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Committed During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine Between 2014–2018
VIOLENT CRIMES Committed During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine between 2014–2018 Kharkiv Human Rights Publisher 2018 УДК 355.012АТО(477)’’2014/2018’’(047)=111 Н31 THE List OF abbreviations This report was prepared with financial support of AI — Amnesty International; MTOT — Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Terri- tories and Internally Displaced Persons; ATO — Anti-Terrorist Operation; NGO — Non-Governmental Organization CC — Criminal Code of Ukraine; NPU — National Police of Ukraine; CMA — Civil-Military Administration; OTDLR — Occupied Territories of Donetsk and Lu- СMPO — Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office; hansk Regions; СP — Checkpoint; OSCE — Organization for Security and Coopera- CPC — Criminal Procedural Code; tion in Europe; EXCP — Entry-Exit Checkpoint; PLWHA — People Living with HIV/AIDS; DSA — District State Administration; RSA — Regional State Administration; RS — Rome Statute; ECHR — European Convention on Human Rights; Yuriy Aseev, Volodymyr Hlushchenko, Boris Knyrov, Natalia Okhotnikova, Anna Ovdiienko, LNR — the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s ECtHR — European Court of Human Rights; Olena Richko, Gennady Shcherbak, Pavlo Shvab, Yanina Smelyanska, Igor Sosonsky, Republic”; Gennadiy Tokarev, Martha Vovk, Anastasia Yegorova, Yevgeniy Zakharov GC — Geneva Convention(s) of 12 August 1949; DNR — the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Н31 Violent Crimes Committed During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine between 2014–2018 / HRMM — UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission Republic”; compiler Yevgeniy Zakharov; CO “Kharkiv -
The MH17 Trial Part 2: the Bezler Tapes, a Case of Red Herrings? - Bellingcat
03.11.2020 The MH17 Trial Part 2: The Bezler Tapes, a Case of Red Herrings? - bellingcat The MH17 Trial Part 2: The Bezler Tapes, a Case of Red Herrings? October 17, 2020 MH17 Russia Translations: Русский When Dutch prosecutors of the court in The Hague read out their case against four suspects charged with complicity in the downing of MH17, they also explained why individuals previously linked to this crime were not (yet) indicted. One of them is former Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) separatist leader Igor Bezler, a Russian citizen with ties to Russia’s military intelligence agency (known as the GRU) who currently lives in Russian-annexed Crimea. The main pieces of evidence that previously linked Bezler to this crime concern two of his phone calls that were originally intercepted by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). One of the recordings was part of a conversation with alleged GRU officer Vasily Geranin in which Bezler announces the downing of an aircraft just twenty minutes after MH17. The SBU had released this recording on the day of the downing along with the accusation that the Bezler Group was directly involved in the downing of MH17. The other intercepted conversation was released one week later and became known as the “birdie conversation”. In this call, which according to the SBU was recorded just two minutes before the downing of MH17, Bezler is informed by someone with the call sign “Naemnik” (“Mercenary”) that a “birdie” – i.e. an aircraft – flew towards him. Both calls have been the subject of much speculation in the media, and were also the subject of analysis in previous Bellingcat reports. -
Transnational Civil Society, Religion, and Power
ABSTRACT Title of dissertation: GLOBAL ISLAM IN THE AGE OF CIVIL SOCIETY: TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY, RELIGION, AND POWER Zeynep Atalay, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation directed by: Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz Department of Sociology This dissertation examines the instrumental benefits of civil society discourse for Muslim civil society organizations and their pursuit of conservative agendas. Since early 1990, informal religious communities in the Muslim world have been reestablishing themselves as formal NGOs at unprecedented rates. Additionally, they are joining forces and forming transnational coalitions. The constituents’ goals of religious support and solidarity remain unchanged in terms of their commitment to conservative and religious norms. By contrast, existing transnational civil society literature is dominated with assumptions of liberal and secular agendas. Yet, despite the seemingly inherent contradiction, the members of these faith-based organizations and coalitions persistently position themselves within the sphere of civil society. This dissertation problematizes this conflict and asks: Why are the previously informal Islamist networks adopting the discourse of civil society, transforming into formal NGOs, and establishing transnational coalitions? In this study, I examine one of the largest Muslim NGO coalitions to date - the Union of the NGOs of the Islamic World (UNIW). With its 193 member NGOs from 46 countries, the UNIW aims to consolidate faith-based Muslim NGOs and to coordinate member actions for the welfare of Muslim communities around the world. Based on fieldwork conducted in Turkey, Germany, the U.S., Malaysia and Cambodia, I employ qualitative and ethnographic methods and draw on diverse sources of data including in-depth interviews, participant observation and document analysis. -
Kyrgyzstan: Closer to Democracy — and Russia
At a glance October 2015 Kyrgyzstan: Closer to democracy — and Russia Praised by both Russian and European observers, the elections of 4 October 2015 are considered a milestone in Kyrgyzstan's democratic transition of the country, consolidating the new political system launched by the new constitution adopted after the 2010 revolution. With seats split between six pro-Moscow parties, the results entail the formation of a coalition government in the fractured parliament, and herald further rapprochement to Russia. Background: transition to parliamentary democracy Once regarded as an 'island of democracy' in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has a turbulent political history. The first president of independent Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, was toppled in political unrest, known as the Tulip Revolution, in April 2005. The European Parliament (EP) resolution of 12 May 2005 called on Kyrgyz authorities to begin a genuine democratisation process, welcoming the launch of an inclusive process of constitutional reform aiming to ensure fundamental change. Hopes for a democratic transition soon faded with President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's increasingly authoritarian rule, as noted in a May 2006 EP resolution. Bakiyev's ousting in April 2010, known as the 'second tulip revolution', presented a window of opportunity for democratisation. A new constitution, adopted after the referendum in June 2010, transformed Kyrgyzstan from an authoritarian presidential system to a relatively democratic semi-presidential one, combining elements of parliamentary and presidential systems in addition to checks-and-balances mechanisms. As the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) acknowledges, progress towards consolidation continued with the legislative elections of October 2010. The presidential elections of October 2011 thus constituted the final step in the post-Bakiyev transition process. -
Transnational Armenian Terrorism and Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict of 1988-1994) End
Karabakh Oleg KUZNETSOV, PhD in History, MCL (Moscow, Russia) First Terrorist War: A Look from Russia (Transnational Armenian Terrorism and Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict of 1988-1994) End. For the beginning, see İRS-Heritage 2 (21), 3 (22) 2015 n addition to numerous acts of terrorism and wide- spread terrorist crimes related to the organization by Iforeign nationals of illegal armed groups in the terri- tory of Armenia and their participation in the activities of such groups, representatives of the Armenian side to the conflict committed other crimes of a similar nature during the Karabakh war, facts that were recorded on the Azerbaijani side. First of all, we are talking about a Car in which journalist S. Asgarova, Lt-Col Larionov, Maj Ivanov and Sgt Goyek were shot dead by Armenian terrorists on 9 January 1991 58 www.irs-az.com 4(23), WINTER 2015 very specific terrorist crime like an armed insurgency, criminal liability for which is stipulated by Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The main qualifying feature of this criminal act is the motiva- tion and goal-setting of participation in the crime: those guilty of committing it take action to change the constitutional system or the territorial integrity of the country. Actions of this kind were committed by soldiers of Armenian origin under the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 336th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 23rd Motorized Infantry Division of the 4th Army of the CIS Joint Armed Forces under the command of Major Seyran Ohanyan, who not only seized fighting equipment - infantry fighting vehicles (BMP-2) - without a military order, but also used them against Azerbaijani territorial defense units in the battle of 25 February 1992 for the town of Khojali, which subsequently led to mass deaths of civilians in this town. -
Doğu Türkistan'da Asimilasyon Ve Ayrımcılık
DOĞU TÜRKİSTAN’DA ASİMİLASYON VE AYRIMCILIK Amine Tuna 2012 'RôX7UNLVWDQ¶GD $VLPLODV\RQYH$\UÔPFÔOÔN Yazan Amine Tuna Editör Ümmühan Özkan Ya\Ôna+azÔrOÔN .. ,++ ,nVani <aUGÔm 9akIÔ AUa÷WÔUma <a\ÔnOaU %iUimi ISBN 978-605-5260-01-9 1 %aVkÔ .aVÔm 2012 .aSaNYHSa\Ia'zHni M. Semih Taneri . ,++,QVDQL<DUGÔP9DNIÔ %u eVerin Wüm hakOarÔ mahIuzGur. <azarÔn Ye \a\ÔnFÔnÔn izni aOÔnmakVÔzÔn kiWaEÔn meWni herhanJi Eir IRrmGa \a\ÔmOanamaz kRS\aOanamaz Ye oRôaOWÔOamaz. AnFak ka\nak J|VWeriOerek aOÔnWÔ \aSÔOaEiOir. %ü\ük .araman &aG. Ta\OaVan SRk. 1R )aWih-,VWanEuO TeO 90 212 61 21 21 )akV 90 212 621 70 51 ZeE ZZZ.ihh.RrJ.Wr (-maiO inIR#ihh.RrJ.Wr 3eOikan %aVÔm MaWEaa Ye AmEaOaM San. TiF. /WG. öWi. .. MaOWeSe Mah. *ümü÷Vu\u &aG. 2Gin ,÷ Mrk. 1R.281 =e\WinEurnu-,VWanEuO DOĞU TÜRKİSTAN’DA ASİMİLASYON VE AYRIMCILIK Amine Tuna 2012 İÇİNDEKİLER GİRİŞ .......................................................................................................... 9 1. Bölüm GENEL BİLGİLER .............................................................................. 15 Doğu Türkistan Kimlik Bilgileri ....................................................... 17 Coğrafi Özellikleri ve İklim Yapısı ....................................................18 Ekonomik Yapı .................................................................................. 20 Bingtuan .................................................................................... 24 Nüfus, Etnik Çeşitlilik ve Demografik Yapı ....................................27 Dil, Din ve Kültür ............................................................................. -
THEMATIC REPORT Hardship for Conflict-Affected Civilians in Eastern
THEMATIC REPORT Hardship for conflict-affected civilians in eastern Ukraine February 2017 Published by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine © OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine 2017 All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may be freely used and copied for non- commercial purposes, provided that any such reproduction is accompanied by an acknowledgement of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine as the source. Available electronically in English, Ukrainian and Russian at: Table of Contents A) Summary ..................................................................................................................................... - 1 - B) Introduction and methodology .................................................................................................... - 2 - C) General observations .................................................................................................................. - 3 - 1. Conduct of hostilities in populated areas......................................................................... - 3 - i) Presence and use of weapons in populated areas ............................................................... - 4 - ii) Presence of armed positions in populated areas ................................................................. - 5 - iii) Areas not fully controlled by any of the sides.................................................................... - 6 - 2. Imposed restrictions affecting civilians .......................................................................... -
Women, the Parliament and Political Participation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Women, the Parliament and Political Participation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan Accepted version of an article published in Central Asian Affairs: Turdalieva, Cholpon, and Medet Tiulegenov. " Women, the Parliament and Political Participation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan", Central Asian Affairs 5, 2 (2018): 134-159. Cholpon Turdalieva American University of Central Asia, Humboldt University [email protected] Medet Tiulegenov American University of Central Asia [email protected] Abstract This paper explores women’s participation in parliamentary elections in post- Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Using various methods, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on factors that affect the likelihood of women participating successfully in parliamentary elections. This study supports the general literature on the effects of gender quotas and proportional representation, but its results on other factors are mixed. The factor of financial resources is significant, though its impact has been reduced with the introduction of gender quotas, while other factors—such as social status—may not be particularly important. The public perception of a woman in politics is not the greatest obstacle to women’s representation, and a female candidate’s professional status may often be attractive to party leaders. Keywords women – electoral politics – parliament – post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan – political participation Introduction Women’s participation in elections is the norm worldwide. Even Saudi Arabia, one of the last countries to allow women to stand for public office, agreed in doi 10.1163/22142290-00502003 Women, the Parliament and Political Participation 2 2015 that women could be elected to local councils. Yet despite considerable advances in formal electoral rights, there remain obstacles to the exercise of these rights throughout the world. -
Former President Kocharyan Arrested for Using Deadly Force in 2008 Russian, Armenian KOCHARYAN, from Page 1 Serious Concern About It
AUG 4, 2018 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXIX, NO. 3, Issue 4547 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Armenian Companies Former President Kocharyan Arrested To Take Part in Japan Tourism Expo For Using Deadly Force in 2008 YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Seven Armenian tourism companies will participate in Tourism YEREVAN (RFE/RL and Armenpress) — politically motivated. of a disputed presidential election held in Expo Japan 2018, from September 20 to 23, in Lawyers for former President Robert One of them, Aram Orbelian, said that February 2008, two months before he com- Tokyo, the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Kocharyan said on Monday, July 30, that they expect Armenia’s Court of Appeals to pleted his second and final term. The accusa- Development National Center (SME DNC) founda- they will appeal a Yerevan district court’s start considering their petition this week. tion stems from the use of deadly force on tion announced. decision to allow law-enforcement authori- Kocharyan was arrested late on Friday, July On July 27, SME DNC executive director Arshak ties to arrest the former Armenian presi- 27, one day after being charged with “over- Grigoryan, president of the Tourism Committee, dent on coup charges which he denies as throwing the constitutional order” in the wake Hripsime Grigoryan, and executive director of the Tourism Development Foundation of Armenia Ara Khzmalyan signed a memorandum of cooperation for properly preparing and successfully participat- ing in the expo. According to the document, the sides will exchange their experience, knowledge and infor- mation with each other. -
Robert Fisk Emony
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXVIII, NO. 11, Issue 4505 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF World Without Genocide Honors Turkish Scholar Akçam MINNEAPOLIS —Prof. Taner Akçam, holder of the Robert Aram, Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University, will be hon- ored with the 2018 Outstanding Upstander Award from the World Without Genocide organization for his work promoting justice and the rule of law. He will formally receive the award at the organi- zation’s annual gala in May 2018 in Minneapolis. Akçam was one of the first Turkish intellectuals The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II speaks at the Armenia-Diaspora Conference. to openly discuss the Armenian Genocide, he holds the only endowed chair dedicated to research and teaching on this subject. He is an outspoken advocate of democracy and free expression since his student days at Middle Calls for Unity at Diaspora Conference East Technical University in Ankara, he is an inter- nationally recognized human rights activist. new ground but if offered a chance for applause from the audience. By Alin K. Gregorian Armenians from around the globe, from She also stressed that the forum provid- Argentine Tycoon countries near and far, including Myanmar, ed many with a chance to get to know oth- Mirror-Spectator Staff Japan, Argentina, a total of 71 countries, to ers from different countries. Indeed, it was Declared Armenian mingle. interesting to see clusters of Spanish-speak- Every day there were four sessions dur- ing attendees with those from Iran, ‘National Hero’ YEREVAN — For three days, Armenians, ing which presentations were made. -
The Aurora Prize and Who Make a Transformational Co-Founders, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Impact on Our World Each Day
2018 AURORA DONOR IMPACT REPORT AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE 2019 A MESSAGE FROM THE CO - FOUNDERS Together, we have tapped into something very powerful that inspires Supporting and shining a light on these individuals, organizations and people to commit themselves to support those in need and helps to bridge human rights issues is what we do best, and it is because of people like you national divides. that our movement continues to get stronger. In 2018, 521 people donated or volunteered their time in gratitude to Our mission begins and ends with Gratitude in Action. It is a universal provide a safer, brighter and more prosperous future for all. Over the year, principle that requires all of us to stand up for our shared humanity, we are pleased to say that Aurora helped hundreds of thousands of people look beyond the superficial differences to our essential sameness and help around the world, offering them education, food, shelter, medical care and today’s unsung heroes to be recognized and celebrated for their impact other critical assistance during their time of need. on the world. While these numbers are impressive, it is the people we’ve met along the journey that most inspire our efforts. Last year’s Laureate, Kyaw Hla A heartfelt thank you for being an integral part of the Aurora movement. Aung is a lawyer who has spent his life advocating for the recognition of the Rohingya people as citizens of Myanmar and fighting for their equity, NOUBAR AFEYAN VARTAN GREGORIAN RUBEN VARDANYAN education and basic human rights. He is not alone in his fight to step up when others step back, he was joined by 750 others who were nominated last year to receive the Aurora Prize and who make a transformational Co-Founders, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative impact on our world each day. -
The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020 Strategy
NC-32-11-824-EN-C Péter Balázs Tanya Mihaylova Enrique Barón Crespo Nana Mouskouri Tim Birtwistle John O’Rourke Erhard Busek Roman Petrov Simion Costea Madlen Serban Nina Didenko Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Gaga Gabrichidze Dusan Sidjanski José-Maria Gil-Robles Jan Truszczyński Mall Hellam Peter Van Elsuwege Theodora Hiou-Maniatopoulou Androulla Vassiliou László Kecskés Amy Verdun Pierre Mairesse Kristian Vigenin Marc Maresceau Ivan Voles Jiri Zemanek The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020 strategy: Visions of leading policymakers and academics of leading policymakers and the Europe 2020 strategy: Visions The Eastern Partnership European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture The Eastern Partnership and 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIUM/BELGIË the Europe 2020 strategy: Tel. +32 22991111 Fax +32 22955719 Visions of leading [email protected] policymakers and academics Education doi:10.2766/17192 and Culture European Commission The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020 strategy: Visions of leading policymakers and academics Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union 2012 — 184 pp. — 14.8 × 21 cm Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union. ISBN 978-92-79-20896-6 Freephone number (*): doi:10.2766/17192 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. HOW TO OBTAIN EU PUBLICATIONS Free publications: bȩ TG?ȩ#3ȩ MMIQFMNȩFRRN @MMIQFMN CSPMN? CS bȩ ȩ?RȩRFCȩ#SPMNC?Lȩ3LGMLQȩPCNPCQCLR?RGMLQȩMPȩBCJCE?RGMLQ ȩ7MSȩA?LȩM@R?GLȩ their contact details on the Internet (http://ec.europa.eu) or by sending a fax to +352 2929-42758.