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MosNews: U.S. Slams Russia Over Democracy On Eve Of Middle East Reform Forum

posted by FerrasB on November, 2006 as Freedom and Fear

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U.S. Slams Russia Over Democracy on Eve of Middle East Reform Forum

29.11.2006

Created: 29.11.2006 15:40 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:41 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1164804061)); </SCRIPT> , 1 hour 53 minutes ago

MosNews
A State Department official criticized Russian democratic backsliding on the eve of a conference on Middle East reform that Russia is co-chairing with Jordan, Bloomberg news agency reports.
``I think it’s clear that the trends in Russia are not good,’’ Barry Lowenkron, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, told State Department reporters en route to Jordan, where a conference on Middle East democracy is set to open tomorrow at the Dead Sea.
``We have highlighted these problems,’’ Lowenkron said, when asked if he saw any irony in Russia co-chairing the Forum for the Future, a three-year old initiative of the Group of Eight industrial nations designed to promote democracy in the Middle East, amid fresh allegations ...
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KC: FSB Recruits Stage New Anti-Moslim Pogroms In Moscow Region

posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear

FSB Recruits Stage New Anti-Moslim Pogroms in Moscow Region
Publication time: Today at 11:04 Djokhar time
A FSB-backed "Russian youth organization" said Monday that it had raided outdoor markets in the Moscow region to "help authorities spot illegal migrants", and that police detained several dozen people after fighting broke out.

The little-known youth organization Mestnye (Locals) took the action amid government efforts to tighten restrictions on migrants and bar them from trading at markets - moves strongly criticized by rights activists.

Mestnye said in statement on its Web site that several hundred of its activists on Sunday went to "check" 20 markets in Moscow suburbs for "illegal immigrants working as traders". It said the goal of the raid was to help spot migrants who purportedly "break the law and sell substandard products".

Minor scuffles broke out with traders who challenged the raid, and police had briefly detained over 80 people, including about 30 of the ...
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MosNews: U.S. Slams Russia Over Democracy On Eve Of Middle East Reform Forum

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