Top U.S. Official Denies Russia-Based NGOs’ Washington Links
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posted by zaina19 on April, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/7/2006 2:18 PM Image by MosNews.com Image by MosNews.com Top U.S. Official Denies Russia-Based NGOs’ Washington Links 06.04.2006 MosNews A senior official in Washington rejected claims Thursday that non-governmental organizations in Russia were working for the United States, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Barry Lowenkron, the assistant secretary of state for democracy and human rights, told journalists attending a briefing that the Bush administration and the Russian government had discussed a new Russian law on NGOs, which has been heavily criticized in the West. The legislation comes into effect on April 10 and places restrictions in the organizations, which some Russian politicians have said work against Russia’s interests. Lawmakers and political scientists have claimed that the organizations helped to bring about the “color revolutions” in neighboring ex-Soviet countries, particularly Ukraine and Georgia, which swept away the ruling elite in favor of West-leaning authorities. Officials in Washington have criticized Russia’s “backsliding” on democracy under President ... >> full...
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West’s «claimed» aid policy saves face not lives
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/5/2006 8:49 AM West’s «claimed» aid policy saves face not lives Western states are misleading the public over their generosity to the Third World by inflating their reported spending on financial aid, according to a recent report by a group of leading NGOs, including Oxfam and save the children. The NGOs accuse leading European countries of "saving face rather than lives" by including debt write-offs to boost their development aid to the world’s poorest nations. According to the Independent Online Edition, official aid figures by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that most, if not all, of the 15 nations in the European Union - before its 2004 expansion - increased aid contributions. But the statistics also include massive debt cancellations to Iraq in 2005, when Britain cancelled Ђ499m (Ј350m) of debt to the war-torn country, France Ђ1.6bn, Germany Ђ1.28bn and Italy Ђ925m. The NGOs report states ... >> full...
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U.S. Reporter in Russia Claims Harassment
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/2/2006 1:28 AM April 01. 2006 5:31PM U.S. Reporter in Russia Claims Harassment By JUDITH INGRAM Associated Press Writer An American journalist said Saturday that interrogators alleging she has information about attacks in southern Russia have confiscated her notebooks, tapes and computer hard drives, threatened her and subjected her to long rounds of questioning. Kelly McEvers, a 35-year-old, New York-based freelance journalist, arrived in the southern region of Dagestan two weeks ago to research the impact of Islamic extremism. She said Saturday that her interrogators' aim appeared to be identifying and harassing her sources in Russia's restive North Caucasus region, which she began visiting in March 2005. "It seems like past history would show that people who talk to journalists can be punished for that, at the very least go under surveillance," McEvers told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from an apartment in the Dagestani capital, Makhachkala, where she ... >> full...
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Russia: Lenient Sentences In Tajik Girl's Slaying Sparks Public Outcry
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2006 8:28 AM Friday, 31 March 2006 Russia: Lenient Sentences In Tajik Girl's Slaying Sparks Public Outcry By Claire Bigg Tajikistan -- Tajik girl Khursheda Sultonova (C) with who mother (L) and cousins. Nine-year-old Khursheda was killed on February 9, 2004 in St.Petersburg Khursheva Sultonova, second from left, in a family photo (courtesy photo) A court verdict handing short prison terms to a group of teenagers accused of being involved in the killing of a Tajik girl has sparked public outrage. The father of the slain girl has joined members of the Tajik and Muslim communities and rights advocates in filing a letter of protest to Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials. MOSCOW, March 31, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The father of Khursheva Sultonova, a 9-year-old Tajik girl murdered in St. Petersburg two years ago, today publicly protested the lenient sentences handed to those responsible for her death. The St. Petersburg Court yesterday ... >> full...
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UN torture investigator to visit Russia, Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2006 8:54 AM UN torture investigator to visit Russia, Chechnya Staff and agencies 01 April, 2006 Thu Mar 30, 10:08 AM ET GENEVA - The U.N. investigator on torture said on Thursday that Moscow had agreed to let him visit Russia, including the troubled region of Chechnya -- the first such trip by a U.N. torture envoy in more than a decade. Manfred Nowak said the visit was likely to take place in September or October. "I am very confident that the visit will take place in one of those two months," Nowak told a news briefing. "The concerns are very well-known. Because of the conflict going on, there are very, very serious allegations of torture and ill-treatment," he added, declining to provide details. Russia has some 100,000 troops in Chechnya and says the province is returning to normal and the 11-year war that has killed tens of thousands of Chechens is all ... >> full...
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