(Moscow, December 7, 2010) - The European Union-Russia summit meeting on December 7, 2010, provides an opportunity for the EU to press Russia on a number of burning human rights issues, Human Rights Watch said today.
These include, but are not limited to, the hostile working climate for independent journalists and civic society activists in Russia, rampant impunity for human rights abuses in the North Caucasus region, and Russia's failure to effectively carry out judgments by the European Court of Human Rights.
For more Human Rights Watch reporting on Russia, please visit:
Human Rights Watch Memorandum for Russia-EU Human Rights Consultations, Fall 2010
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Russia: Vienna Trial Should Prompt Inquiry
Joint Letter to President Medvedev regarding the Khodorkovsky Trial
The High Price of Journalism in Putin's Russia
http://www.hrw.org/en/node/94784