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Russia: Blogging Kozlovsky

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 26/03/2008

Grigory Pasko, over at Robert Amsterdam's blog, writes about the newest ordeal of Oborona leader Oleg Kozlovsky. Kozlovsky (LJ user welgar) reprints the text on his new English-language blog. Also, Kozlovsky has announced (RUS) the launch of his English-language column at Robert Amsterdam's ...

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Colombia: NGOs Press Uribe to Address Wave of Violence Against Rights Defenders, Unionists

Posted on 26/03/2008

Uribe Adviser’s Statements Contribute to Climate of Intolerance That Fosters Violence Recent statements by a close adviser to Colombian President Álvaro Uribe contributed to “a climate of political intolerance that fosters violence” shortly before a wave of killings, attacks, and threats ...

Colombia Human Rights Defenders: Maltreatment Press Release

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Philippines: Justice Absent in Killings and ‘Disappearances’

Posted on 26/03/2008

Government Under Review at UN Human Rights Council The United Nations should carefully review the Philippine government’s failure to hold accountable those responsible for killings and “disappearances,” Human Rights Watch said today. The first-ever Universal Periodic Review of the Philippi ...

The Philippines Human Rights Violations: State/Military Press Release

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Serbia, Kosovo: Milorad Cavic's Protest

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 25/03/2008

Balkan Baby writes about Serbian swimming champion Milorad Cavic: “Many of us who firmly support Kosovos independence will have paradoxically supported Cavics protest though, seeing in it an expression of the democratic right of the individual to speak his mind. When so many athletes concern t ...

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Bosnia & Herzegovina: Sarajevo War Memorial

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 24/03/2008

YakimaGulagLiteraryGazett comments on the plans to erect a memorial to Serbian war victims in Sarajevo: “Here is how I think the money should be spent instead of building the cross, why don't these people help Serbian war survivors? Why don't they help the injured people from their sid ...

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