Human Rights

Court Bans Russian Christian Group for Using Swastika

A court in South Russian Kuban Region has liquidated a Christian religious group that used swastika and Nazi salute as part of the cult.

Popularity: 10% [?]

April 10, 2007

Georgia Sues Russia in Strasbourg Court Over Deportations

Georgia’s Ministry of Justice has announced it is suing Russia in the European Court of Human Rights for departing Georgian citizens illegally, the UPI reported March 26.

Popularity: 10% [?]

March 27, 2007

Human Rights Activists Urge Moscow Mayor to Allow Gay Parade

The Moscow authorities should give the go-ahead to gay pride parades, Alison Gil the head the Moscow office of the Human Rights Watch group, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Tuesday.

Popularity: 8% [?]

March 21, 2007

Former Soviet Dissident Killed in U.S. by ‘Coldblooded’ Hip-Hop DJ

Brian “DJ Coldblooded” White beat a former Soviet political prisoner to death with a rock Thursday at a highway rest stop in the United Stated after the victim declined to buy his religious CDs.

Popularity: 8% [?]

March 17, 2007

Russian Teenage Neo-Nazi Arrested in U.S.

A teenage Russian immigrant arrested in U.S. on Monday said he was the leader of the local skinhead group and that the arrest had been made to prevent him from making a public speech, Thestarpress web-site reports.

Popularity: 14% [?]

March 14, 2007

Poisoned Russian Reporter Seeks Asylum in US

A Russian journalist is seeking asylum in the United States after being allegedly poisoned, a British newspaper reported on Sunday. The U.S. embassy in Moscow, however, said they knew nothing about such case.

Popularity: 7% [?]

March 12, 2007

3 Turkish Citizens Hospitalized After Fight With 15 Young Nationalists

A mass brawl in which three allegedly suffered was reported to have taken place in a commuter train outside Moscow, the Interfax news agency reports.

Popularity: 15% [?]

Jewish Community Office Vandalised in Central Russia

Jewish community`s office in Russian city of Ulyanovsk was vandalized by unidentified persons Monday.

Popularity: 7% [?]

December 27, 2006

Ukrainian Russians Set Up Council to Protect Language Rights

Representatives of the Russian Diaspora in Ukraine set up a coordinating council on Tuesday. It will be chaired by Ukraine’s Parliament lawmaker Leonid Grach, ITAR-TASS news agency reports.

Popularity: 5% [?]

December 13, 2006

Amnesty International Urges Estonia to Ease Restrictions on Russians

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Amnesty International on Thursday urged Estonia to ease contentious language and citizenship laws that it said have alienated the Russian-speaking minority in the Baltic country.

Popularity: 11% [?]

December 7, 2006