Tag Archives: human rights

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 20, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: May 20, 2013

TODAY: St. Petersburg’s gay rights supporters outnumbered by Orthodox protesters; E.U. appeals to Russia over human rights; U.S. condemns Russian missile shipment to Syria; alleged spy Fogle leaves Russia; Supreme Court to hear Khodorkovsky appeal; Navalny’s father summoned; Synertech arrest; Gazprom’s crisis; robocops. A sanctioned gay rally held in St. Petersburg on Friday lasting just [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 8, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 8, 2013

TODAY: Russia and U.S. put differences aside to discuss Syria; agree on calling international conference on the problem state; Kerry meets rights activists; three more added to foreign agent list. Putin attacks cabinet performance; corruption looms over Russia’s economy; Alexander Lebedev granted London visit; prison break. Following talks during which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry [...]

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Time for International Action on Zambia

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: February 6, 2013
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It is time to acknowledge that Zambia’s democracy is in crisis. The government willingly breaks the law and is set on destroying the competitive multiparty system. It is time for international action before it is too late.

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Zambia’s Attack on Freedom of Expression

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: January 16, 2013
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In Zambia today, the PF believes that it is illegal for you to have an opinion. You can be considered a “criminal” for disagreeing with the president, and apparently, you can face jail time if you dare to voice that criticism.

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 18, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: December 18, 2012

TODAY: New rights council unveiled, plans to lobby Western governments; Pussy Riot member offers insight into jail; Potanin named CEO of Norlisk as Abramovich intervention calls time on dispute. 2011 capital flight figures revised; arms sales boom. Amnesty decries gay propaganda law; state duma will consider banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children. Russia has a [...]

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Former Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva Charged with Murder

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 6, 2012
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Thai authorities charged former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday with giving orders to use live ammunition that led to civilian deaths during a military crackdown on an anti-government protest in May 2010. A successful conviction would mean the first time in Thailand’s history that someone was held accountable for a massacre.

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 26, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: November 26, 2012

TODAY: Chelyabinsk prison demonstration; Internet providers under censorship pressures; U.N. report slams Russia over rights failures; ships sent to Gaza; former official charged with fraud; Lebedev fears prison, contracted killing; Medvedev critiques France’s Syria position. Over 250 inmates at the prison in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk have been on strike since the weekend, demanding more relaxed conditions [...]

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Answering the Call of History in Thailand

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: November 3, 2012
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Unlike the massacres of 1973, 1976, and 1992, there is now a real possibility that the deadly government crackdowns of April and May 2010 will be properly investigated, and that those responsible for committing crimes will be held to account.

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 30, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: October 30, 2012

TODAY: Putin approves Gazprom’s plans to tap Asian market; internal disputes threaten A Just Russia; NYC exhibition on plight of Russia’s gay community; Lavrov discusses human rights with Lukashenko; Dagestan lawyer’s courage praised with award; Putin’s Obama vote. In a ceremony led by Vladimir Putin, Gazprom officially launched production at the Bovanenkovo field on the [...]

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“Why on earth are they still behind bars?”

By Citizen M | Published: July 2, 2012

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner, Vldimir Lukin, has made the most unequivocal statement by an official to date about the incarceration of three members of the punk protest group Pussy Riot, who have been imprisoned since February after two attention-grabbing performances in Red Square and Moscow’s main Orthodox cathedral.  It is the latter performance that has [...]

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