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On [[December 21]], [[2007]], a court has ordered the Voice of Beslan to disband. In response, its activists started a protest [[hunger strike]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/20/2123796.htm Belsan victim's relatives forced to disband], ABC News, Dec 20, 2007</ref> "The decision was made by the authorities because our organization is fighting for the right to have a fair investigation of what happened in Beslan," group founder Ella Kesayeva said.<ref>[http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/12/21/013.html Court Orders Beslan Mothers to Disband], ''The Moscow Times'', December 21, 2007</ref> |
On [[December 21]], [[2007]], a court has ordered the Voice of Beslan to disband. In response, its activists started a protest [[hunger strike]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/20/2123796.htm Belsan victim's relatives forced to disband], ABC News, Dec 20, 2007</ref> "The decision was made by the authorities because our organization is fighting for the right to have a fair investigation of what happened in Beslan," group founder Ella Kesayeva said.<ref>[http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2007/12/21/013.html Court Orders Beslan Mothers to Disband], ''The Moscow Times'', December 21, 2007</ref> |
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In early-to-mid [[January 2008]], Russian [[prosecutor]]s in [[Ingushetia]] laid [[extremism]] charges against campaigners over a [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/9311-25a.cfm 2005 appeal] the group issued to politicians in Europe and the United States.<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10622667.htm Beslan siege group says faces trial over campaign], Reuters, 10 Jan 2008</ref><ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_re_eu/russia_school_seizure Russia investigates Beslan victims group], Associated Press, Dec 20, 2007</ref> In a public appeal, Voice of Beslan asked the Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] to stop [[prosecution|prosecuting]] the organization.<ref>[http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1205492.html Voice of Beslan" asks Putin to stop prosecuting the organization], Caucasian Knot, 11/1/2008</ref> |
In early-to-mid [[January 2008]], Russian [[prosecutor]]s in [[Ingushetia]] laid [[extremism]] charges against campaigners over a [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/9311-25a.cfm 2005 appeal] the group issued to politicians in Europe and the United States.<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10622667.htm Beslan siege group says faces trial over campaign], Reuters, 10 Jan 2008</ref><ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_re_eu/russia_school_seizure Russia investigates Beslan victims group], Associated Press, Dec 20, 2007</ref> In a public appeal, Voice of Beslan asked the Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] to stop [[prosecution|prosecuting]] the organization.<ref>[http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1205492.html Voice of Beslan" asks Putin to stop prosecuting the organization], Caucasian Knot, 11/1/2008</ref> Putin answered that the issue is beyond his competence and forwarded our letter to the General Prosecutor's Office; in their turn, they also assert that the issue is beyond their competence.<ref>[http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1206889.html Kesaeva: "Voice of Beslan" cherishes no more illusions on Putin], Caucasian Knot, 31/1/2008</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:53, 1 February 2008
Voice of Beslan (Russian: Голос Беслана) is a splinter group from Mothers of Beslan support and advocacy group of parents of children who were among the more than 365 victims of the 2004 North Ossetian Beslan school hostage crisis. The group is chaired was chaired first by Ella Kesayeva and then by Emma Tagayeva.
Activities
Voice of Beslan was created in the aftermath of the hostage crisis as a response to what they see as the incompetence and excessive force used by the security services while trying to rescue the hostages, especially with regard to the alleged firing from tanks and flame throwers at the school when there were still live hostages inside.
Voice of Beslan have demanded an international investigation of the Beslan terrorist attack and in 2005 called on the European Union and the European Parliament to help establish one, as well as on the United States leadership to publish satellite photographs of the school made during the siege. They have also asked private journalists with have any material on the attack to present them for an investigation.
Between February 9 and February 19 2006, six members of Voice of Beslan held a 10-day hunger strike to draw attention to their claims that authorities were covering up the truth about the Beslan attack. On February 22 2006, members of Voice of Beslan met with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour.[1]
In 2007 members of the group erected a sign pointing at the ruins of the Beslan school reading "Putin's course".[2]
The group is running a Russian language-website http://www.golosbeslana.ru/.
Delegalization and extremism charges
On August 28 2007, a Russian court has ruled that a group must change leaders to the less critical to the Kremlin and register again.[3]
On December 21, 2007, a court has ordered the Voice of Beslan to disband. In response, its activists started a protest hunger strike.[4] "The decision was made by the authorities because our organization is fighting for the right to have a fair investigation of what happened in Beslan," group founder Ella Kesayeva said.[5]
In early-to-mid January 2008, Russian prosecutors in Ingushetia laid extremism charges against campaigners over a 2005 appeal the group issued to politicians in Europe and the United States.[6][7] In a public appeal, Voice of Beslan asked the Russian president Vladimir Putin to stop prosecuting the organization.[8] Putin answered that the issue is beyond his competence and forwarded our letter to the General Prosecutor's Office; in their turn, they also assert that the issue is beyond their competence.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Arbour visits Beslan, Eurasia Daily Monitor, February 23, 2006. Last accessed July 18, 2006
- ^ Relatives of victims of Beslan siege go on trial, The Guardian, January 14, 2008
- ^ Shake-Up Of Beslan Group Ordered, The Moscow Times, August 28, 2007
- ^ Belsan victim's relatives forced to disband, ABC News, Dec 20, 2007
- ^ Court Orders Beslan Mothers to Disband, The Moscow Times, December 21, 2007
- ^ Beslan siege group says faces trial over campaign, Reuters, 10 Jan 2008
- ^ Russia investigates Beslan victims group, Associated Press, Dec 20, 2007
- ^ Voice of Beslan" asks Putin to stop prosecuting the organization, Caucasian Knot, 11/1/2008
- ^ Kesaeva: "Voice of Beslan" cherishes no more illusions on Putin, Caucasian Knot, 31/1/2008
External links
- Voice of Beslan homepage, Last accessed November 02, 2007.
- Signature petition in support of the hunger strike. Last accessed July 18, 2006.
- Appeal by Voice of Beslan, November 30, 2005. Last accessed July 19, 2006.