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Wednesday, 23 June 2004

AI SLAMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CHECHNYA, INGUSHETIA

Published in News Digest

By empty (6/23/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has released a new 38-page report chronicling how the ongoing war in Chechnya has negatively affected the human rights situation in Ingushetia. The report notes the disappearance of \"dozens\" of people in Ingushetia this year, including that of a senior prosecutor\'s office official who sought to alert the Russian government to that trend, and the presence in Ingushetia of an estimated 50,000 displaced persons from Chechnya. The report accuses the federal and republican authorities of lacking the will to investigate human rights abuses and bring those responsible to justice.
The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has released a new 38-page report chronicling how the ongoing war in Chechnya has negatively affected the human rights situation in Ingushetia. The report notes the disappearance of \"dozens\" of people in Ingushetia this year, including that of a senior prosecutor\'s office official who sought to alert the Russian government to that trend, and the presence in Ingushetia of an estimated 50,000 displaced persons from Chechnya. The report accuses the federal and republican authorities of lacking the will to investigate human rights abuses and bring those responsible to justice. The report includes a number of recommendations to the Russian authorities, including not pressuring Chechen fugitives to return to Chechnya and enabling representatives of independent media outlets and human rights organizations to travel freely in Chechnya. (Reuters)
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