On Saturday, June 9, at midday GMT an international action will be held for giving out the body of President of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov, assassinated by Russian special agencies, to his family. Simultaneous manifestations will take place in the capitals of Russia, Poland, Sweden, in cities of Austria, Norway, Germany, Denmark and other European countries. Irina Vologina, coordinator of the action in Moscow and an activist of the Committee for Anti-War Actions, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to Ms Vologina, the initiative to hold an international action belongs to the Warsaw organizing committee that was created this April for collecting signatures under the petition demanding to give the body of A. Maskhadov, murdered President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), out to his family for burial.
"Despite all appeals and demands of the civilized community, numerous actions and requests of the relatives, the body of the killed President has not been given out for burial according to Islamic canons," she added.
In Moscow, the Committee for Anti-War Actions will hold a picket from 11 to 12 a.m. on June 9 in the Triumphal Square near the "Mayakovskaya" metro station. One of the declared aims of the picket is "an appeal to cancel Article 14.1 of the Federal Law 'On Burial and Funeral Activities,' which forbids the relatives to get the bodies of the members of their families who perish during suppression of acts of terror."
Rallies and demonstrations to demand that the Russian government return the body of Aslan Maskhadov, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, to his relatives.
Austria: Vienna, at 12:00-14:00 on Heldenplatz Square, and Klagenfurt, at 12:00-14:00, Alten Platz Square.
Belgium: Antwerpen, at 14:00, Borgerhoutsestraat 36.
Denmark: Copenhagen, at 12:00-14:00, in front of the Russian Embassy.
France: Paris, at 15:00-18:00, 15h place Beaubourg, metro Rambuteau.
Germany: Berlin, at 12:00, at the Brandenburg Gate
Sweden: Stockholm, at 12:00-14:00, Mynttorget, Gamla Stan
Moscow (Russia)
A rally in support of the pan-European call on the Russian authorities for the handover of the body of Aslan Maskhadov, the late President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, to his relatives. On Triumfalnaya Square (metro Mayakovskaya) at 11.00-12.00.
Re: All-European action for giving out Maskhadov's body to his relatives for burial
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"Despite all appeals and demands of the civilized community, numerous actions and requests of the relatives, the body of the killed President has not been given out for burial according to Islamic canons," she added.
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