Russian Journalist Asks Ukraine to Grant Him Political Asylum
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2007 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/7/2007 3:32 AM Russian Journalist Asks Ukraine to Grant Him Political Asylum 06.02.07 Russian Russian journalist Aleksandr Kosvintsev of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has asked for political asylum in Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Tuesday quoting the press service of the legislature of the Ukrainian Lviv Region. The press service referred to the journalist, who is staying in Lviv at present. Kosvintsev has applied to the regional department of the Ukrainian migration service in Lviv. The Russian journalist told the press service he was forced to leave Russia due to persecution by Russia’s law enforcement bodies. Novaya Gazeta daily, partially owned by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, is strongly critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies, especially of the anti-terror campaign in Chechnya. Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya worked in this newspaper until her assassination on October 7, 2006. http://www.mosnews.com/news/2007/02/06/asylum.shtml
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Police Dissolve Tea Party of Russian and German HR Campaigners
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/7/2007 3:36 AM Photo — MosNews archive Photo — MosNews archive Police Dissolve Tea Party of Russian and German HR Campaigners 06.02.07 MosNews Russian police have imposed fines on a group of Russian Human Rights activists for organizing a tea party with German colleagues who were monitoring the situation of ethnic minorities in South Russian region of Kuban. Russian Novye Izvestiya daily reported that the Human Rights Committee of the South Russian city of Novorossiysk was holding a meeting with Human Rights activists and students from Germany on January 23, 2006. The meeting was held in a fine arts school where the German guests visited an exhibition of children’s works calling for tolerance. When the visitors started to drink tea, a group of policemen accompanied with an interpreter and a cameraman of the local TV channel broke into the school and checked the documents of everyone present. Upon completing this (the German ... >> full...
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I was poisoned by Russians, human rights judge says
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/31/2007 12:04 PM I was poisoned by Russians, human rights judge says · Legal chief fell violently ill after trip to Moscow · Kremlin dismisses claims but had attacked court Luke Harding in Moscow Wednesday January 31, 2007 The former president of the European Court of Human Rights, Luzius Wildhaber Mr Wildhaber says he fell violently ill after a three-day trip to Moscow. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP Guardian Unlimited The former president of the European Court of Human Rights today claimed he was poisoned during a visit to Russia in late October - three days before the former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko was fatally poisoned in London. Luzius Wildhaber, who retired last month as Europe's most senior judge, told a Swiss newspaper that he had fallen violently ill after a three-day trip to Moscow. The judge has been the subject of persistent criticism from Russia for upholding a series of complaints by Chechen human rights ... >> full...
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Press Group Calls Putin A 'Democratator'
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
Monday, February 5, 2007 Press Group Calls Putin A 'Democratator' Rusia -- Journalists at Putin's annual press conference in Moscow, 01Feb2007 Journlaists clamoring to ask Putin a question at a press conference on February 2 (TASS) February 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez represent a new model of government control of the press. In a new report, the U.S.-based media freedom advocacy group calls Putin and Chavez "democratators" -- popularly elected autocrats. It says the two leaders have created legal frameworks in their countries to control, intimidate, and censor the news media. The report notes that 13 journalists have been murdered in Russia since Putin took power in 2000. CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon told RFE/RL that during a recent visit to Russia, he had discussed the journalists' deaths with government representatives. "In one of those meetings with the Foreign Ministry, we discussed Russia's terrible record ... >> full...
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Russia remains a country of restricted freedom
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posted by zaina19 on January, 2007 as Human Rights
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/30/2007 2:26 PM 23.1.2007 14:03 MSK Russia remains a country of restricted freedom USA, Washington. Russia, together with many other former Soviet republics including Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, continues to be considered a country of restricted freedom, according to the report "Freedom in the World - 2007", published on January 17 by the American human rights organization "Freedom House". The situation in Russia has somewhat deteriorated as a result of the offensive of authorities against non-governmental organizations, the authors of report note. Armenia, Georgia, Kirghizia, Moldavia are partially free; Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Estonia are described as free. The level of freedom in Azerbaijan and Kirghizia was somewhat reduced. Authoritarianism was strengthened in the majority of countries of the former Soviet Union, although as a ... >> full...
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