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09STATE91693
2009-09-02 21:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MURDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNCLAS STATE 091693
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MURDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS IN RUSSIA
UNCLAS STATE 091693
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MURDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS IN RUSSIA
1. (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement
at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna.
Begin text:
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
The United States joins the European Union in noting the deep
concern expressed by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the
Media Miklos Harazsti in his August 13 statement calling upon
Russian authorities to assume responsibility in combating
violence against journalists and human rights activists.
The two latest examples in what has become a painful
catalogue of fallen human rights defenders in Russia come
from the events of a single day.
On August 11, newspaper editor Abdulamalik Akhmedilov was
murdered in Dagestan. He was a frequent critic of federal
and local law enforcement officials, often on human rights
issues.
Also, on August 11, noted humanitarian Zarema Sadulayeva and
her husband (Alik Dzhabrailov) were brutally murdered in
Chechnya ) a day after they were kidnapped at the offices of
Sadulayeva,s NGO Save the Generation where for more than 15
years she worked on behalf of children suffering the effects
of war.
These killings follow the kidnapping and shooting death only
a month earlier of one of Chechnya,s most respected and
brave human rights activists, Nataliya Estemirova, who
tirelessly fought to exposecorruption and human rights abuses
in the North Caucasus
This violence against those who advocate human rights, the
rule of law, an independent media and humanitarian assistance
is deeply troubling. The atmosphere of impunity in which
these killings continue to occur will only end after the
Russian government vigorously performs full and transparent
investigations, and brings to justice the perpetrators of
these terrible crimes.
With Representative Harazsti, we join in the urgent call for
Russia to develop an action plan to end this crisis against
human rights, which &continues to claim lives.8
Thank you, Madame Chairwoman.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MURDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS IN RUSSIA
1. (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement
at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna.
Begin text:
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
The United States joins the European Union in noting the deep
concern expressed by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the
Media Miklos Harazsti in his August 13 statement calling upon
Russian authorities to assume responsibility in combating
violence against journalists and human rights activists.
The two latest examples in what has become a painful
catalogue of fallen human rights defenders in Russia come
from the events of a single day.
On August 11, newspaper editor Abdulamalik Akhmedilov was
murdered in Dagestan. He was a frequent critic of federal
and local law enforcement officials, often on human rights
issues.
Also, on August 11, noted humanitarian Zarema Sadulayeva and
her husband (Alik Dzhabrailov) were brutally murdered in
Chechnya ) a day after they were kidnapped at the offices of
Sadulayeva,s NGO Save the Generation where for more than 15
years she worked on behalf of children suffering the effects
of war.
These killings follow the kidnapping and shooting death only
a month earlier of one of Chechnya,s most respected and
brave human rights activists, Nataliya Estemirova, who
tirelessly fought to exposecorruption and human rights abuses
in the North Caucasus
This violence against those who advocate human rights, the
rule of law, an independent media and humanitarian assistance
is deeply troubling. The atmosphere of impunity in which
these killings continue to occur will only end after the
Russian government vigorously performs full and transparent
investigations, and brings to justice the perpetrators of
these terrible crimes.
With Representative Harazsti, we join in the urgent call for
Russia to develop an action plan to end this crisis against
human rights, which &continues to claim lives.8
Thank you, Madame Chairwoman.
CLINTON