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Court Holds Russia Responsible for Chechen's Death

By Gregory Feifer

Published July 28, 2006 at 5:00 AM CDT

The European Court for Human Rights found Russia guilty of the disappearance of Fatima Bazorkina's son and for failing to carry out an investigation

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