Second anniversary of Beslan school siege

Children, parents and sombre-faced officials marked the second anniversary of one of Russia’s worst terrorist attacks.

Izvor: RFE, Ireland Online

Friday, 01.09.2006.

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Second anniversary of Beslan school siege

The three-day ordeal, which saw hostages deprived of food and water, ended in a bloodbath after two powerful explosions rocked the school and security forces launched a chaotic rescue effort.

Moscow authorities ban gathering

Radio Free Europe reported yesterday that the Russian human rights activists said Moscow city authorities had turned down a request to allow them to hold a gathering to mark the second anniversary of the Beslan school hostage tragedy.

The rally was planned for September 3 on Moscow's Lubyanka Square, but rights activists said authorities told them no rallies to mark the anniversary would be authorized in Moscow.

Svetlana Gannushkina, the leader of the rights group Civic Assistance, told RFE/RL that she believes the authorities did not sanction the rally to avoid drawing the public's attention to what she describes at the official investigation's failure to reach "objective conclusions."

"The authorities are not interested in letting people speak a lot and speak loudly about Beslan now," she said.

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