**Updates IFEX alerts dated 2 February and 25 January 1996** The CPJ has reported that, according to journalists at the Islamic weekly “Selam”, both Ali Tekin and Telip Ozcelik (also reported as Ozdemir), were sentenced to three years imprisonment for illegal entry into Chechnya under Article 83 of the Russian Criminal Code. Recommended Action Send […]
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 2 February and 25 January 1996**
The CPJ has reported that, according to journalists at the
Islamic weekly “Selam”, both Ali Tekin and Telip Ozcelik (also
reported as Ozdemir), were sentenced to three years imprisonment
for illegal entry into Chechnya under Article 83 of the Russian
Criminal Code.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Telip Ozcelik
urging that they be released immediately and unconditionally
Appeals To
His Excellency Boris Yeltsin
President
Moscow, Russia
Fax: +70 95 206 39 61/206 51 37/206 00 33
Government Press Office Fax: +70 95 230 24 08
His Excellency Yuri Skuratov
Prosecutor General of Russia
Moscow, Russia
Fax: +70 95 292 88 48
the Russian diplomatic representative to your country
(in Canada)
Ambassador Alexander M. Belogonov
Embassy of the Russian Federation
285 Charlotte St.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8L5 Canada
Fax: +1 613 236 6342
(in the United States)
Embassy of the Russian Federation
Washington, DC
United States
Fax: +1 202 298 5735
Please copy appeals to the originator if possible.
