracted.
September 2 - A vehicle of the Russian Interior Ministry forces was blown
up in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. Four people, including
civilians, were killed.
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2) THE MONTH IN BRIEF: August 2005
Summary of the main news related to the conflict in Chechnya.
http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?show=000000-000005-000001-000179-000023&lang=1
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3) UPCOMING EVENTS
September 8 - Germany: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Germany.
September 9-10 - Karachayevo-Cherkessiya (Russia): Karachayevo-Cherkessian public organizations will hold a meeting establishing a regional public organization called the Congress of Communities of the Northern Caucasus, which would aim to unite the wide plethora of nationalities of the region and contribute to peace and stability in the region.
For more upcoming Chechnya-related events go to http://www.watchdog.cz/calendar.
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4) REGIONAL REPORTING
Man abducted in Grozny by unknown persons in masks (by Lecha Sadayev, August 31)
The “Memorial” human rights center reports that since the beginning of 2005 more than 180 civilians have been abducted in Chechnya.
http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?show=000000-000008-000001-000404&lang=1
Outbreak of epidemic in Chechnya (by Lecha Sadayev, August 31)
The children from the Gudermessky and Kurchaloysky districts apparently caught the bacterial disease by swimming in the contaminated Michig river.
http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?show=000000-000002-000001-000160&lang=1
Russian army vacates school in Grozny (by Timur Aliyev, September 1)
However, the damaged school will need dozens of millions of roubles in repairs to make it ready for students.
http://www.watchdog.cz/index.php?show=000000-000002-000002-000044&lang=1
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5) ATTACKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Monitoring attacks on the rights defenders whose work is connected with the Chechen conflict.
Link: http://www.watchdog.cz/attacks
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6) LATEST ADDITION TO OUR LINKS LIBRARY:
Garri Kasparov (http://www.kasparov.ru) - a website of a Russian opposition politician. In Russian.
For more Chechnya-related links go to our Links library ( http://www.watchdog.cz/links ), which is being continuously updated.
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Prague Watchdog Weekly Newsletter is a publication of Prague Watchdog. If you wish to subscribe (unsubscribe) to it, please send us an e-mail to mail@watchdog.cz. The newsletter is usually sent out on Monday evenings.
Prague Watchdog launched its website in August 2000 and its aim is to collect and disseminate information on the ongoing conflict in Chechnya, focusing on human rights, media coverage, political situation and relief aid.
Visit us at http://www.watchdog.cz. For the Russian version, go to http://www.watchdog.cz/russian.
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