Human Rights in Russian Regions,” Comprising Reports by the MHG Regional Partners and a Comprehensive All-Russia Report by the MHG
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HUMAN RIGHTS IN RUSSIAN REGIONS COLLECTION OF REPORTS ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION ACROSS THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE YEAR 2001 BY MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP This Collection of Reports was compiled by the Moscow Helsinki Group within the framework of the Project “Monitoring of Human Rights in Russia” with participation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and regional human rights organizations from 89 subjects of the Russian Federation The Project is sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Part of the materials were prepared and translated with the financial assistance of the European Commission Director of the Project: D. Meshcheryakov Chief Editor: T. Lokshina Rendered into English by: T. Lokshina and MBS Intellect Services Inc. Translation and Interpretation Agency Editors: I. Sergeeva, N. Kravchuk, A. Kendall, M. Bentley Copyright © 2002 by Moscow Helsinki Group All rights reserved V TABLE OF CONTENS Editor's Note VII List of Regional Human Rights Organizations IX Moscow Helsinki Group: Background and Contemporary N. Kostenko, T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskiy XIII Introduction T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskiy XIX ALL-RUSSIAN COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN 2001 Section 1 Respect for the Inviolability of the Person Political and Other Extrajudicial Murders G. Kuzovkin (“Memorial” Society) 31 Disappearances of People G. Kuzovkin (“Memorial” Society) 38 Freedom from Slavery G. Kuzovkin (“Memorial” Society) 43 Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Including Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions) A. Sokolov (“Memorial” Society) 54 Denial of Fair Trial S. Nasonov (Independent Council of Legal Expertise) 88 Refusal to Provide Guaranteed Non-Judicial Remedies of Infringed Rights S. Lukashevskiy 95 Unwarranted Invasion of Privacy and Surveillance of Correspondence A. Novikova 102 Section 2 Observance of Fundamental Civil Liberties 107 Freedom of Speech and Access to Information A. Novikova 109 Freedom of Belief, Conscience and Religion S. Lukashevskiy 129 Freedom of Assembly and Associations A. Novikova 150 Observance of the Rights of Refugees and Forced Migrants A. Novikova 155 VI Section 3 Fundamental Political Rights Freedoms The Right to Fair Elections A. Novikova 167 The Ban on Propaganda of War and the Instigation of Discrimination and Violence A. Novikova 178 Section 4 The Status of the Most Vulnerable Groups and Violation of Their Rights The Situation of Ethnic Minorities A. Sokolov (“Memorial” Society) 191 The Situation of Prisoners N. Kostenko 226 The Situation of Enlisted Servicemen N. Kostenko 236 The Situation of Psychiatric Patients Yu. Savenko (Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia) 243 The Situation of Sexual Minorities A. Sutyagin 251 THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC O. Trusevich 263 DECENTRALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskiy 333 OVERVIEW Of BASIC TRENDS IN THE EVOLUTION OF REGIONAL LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION S. Nasonov (Independent Council of Legal Expertise) 367 VII Editor's Note This Collection of Reports represents a generalization of findings of re- gional human rights organizations monitoring observance of human rights in all the 89 regions of the Russian Federation. Materials from the mass media and evidence given by Moscow based human rights organizations were used also in the compilation of this book. Please note that the ab- sence of reference to a specific information source implies that the said data was derived from the regional report submitted to the Moscow Hel- sinki Group by the partner-organization from the given region. IX REGIONAL MONITORING WAS CARRIED OUT AND REGIONAL REPORTS WERE DRAFTED BY: Region Title of the Organization Coordinator Adyg Republic (Ady- “Krasnodar City Public Organization on Defense of Kozlov gea) Human Rights” Vladimir Aginsky Law Center of Chita Regional Department Aginsky Buryatsky Shemelin of the Union autonomous district Arkady of Young Lawyers of RF Public Environmental Organization “Treasurers of Blem Altai Republic the Lake” Andrei Altai Territorial Human Rights Public Organization Strikha Altai territory “Bastion” Alexander “Amur Center of Human Rights” Regional Public Morar Amur region Organization Oleg “Arkhangelsk Region Human Rights Center” Ark- Dundina Arkhangelsk region hangelsk Regional Public Charity Organization Galina “Committee of the Assistance to Stepanova Astrakhan region the Protection of Legal Human Rights” Astrakhan Tatiana Regional Public Organization Bashkortostan Divaeva Republic Public Foundation “International Standart” Nonna (Bashkortostan) Belgorod Regional Public Organization “Consumer's Society Anokhin region of Belgorod Region” Sergey Bryansk Regional Public Charity Komogortseva Bryansk region Organization “Human Rights Association” Ludmila Buryat Republic (Bury- Public Organization “Republican Kislov atia) Human Rights Center” Evgeny Chechen Republic Interregional Public Organization “Society of Russian- Kutaev (Chechnya) Chechen Friendship” Ruslan Chelyabinsk Regional Public Alexeev Chelyabinsk region Committee of Russian Reforms Alexander Regional Public Organization “Center of Assistance Savvateeva Chita region to Civic Initiatives” Marina Chukotka autonomous Public Environmental Association Pushkareva district “Kaira Club” Elena Chuvash Republic Public Organization “Human Rights Committee of Ayvenov (Chuvashia) Chuvash Republic” Pyotr Independent Trade Union of Businessmen and Yunusov Dagestan Republic Drivers of Dagestan Abdurakhman Evenk autonomous Krasnoyarsk Regional Public Organization “Public Vedenkov district Committee for the Protection of Human Rights” Vladimir Ingush “Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship,” Vain- Kutaev Republic achskoye Regional Branch Shirvani Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “Civil Control over Stavrov Irkutsk region the Observance of Human Rights” Leonid Public Political Organization “Ivanovo Regional Valkov Ivanovo region Society for Human Rights” Sergey Regional Public Organization “Egida” for the Pro- Rynkova Jewish autonomous area tection of Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the Evgenia Jewish Autonomy Kabardino-Balkarian Republican Public Human Rights Ketov Republic Organization “Jurist” Albert (Kabardino-Balkaria) X Kaliningrad Regional Public Organization “Protection Dolgopolov Kaliningrad region of Human Rights and Freedoms” Boris Kalmykia-Khalmg Tangch Regional Public Organization Ateev Republic “Kalmykya Human Rights Center” Semen Kotlyar Kaluga region Obninsk Regional Human Rights Group Tatiana Public Organization Fedorko Kamchatka region “Union of Human Rights Activists” Maria Karachaevo-Cherkessian Karachaevo-Cherkessian Department of the Public Republic Shurygin Non-Commercial Organization “Stavropol Regional (Karachaevo- Aleksei Human Rights Center” Cherkessiya) Karelia Karelia Regional Public Organization “Youth Human Paltsev Republic Rights Union of the Karelia Republic” Igor Khabarovsk All-Russian Public Movement “For Human Bekhtold territory Rights,” Khabarovsk Regional Branch Alexander Khakassia Republican Human Rights and Philantropic Ichshenko Khakassia Republic Public Fund “Our Right” Alexander Surgut Branch of the Tyumen Regional Historical- Khanty-Mansiisky Kuzmina Educational, Human Rights and Charity Society “Me- autonomous district Evgenya morial” Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization “Center for Golovina Kirov region Civic Initiatives” Eleonora Commission on Human Rights Protection under the Sazhin Komi Republic Syktyvkar Regional Public Organization “Memo- Igor rial” Komi-Permyatsky Regional Public Organization Komi-Permyatsky Kleshin “Human Rights Center — Pera Bogatyr — Right for autonomous district Evgeny Security” Koryak autonomous International Society “Memorial,” Kamchatka Titov Sergey district Branch Kostroma Regional Group of the Veselov Kostroma region Russian Section of the International Pavel Society for Human Rights Regional Public Ogranization Tishinsky Krasnodar territory “Krasnodar Human Rights Center” Vladimir Krasnoyarsk Regional Public Krasnoyarsk Gorelik Organization “Public Committee for the Protection territory Alexander of Human Rights” Kurgan Regional Public Movement Isakaev Kurgan region “For Fair Elections” Gabdulla Inter-Regional Public Organization “Central Cher- Chernoval Kursk region nozyomny Research Center on Human Rights” Konstantin Lipetsk Regional Public Organization Rodionov Lipetsk region “Lipetsk Society for Human Rights” Vasily Yagodninskoye County Public Historical and Educa- Panikarov Magadan region tional Organization Ivan “Search for Illegally Repressed” Public Organization “Human Rights Center of the Paydoverova Marii El Republic” Nadezhda Marii El Republic Yoshkar-Ola City Public Organization Poduzova “Man and Law” Irina Public Organization “Mordovia Pepublican Human Guslyannikov Mordovia Republic Rights Center” Vasily Moscow and Petrova Human Rights Institute Moscow region Elena Murmansk region Murmansk Regional Public Rozanova XI Youth Organization Maria “Youth Initiatives in the Region” Nenetsky Nonprofit organization Toskunina autonomous district “‘Minlei’ Foundation” Tamara Regional Public Organization Tagankin a Nizhnii Novgorod region “Nizhny Novgorod Human Rights Society Nina North Osetia Vladikavkaz Center of Social and Humanitarian Re- Pliev Republic search of the Vladikavkaz Press Club” Alan Novgorod Regional Public Organization Davydovsk aya Novgorod region “Regional Human Rights Center” Nella Novosibirsk City Public Organization