On July, 15, 2004 at 12-00 representatives of Committee ” For Civil Rights “, the Moscow Helsinki Group, social movement ” Civil Resistance “, social movement ” For human rights” and political partie “Yabloko” carried out joint protest action against militian boundlessness in Bashkortostan near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. (23-JULY-04)
Participants of the action acted with requirements of immediate resignation of Rafail Diev, Minister of Internal Affairs of Bashkiria, and also investigation of the scandalous facts of corruption in structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkiria.
In protest action took part:
– Andrey Babushkin, chairman of Committee “For civil rights “;
– Ildar Isangulov, Bashkir human rights defender;
– Rais Davletkujin, the former chief of one Bashkortostan Regional Management on struggle against the organized crime;
– Lev Ponomarev, chairman of movement “For human rights “;
– Employees of the Bashkir militia.
On protest action in Moscow arrived mothers, whose children have been killed by employees of law enforcement bodies of Bashkiria. As a token of the protest this women were going to declare termless hunger-strike.
There is its own tragedy at each of five Bashkir families which have arrived to Moscow. In their opinion in each tragedy, militiamen are guilty and, first of all, minister Diev. In hands all of them held photos of their dead children.
The member of the Commission of Human Rights Valery Borschev said that people who create lawlessness decompose all society. Making the protest, we express not only the protest in protection of bashkirian people; we also make the protest in protection of all country. Because if not to stop an arbitrariness in Bashkiria today, all the Russian Federation will wallow in abyss of that lawlessness.
The head of Fund “Public verdict” Natalia Taubina has summed up: It´s a pity that the violence which is applied by law enforcement bodies has already become an everyday rule and norm of our life.
Acting on the Kaluga area opposite to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, picketeers address for the help not only to minister Rashid Nurgaliev. They hope that they will be heard by President Vladimir Putin.
Lev Ponomarev said that the President of the country should solve this problem. While he do not know, whether all this information has reached the President. Because first of all the so-called vertical of authority should be under construction in power structures. If it does not operate in bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (and it is evident now) then we can raise the question: What does our President has achieved in general? It means, that he does not own a situation in the Russian Federation that clans which surround Putin, solve the problems without him, and he somehow indulges this – only so it is possible to explain this situation.
The picketeers, probably, did not expect, as far as operatively the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation will react to requirements holding a meeting. At once upon termination of protest action it has been declared emergency press conference in a building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Where general – lieutenant Nikolay Mamontov supervising Bashkiria has acted. He has declared that on each fact the ministry will carry out checks and will make the decision. Rafail Diev will be caused to Moscow for the report by results of work for the first half-year. The decision to cause Diev was accepted by Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
