Cherie Booth QC meets with non-governmental organisations during the G8 summit
posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/1/2006 4:42 AM HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Cherie Booth QC offers support to Russian NGOs Cherie Booth QC meets with non-governmental organisations during the G8 summit
On the final day of the G8 summit in St Petersburg in July 2006, Cherie Booth QC, visited a group of non-governmental organisations, whose position is now particularly difficult because of a new NGO law which clamps down on their activities. In January 2006, president Vladimir Putin signed a new law on non-governmental organisations that allows the Justice Ministry to demand any document from an NGO at any time, without a warrant, and to ban NGO projects, or even parts of projects, for not complying with Russia's national interests. Ms Booth offered to make the visit when she met representatives of Human Rights Watch at Downing Street in April 2006. The visit was organised by Human Rights Watch and hosted by the St Petersburg NGO Grazhdansky Kontrol (Civic Control). During the St Petersburg meeting, Cherie Booth QC, listened to the NGOs and offered her support. The visit gained widespread attention in the UK, Russian and international media, including the following:
The Daily Telegraph; "Cherie Blair infuriates Russia with offer of help to activists" Adrian Blomfield in St Petersburg and Graeme Wilson, Tuesday July 18th 2006
The Daily Telegraph: "Cherie Blair speaks with human rights organisers" Adrian Blomfields G8 Blog, Tuesday 18th July 2006
The Daily Telegraph: "Cherie was right to embrace a good cause and embaress Tony Blair at the G8 summit" Alice Thomson, Comment, Wednesday July 19th 2006
The Guardian: "PM's wife risks Kremlin wrath to meet NGOs" Nick Paton Walsh in St Petersburg, Tuesday July 18th 2006
The Financial Times: "Glimpse of the real Russia behind the polished facade" Arkady Ostrovsky in St Petersburg, Monday 17th July 2006
BBC News Online: "Cherie has Russian rights talks" Monday July 17th 2006
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