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Politically motivated trial against Mikhail Marynich
Minsk, Vienna : The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee believe that criminal charges against leading opposition politician and public figure Mikhail Marynich are politically motivated (27-DEC-04).
Criminal charges against opposition leader in Belarus
Minsk, Vienna: The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee believe that criminal charges against leading opposition politician and public figure Mikhail Marynich, are politically motivated. (27-DEC-04).
Yushchenko appears to win Ukraine Election
With 98 percent of the votes from the Sunday election counted Mr. Yushchenko was leading Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich by 52,4 percent to 43,8 percent according to the Central Election Commission. 77,2 percent of the Ukrainian people participated in the re-election yesterday. (27-DEC-04).
Observers faced difficulties entering Ukraine
Observers from Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Kazakstan and Republic of Croatia met with several obsatcles in their attempt to enter Ukraine before the presidential election.(26-DEC-04).
Human Rights in Film
4th International Film Festival “Human Rights in Film” organized by The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights took place in Warsaw between December 10th and 15th, 2004. The main themes of the 4th Festival were the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea, faces of terrorism, Latin America, incarceration institutions, discrimination against sexual minorities, refugees, Tibet, Palestine – Israel and the Holocaust. (21-DEC-04)
” The alternative Nobel Prize ” has been awarded to the Russian public organization
On December 9, in the building of Swedish parliament the ceremony of rewarding the premium for the ” Right Livelihood Award ” 2004 has passed. There were three members of the International Society “Memorial” among the winners. (21-DEC-04)
Russian Lawmakers Approve FSB Initiative Restricting Rights During Terror Attacks
The lower house of the Russian parliament – the State Duma – gave first-reading approval to the draft bill “On Countering Terrorism” on Friday, 17 December. (21-DEC-04)
Azerbaijan: Int’l observers reveal irregularities in elections
“Although the general climate was calm, open and friendly the delegation of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the CE observed a number of serious irregularities the nature of which could prejudice the electoral process”, said the Head of the delegation Vim Van Geldera, who monitored elections about in 80 polling stations (20 DEC 2004).
Azerbaijan: Council of Europe is concerned about the lack of election reforms
– The concrete recommendations on improvement of the laws on status and financial base of municipalities have not been taken into account, says the special Secretary General of the Council of Europe in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mats Lindberg, in an interview with TURAN. – People elected to municipalities should certainly have new status. It is meaningless to elect people if they would not have any authorities Lindberg states. (20-DEC-04).