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Annual Report: Ukraine 2011

Head of state: Viktor Yanukovich (replaced Viktor Yushchenko in February) Head of government: Mykola Azarov (replaced Yuliya Timoshenko in March)…

June 20, 2011

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Amnesty International Says Russian Human Rights Defender Not Guilty of Slander Charges

A leading Russian human rights defender, Oleg Orlov, has been accused of slandering the Chechen president has been acquitted by…

June 15, 2011

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Russian businessmen declared prisoners of conscience after convictions are upheld

Amnesty International has declared Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev prisoners of conscience after the two men’s convictions on…

May 25, 2011

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Russian businessmen declared prisoners of conscience after convictions are upheld

Amnesty International has declared Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev prisoners of conscience after the two men’s convictions on…

May 25, 2011

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Amnesty International Declares Russian Businessmen Prisoners of Conscience After Convictions Upheld

Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International has declared Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev prisoners…

May 24, 2011

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Amnesty International Declares Russian Businessmen Prisoners of Conscience After Convictions Upheld

Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International has declared Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev prisoners…

May 24, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Moscow Authorities to Overturn Gay Pride Event Ban

Amnesty International is calling on the Moscow authorities to overturn their ban on the city’s gay pride event, which had…

May 18, 2011

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Moscow authorities ban gay pride event

Amnesty International is calling on the Moscow authorities to overturn their ban on the city’s gay pride event, which had…

May 18, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Moscow Authorities to Overturn Gay Pride Event Ban

Amnesty International is calling on the Moscow authorities to overturn their ban on the city’s gay pride event, which had…

May 18, 2011

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Moscow authorities ban gay pride event

Amnesty International is calling on the Moscow authorities to overturn their ban on the city’s gay pride event, which had…

May 18, 2011

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Russia: Must halt prosecution of exhibition organizers

Amnesty International and ARTICLE 19 are urging the Russian authorities to drop the charges against the organizers of...

March 27, 2011

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Russia: Scientist could face forcible exile

Amnesty International has said that any deal over the release of a nuclear scientist, Igor Sutyagin, which requires him to...

March 27, 2011