Beslan massacre - Sep. 1 - Sep 3, 2004
Posted on 02/17/2006 8:12:23 AM PST by Velveeta
VLADIKAVKAZ. Feb 16 (Interfax) - Five women who lost their children in the hostage taking at a Beslan secondary school remain on a hunger strike.
The Voice of Beslan Committee started the hunger strike on February 9.
One of the women has been hospitalized, Voice of Beslan representative Ella Kesayeva said.
Initially, seven women went on strike, but one of them had to quit two days later because of the illness of her child.
Kesayeva, who is taking part in the strike, said that doctors examine them several times a day.
The terrorist act in Beslan on September 1-3, 2004, killed 331 people.
http://befree77.livejournal.com/5700.html befree77 wrote @ 2006-02-16 21:27:00:
Sveta During the night of 15-16 February Svetlana Margiyeva became ill. In the early morning she was taken away by ambulance.
http://befree77.livejournal.com/6983.html befree77 wrote @ 2006-02-17 19:05:00
Hunger strike in Beslan. Day Eight. The took another woman to the hospital. Emilia Bzarova started feeling ill. The doctor came and diagnosed her with hypoglycemia (perhaps I am mistaken in how this word is written), which is an acute depression of the sugar in the blood. Her pusle was greater than 100 per minute (the norm is up to 80), a rapid heart rate. While we were dressing Emilia for the hospital she lost consciousness. Emilia drank little water during the 7 days.
(Last entry as of 19:05 Moscow time, 11:05 EST)
Two of the women have already been taken to the hospital. Recent developments:
http://befree77.livejournal.com/8418.html befree77 wrote @ 2006-02-17 22:49:00 (2:49 PM EST)
The doctors came... They came and checked blood pressure. Marina Melikova's pulse is 110 per minute. Alma and Ella are doing okay for now. Emma has an arhythmia and her blood pressure is elevated.
(last entry)
You can sign an online petition to support the Beslan women here:
http://beslan.shamin.ru/
About 1/5th down the page are four blocks to input your data. The first space is for your last name and first name. The second space is for your country and city. The third and fourth spaces are optional, for job/activity and organization, respectively.
http://befree77.livejournal.com/8514.html
befree77 wrote @ 2006-02-17 14:38:00 (finally corrected her calendar)
'United Russia' voted against the hunger strikers in Beslan
On February 17th independent member of the Russian parliament Vladimir Alexandrovich Ryzhkov brought up a proposal for a commission connected with the continuing hunger strike by members of the by the 'Voice of Beslan' committee. The commission was put up to a vote. All factions except for 'United Russia' voted 'aye'. Thus, due to the votes of 'United Russia' the proposal did not pass.
Below is the text of the proposed commission.
Introduced by member of parliament V.A. Ryzhkov
PROPOSED COMMISSION
In connection with the hunger strike by mothers who lost children in the terror act in Beslan, now in its eighth day, to commission a committee of the Russian Parliament to look into the problems of the North Caucasus and question organs of the government in the Republic of North Osetia - Alania about measures being undertaken to solve the situation, and to distribute this information among members of the Russian Parliament.
V. A. Ryzhkov
Needs media attention.
Please help with a bump and ping a friend.
Thank you,
Vel
Beslan massacre - Sep. 1 - Sep 3, 2004
Emma Betrozova, one of the protesting mothers of children who died in the September 2004 school massacre in Beslan shows photographs of children during a hunger strike in Beslan, February 15, 2006. Six mothers began a hunger strike last Thursday, the day after a top Russian prosecutor called for the death penalty to be imposed on Kulayev, the only person on trial over the massacre, to protest against the official investigation on the tragedy, which they say is too narrow. PICTURE TAKEN FEBRUARY 15, 2006 REUTERS/EDUARD KORNIYENKO
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This story must be read!!
The above blog or 'Live Journal' is being written by a young lady who is staying with the women in Beslan. She shares articles and letters with them from her laptop, and they occasionally write something for her to post.
She goes to an Internet cafe to post her observations and download letters.
Her last posting was about the Russian parliament not supporting a motion to support a motion to support a motion (bureaucrats!):
http://befree77.livejournal.com/8514.html
On her site the commentary was as follows:
juliabogun
2006-02-17 11:48 am UTC
Nothing surprising there. It would have been strange if 'United Russia' supported it. But it's nice that Ryzhkov introduced it anyway.
allaya
2006-02-17 12:13 pm UTC
Lena, do you know how Sveta Margiyeva is doing right now? I saw that he was doing bad, but I couldn't get through to Valiko yesterday. How is she?Ella Kesayeva
befree77
2006-02-17 02:48 pm UTC
She's in the hospital. She says she is in satisfactory condition, but we're more worried about Emilia Bzarova who they took to the hospital yesterday. She is very weak, and still won't eat. She refuses... We can't talk her into it right now.Olga, Moscow
(Anonymous) 2006-02-17 03:11 pm UTC
We've got to initiate a recall of such members of parliament!
Thanks so much, Kyla.
I'm hoping to get out of the "bloggers" area and into the news.
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Please ping your FRiends.
The plight of these poor mothers have been weighing heavy on my heart.
'Voice of Beslan' is a nongovernmental organization
That would be the same as signing a petition to support 9/11 Families, Jersey Girls.
Or a group of Cathy Sheehan's.
Thank you, Peter for bringing all this to our attention.
No, it's not the same.
These mothers want a "real" investigation into the massacre at Beslan.
They're not media dollar whores like Cindy Sheehan.
They are funded by the NGOs. Those monies come with terms and conditions for use. Those monies are grants, not donations.
The 9/11 victim groups, most are not even victims.
It is the same thing.
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Thank you, Davey.
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