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Freedom of expression? Alpha-Bank suing “Kommersant”, Russia’s leading independent business daily
Moscow court´s finding that Kommersant, Russia´s leading independent business daily, must pay millions in damages for a July article that described long lines of customers withdrawing money at a major bank. (18-JAN-05)
Missing Red Cross Official Found in Chechnya
A member of staff at the Grozny branch of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Said-Khussein Deniyev, has been found in the Chechen Republic after going missing last Thursday. (18-JAN-05)
Olof Palme Prize 2004 is given to Russian Human Rights Activists
The jury of the Olof Palme Prize has awarded three Russian human rights activists in 2004 . The Prize will be given to the head of Helsinki Group in Moscow, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, the president of the Human Rights Institute, Sergei Kovalyov, and the reporter of the opposition Novaya Gazeta newspaper, Anna Politkovskaya. (18-JAN-05)
Thousands of Russian Women Victims of Domestic Violence, UN Urges Action
Thousands of Russian women are killed or injured every year in domestic violence, a United Nations expert has said in an appeal urging the Russian government to prioritize women´s rights. (29-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)
The civil control should be carried out over all closed institutions
Participants of section ” The Civil control over authority´s actions ” came to such conclusion, working within the framework of the All-Russia Civic Congress ” the Russian Federation for democracy, against dictatorship “. (17-DEC-04)
Russian Civic Congress- liberals have joint against Putin and Dictatorship
On December 12 , the 10th anniversary of the Russian Constitution, a Civic Congress of political parties and movements opposed to President Putin´s policies have been held in Moscow. Politicians and human rights defenders unite in the fight for democracy. (15-DEC-2004)
Prize-winning journalist arrested
Moscow: RSF has called for the immediate release of independent journalist Mikhail Afanassiev, who was arrested as he prepared to travel to Moscow to receive the Glasnost Defence Foundation´s Sakharov Prize. (10-DEC-04)