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RUSSIA HOSTS LARGEST HUMAN RIGHTS EVENT
The All-Russian Extraordinary Congress in Defense of Human Rights was
held on January 20-21 in Moscow. It was the largest human rights
event in the history of Russia. The Congress was organized by
representatives of major Russian human rights organizations,
including the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, the Moscow Helsinki Group,
Memorial, the "Za Prava Cheloveka" Foundation, the Glasnost Public
Foundation, and the Glasnost Defense Foundation, in response to their
concern that basic rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Russian
constitution are under increasing threat.
More than 1,000 human rights activists from throughout the Russian
Federation took part, and a number of prominent Russian political
figures addressed the Congress's plenary sessions. Among these were
noted human rights activist, Duma Deputy and former Human Rights
Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, Sergei Kovalyov; current Human
Rights Ombudsman Oleg Mironov; and current Duma Deputy and chairman
of the Yabloko political party, Grigorii Yavlinskii. articipants in
the Congress divided into working groups to prepare resolutions on a
variety human rights topics, including the Russian constitution,
freedom of the press, the rights of entrepreneurs, citizens' right to
information about the government, and the war in Chechnya.
The Congress received financial support from a variety of Russian and
foreign sources, including the Yabloko political party, the National
Endowment for Democracy, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and the
Open Society Institute.
The Congress was the subject of widespread coverage in the Russian
media. Material on the congress is available at
http://www.hro.org/ngo/congress. For further information on the
Congress, or to receive copies of related articles from the Russian
press, please contact John Squier, Program Officer for Russia and
Ukraine at the National Endowment for Democracy, at John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or Tel: 202-293-9072.
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