Subject: [CivilSoc] Ongoing Health and Human Rights Violations in Chechnya
From: Michelle Sachs (msachs@phrusa.org)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 14:18:18 EST
ON THE EVE OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE DECISION ON
RUSSIA'S VOTING RIGHTS, EXTREME AND ARBITRARY
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE IN CHECHNYA, SAYS
RIGHTS GROUP; URGES ACCOUNTABILITY AND MONITORING
The Boston based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), an
independent human rights documentation organization, today
released a report based on extensive evidence collected last month
that provides further evidence of a continuing human rights crisis in
Chechnya. Previously reported patterns of mass arrest, torture and
disappearance of civilians persist at an alarming level there, the
group said. Those interviewed by PHR described the shelling of
civilian dwellings and schools, extortion at checkpoints and looting
during sweep operations, torture by Russia's forces at detention
centers including mutilation and electric shock; and the arbitrary
killing of non-combatants.
Full Report Available at www.phrusa.org
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Michelle Sachs
Internet and Publications Coordinator
Physicians for Human Rights
msachs@phrusa.org
tel: ++1 617 695 0041
fax: ++1 617 695 0307
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