http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-06-voa60.cfm
US Rights Report Criticizes Russia, Belarus; Notes Improvements in Balkans
By VOA News
06 March 2007
The U.S. State Department's human rights report for 2006 criticizes
Russia for new restrictions on non-governmental organizations, and says
NGO laws in neighboring Belarus make it difficult for foreign relief
organizations to operate.
The report, released Tuesday, calls new regulations for NGOs in Russia
"extensive and onerous." In comments to reporters, Under Secretary of
State Barry Lowenkron said Russian enforcement officers are using "vague
and subjective" criteria to regulate foreign relief workers.
The report also notes contract-style killings of reformers and wide
human rights violations in Chechnya.
Citing widespread government infringement on rights in Belarus,
Lowenkron told reporters there is "nothing good to say" about human
rights in that country.
The U.S. report says Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia generally respected
human rights in 2006. However, it also notes cases of police and
judicial abuse in Bulgaria and Croatia, as well as Belgrade's failure to
cooperate with war crimes prosecutors in the hunt for fugitives.
Bosnia-Herzegovina's human rights record received an overall poor
rating, with the report singling out government "harassment and
intimidation" of journalists and the persecution of religious
minorities. But the report also cites fewer deaths from unexploded land
mines from the Balkan war of the 1990s, and fewer reports of physical
abuse by police.
In Azerbaijan, the report cites serious problems, including deaths from
landmines, physical abuse by police, overcrowded prisons, improper
influence on the judiciary, and the harassment of journalists.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.
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