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Statement from the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society following its forced closureposted on: 2007/01/24

Oksana Chelysheva, Editor of the Russian-Chechen Information Agency

RCFS IS NOT GOING TO STOP OUR HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACEMAKING AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES

Open statement by the RCFS on the decision taken by the Russian Supreme Court to liquidate it

On 23 January 2007 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the decision of the Regional Court of the Russian Federation to liquidate our organization, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

We were originally ordered to close down in October last year on the basis of a new NGO and anti-extremism law that made it illegal for an NGO to be headed by a person convicted of "extremist" activities. The Russian authorities wanted us to denounce the acts of our chair Stanislaw Dmitirevskiy and to remove him from our board. Furthermore, they expected us to announce this big news about our act of repudiation from our friend and colleague in public. It would have been dishonorable for us.

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Statement from the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society following its forced closureposted on: 2007/01/24

Oksana Chelysheva, Editor of the Russian-Chechen Information Agency

RCFS IS NOT GOING TO STOP OUR HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACEMAKING AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES

Open statement by the RCFS on the decision taken by the Russian Supreme Court to liquidate it

On 23 January 2007 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the decision of the Regional Court of the Russian Federation to liquidate our organization, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society.

We were originally ordered to close down in October last year on the basis of a new NGO and anti-extremism law that made it illegal for an NGO to be headed by a person convicted of "extremist" activities. The Russian authorities wanted us to denounce the acts of our chair Stanislaw Dmitirevskiy and to remove him from our board. Furthermore, they expected us to announce this big news about our act of repudiation from our friend and colleague in public. It would have been dishonorable for us.

Russian court closes leading human rights defenders groupposted on: 2006/10/26

A court ruled on 13 October to close down the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) an organization that monitors human rights violations in Chechnya and provides assistance to victims of the conflict. The ruling in the week of the murder of journalist, Anna Politkovskaya signals a determined effort to silence those who speak out about human rights in Chechnya.

The decision is the latest in an array of judicial and legal harassments against RCFS and its staff. Russian authorities have charged RCFS of violating a range of laws including charges of tax evasion based on claims of grants received, in February 2006, Stanislav Dmitrievsky, the Director of RCFS and editor of its newspaper was convicted of inciting racial hatred under the Russian Federal Criminal Code. The charges are a result of articles featuring statements from leading Chechen separatists’ condemning the war.

Russian court closes leading human rights defenders groupposted on: 2006/10/26

A court ruled on 13 October to close down the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) an organization that monitors human rights violations in Chechnya and provides assistance to victims of the conflict. The ruling in the week of the murder of journalist, Anna Politkovskaya signals a determined effort to silence those who speak out about human rights in Chechnya.

The decision is the latest in an array of judicial and legal harassments against RCFS and its staff. Russian authorities have charged RCFS of violating a range of laws including charges of tax evasion based on claims of grants received, in February 2006, Stanislav Dmitrievsky, the Director of RCFS and editor of its newspaper was convicted of inciting racial hatred under the Russian Federal Criminal Code. The charges are a result of articles featuring statements from leading Chechen separatists’ condemning the war.

En Singapur, J. B. Jeyaretnam apela contra una sentencia de quiebra y solicita ser rehabilitado, octubre 2004posted on: 2004/10/12

El crítico de la oposición y veterano defensor de los derechos humanos, J.B. Jeyaretnam, participante en la Plataforma de Dublín para los Defensores de los Derechos Humanos, celebrada en la capital irlandesa el pasado mes de enero de 2002, ha tenido que hacer frente, durante varios años, a una serie de demandas civiles por difamación presentadas por miembros y líderes de la organización política dirigente en Singapur: el Partido de Acción Popular (PAP). Estas acciones judiciales han provocado la quiebra de Jeyaretnam, quien ha solicitado su inmediata rehabilitación. En caso de obtenerla, el Sr. Jeyaretnam podrá presentarse como candidato para las próximas elecciones y, de este modo, volver a lanzarse al ruedo político.

Jeyaretnam es un abogado de más de 78 años que se convirtió en 1981 en el primer candidato de la oposición al parlamento en Singapur desde 1965, año en que dicho país proclamó su independencia. Desde entonces, el letrado ha tenido que hacer frente a numerosas demandas por difamación y condenas, así como a una declaración de quiebra y al encarcelamiento. También se le ha prohibido su derecho a ejercer como abogado y ha sido expulsado del Parlamento.