Amnesty International presents an annual report for 2008 in Nezavisimy (Independent) Press Center in Moscow, May 25, 2008.
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President Urged to Amnesty Human Rights
Amnesty International addressed yesterday Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, urging him to sort out longstanding problems with human rights in Russia. The right defenders hope that the new president will ease the laws on NGOs, ensure fair consideration of big numbers of full-mouthed political cases and guarantee freedom of speech to the opposition.
Amnesty International presented yesterday their annual human right report and addressed RF President Dmitry Medvedev. When addressing the president, the right defenders, who usually lash out at Russia’s leadership for multiple violations of human rights and freedoms, emphasized strong concern about longstanding problems with human rights in Russia. Their address was released because Medvedev is a new president of Russia and may change a lot, people in Amnesty International explained.
Listing longstanding problems took 21 pages, while the highlight is the breach of the right for voicing one’s own opinion. According to right defenders, Medvedev should order to immediately revise the laws on NGOs, guarantee sanctions to the rallies that express the opinion of minority, condemn abductions, off-trial execution in North Caucasus as well as the racism and xenophobia.
A source with the president’s administration said yesterday they hadn’t received the address and there was no way to comment on it. “The address has chances to be considered and the new president has an opportunity to prove by deed his words about the rule of law,” said Moscow Helsinki Group chief Lyudmila Alekseeva.
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