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Archive January 2008 year
published 27.01.2008 The International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Russian Federation) In the evening of the 27th of January the Great Hall of the Central House of Literary Men in Moscow was overcrowded. War veterans and pupils, teachers and students, politicians and cultural workers gathered in a token of memory about the six million killed people during the Holocaust. in detail »» |
published 26.01.2008 Police against activists and journalists (Russian Federation) On the 26th of January the representatives of opposition to the President of the Republic Ingushetia tried to arrange a protest action in the centre of Nazran. The idea of the meeting was to support “Putin’s course against corruption and terrorism”. The other aim was to make a decision what do with the signatures collected during the action “I haven’t voted”, which disclosed that the real number of people who came to election on the 2nd of December (election to the State Duma) was twice less than official results. in detail »» |
published 25.01.2008 St.Tatiana's Day: student holiday – for the student? (Russian Federation) On the 25th of January, which is the traditional holiday for all Russian students, initiative groups of students from sociological (“OD-group”) and biological (“For humane education”) faculties of the Moscow State University (MSU) made a joint action of solidarity. The aim of this action was to attract the attention of Chancellor, MSU students and
general public to a complicated and stressful situation at the both faculties – law quality of education (sociological faculty) and violations of rules and laws (biological faculty) together with the administrative tyranny against teachers and students. in detail »» |
published 23.01.2008 Research among Russian NGOs (Russian Federation) The workgroup of the program "Defending Civil Society in the Newly Independent States" coordinates in Russia a research initiated by our partners European Citizen Action Service, ECAS (Brussels) http://www.ecas.org. This research is a part of a wide campaign for better involvement of the civil society organizations of the EU neighbouring countries into foreign policy-making of the EU. in detail »» |
published 20.01.2008 European Youth Unites to Combat Organized Crime (Poland) (Russian Federation) On January 15-20 the second international meeting of the newly formed FLARE (Freedom, Legality and Rights in Europe) network was organized in Krakow (Poland). International Youth Human Rights Movement representatives took part in the meeting. in detail »» |
published 05.01.2008 Borders Became Insuperable Again? (Russian Federation) On the night of December 15 to 16th, the "New Times" magazine correspondent Natalia Morar was not allowed to enter Russia after her return to Moscow from foreign assignment. In the Domodedovo airport the border guards blocked her way to the territory of the Russian Federation pleaded to the instruction from the Federal Service of Security. in detail »» |
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As part of CIPE's ongoing effort to reach out to young people, we are pleased to announce the 2009 Youth Essay Competition. The competition is an opportunity for youth around the world to get involved in a global civic discussion on issues that concern them. |
all advertisements ÍÎÂÎÑÒÈ:In the beginning of November the Youth Human Rights Movement received official notification that from January 2009 onwards it will enjoy participatory status with the Council of Europe. Such a decision was taken by the NGO Unit of the organization after reviewing the application submitted by the Movement in April 2008. |
On 4 December, following a decision passed by the City Prosecutor, a search was undertaken of the research and information centre "Memorial" in St. Petersburg, the organization researching the history of the Stalinist Terror . The search was carried out under the pretext of an investigation into the case of what the Prosecutor asserts was an "extremist" publication a year and a half ago in a newspaper called "New Petersburg". |
International initiative «Georgian-Russian civil dialogue» is proud to announce an Essay Competition, oriented towards perception of the conflict in South Ossetia, search for ways of overcoming the conflict’s consequences and evolution of peace in the region. |
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