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Archive April 2008 year
published 24.04.2008 Sentence to Andrey Kim: Contradicts the Law and the Common Sense (Russian Federation) Belarusian young activist Andrey Kim was sentenced to 1,5 years of jail by the court on a charge of participation in an unauthorized protest action (on January 10) and assault of the official of the State Auto Inspection (January 21).
On April 18 the independent observer Elena Tonkacheva after studying the materials of the case stated that there were no convincing evidences of his guilt. in detail »» |
published 19.04.2008 Movement against police lawlessness (Russian Federation) Police put pressure on participants of the action against police lawlessness on April 11 in Moscow, Russia. The reason of taking this action was the beating of a group of young people in the police department "Sokolniki" in the evening of April 4. The action was organized by the victims and their friends. The main slogan was: "Stop the police lawlessness". The action opened the week of actions against police lawlessness in different cities of Russia. in detail »» |
published 18.04.2008 Russian Civil Society Problems Raised during the EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations (Russian Federation) On April 17 the European Union and the Russian Federation held the seventh round of human rights consultations in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Such consultations took place for the first time in March 2005. in detail »» |
published 10.04.2008 The actions in memory of the victims in Armenia (Armenia) On April 9 40 days have passed since the violent dispersal of the demonstrations in Yerevan, organized to protest against the disputable results of elections in Armenia. During this dispersal at least 8 persons were killed and several hundreds wounded. Besides, an unknown number of people were imprisoned. in detail »» |
published 09.04.2008 World Youth Movement for Democracy meets in Kyiv (Ukraine) On April 8, the functional workshop of the World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) was organized in Kyiv in the framework of the Fifth Assembly of the WMD, of which it is a youth wing. in detail »» |
published 09.04.2008 " What is being celebrated, Serzh?" - The action in memory of the victims in Armenia (Ukraine)  On the 9th of April the action in memory of the victims of the broken up demonstrations on the 1-2 of March took place in Kiev near the Armenian Embassy. The 9th of April is the date of the 40 days since the tradegy has happened, and it is also the President inauguration in Armenia. in detail »»
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published 06.04.2008 Fifth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy held in Kyiv, Ukraine (Ukraine) On April 6-9, 2008, over 500 democracy activists, practitioners, and scholars from 104 countries gathered in Kyiv, Ukraine, for the Fifth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy (WMD) under the theme "Making Democracy Work: From Principles to Performance". in detail »» |
published 06.04.2008 The Human Rights Education Youth Network meeting in Budapest (Russian Federation) The meeting of the participants, partners and friends of the Human Rights Education Youth Network (HREYN) took place from March 31 to April 6 in the European Youth Centre (Budapest). It was devoted to awareness-raising campaign named "The equality is needed". in detail »» |
published 04.04.2008 The Fifth International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Ukraine) The Fifth International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival took place in Kyiv on March 28 C April 4.
Documentaries by the directors from Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, India, Russia and other countries devoted to the problem of Human Rights were screened at the festival. Human Rights and Creative Juries evaluated them from two different points of view. in detail »» |
published 04.04.2008 Action Week “Stop Racism!”: there are no answers givenNetwork News (No Region) From 14th to 21st of March the annual international week of enlightenment action “Stop Racism!” took place in Russia and Newly Independent States (NIS). This year 17 groups from Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan carried out various events against racism and for tolerance in 20 regions. in detail »» Our Site |
published 03.04.2008 Liquidation of an NGO on the formal grounds is not allowed (Russian Federation) The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has adopted the cassation decision on the judgement of the Samara regional court about the refusal to liquidate the public association "In defense of the electors' rights "Golos". In this case both the Supreme Court and the Samara regional court supported the human rights defenders in their opposition to the Federal Registration Service (FRS). in detail »» |
published 02.04.2008 The EU must pay more attention to supporting civil societies in Eastern Europe (Russian Federation) The international conference "Giving a stronger voice to civil society in the European Neighbourhood C Development of civil dialogue and partnership relations between civil society, national governments and EU institutions" was held at Brdo, Slovenia on April 2, 2008 in the framework of the Slovenian Presidency in the European Union. in detail »» |
published 02.04.2008 Volunteers of Human Rights in Russia, Ukraine and GermanyNetwork News (No Region) On April 2 the International Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) started a new international project "Volunteers of Human Rights", which is intended for young Human Rights defenders and civil activists from Russia, Ukraine and Germany. in detail »» |
published 01.04.2008 Volunteers of Human Rights in Russia, Ukraine and GermanyMain (No Region) On April 1 the International Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) started a new international project "Volunteers of Human Rights", which is intended for young Human Rights defenders and civil activists from Russia, Ukraine and Germany.
The project is aimed at creating informational and resource space for developing international youth solidarity and supporting networks using the tools of volunteer internships and study-visits. in detail »» |
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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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