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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 204, Part I, 20 October 2000

CHECHNYA'S DUMA DEPUTY ACCUSES RUSSIAN MILITARY OF HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. Echoing numerous western journalists'
findings, Aslanbek Aslakhanov told fellow State Duma deputies
on 19 October that the Russian military in Chechnya engages
in the arbitrary detention, beating and torture of Chechen
civilians, 10,000 of whom he claimed have vanished without
trace, Interfax reported. Aslakhanov said that military
representatives routinely deny charges that they engage in
such practices. He called on the Russian leadership to halt
the "genocide" of the Chechen people and intervene to restore
order in the republic. Aslakhanov also charged that the
Russian military are obstructing the restoration of the
judicial system in Chechnya. Meanwhile in Grozny, the city's
newly appointed mayor, Beslan Gantemirov, has announced
unspecified measures to stabilize the situation in the city,
according to AP. LF

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