03 July 2007, 20:28
"Voice of Beslan": Beslan residents' complaint to the European Court is legally justified
The relatives of the victims of the Beslan terror act have applied for help to the European Court. The applications were signed by 89 victims. On June 27, Ella Kesaeva, representative of the Public Organization "Voice of Beslan," told about it to the IA REGNUM correspondent:
"We have passed through all judicial instances of North Ossetia and now in search of the truth are addressing the international court. We think that Russia has breached three Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 2, providing the right to life, Article 6 (right to objective investigation) and Article 13 (right to effective judicial defence)).
"The document included the results of our own investigation, which are completely opposite to the official version of the prosecutor's office. It refers to responsibility for the Beslan terror act of the power agents and officials, and for application of heavy machinery during the salvation operation."
Ms Kesaeva has also noted that the complaint comprises dozens of petitions moved by the victims in the course of preliminary investigation and trials, which were wrongfully rejected, in the opinion of the victims.
We remind you that the so-called "basic" case on the Beslan terror act is at the stage of investigation. Nurpashi Kulaev (the only surviving militant) was sentenced, a year ago by the Supreme Court of North Ossetia, to life imprisonment. The former bosses of the district militia, accused of negligence, were amnestied by the decision of the Pravoberezhny District Court.
