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RFE/RL (Un)Civil Societies
Vol. 1, No. 8, 6 July 2000
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AZERBAIJAN
INDEPENDENT REPORTER BARRED FROM OSCE MINSK GROUP BRIEFING. OSCE Minsk
Group representatives visited Gazakh District in northwestern
Azerbaijan near the Armenian border on 3 July and met the press and
public in the district executive authorities' building. Eldar
Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan, told the
MPA news agency that Elkhan Hasanli of the "Yeni Musavat" newspaper
was escorted out of the building by the chief of the district police,
acting on "instructions from above." (MPA News Agency, 4 July)
RESOURCE CENTER ON NATIONAL MINORITIES. The Resource Center has
provided three NGOs, "The Society for the Protection of Women," the
Humanitarian Center "Yuva," and the Society "For Democratic Reforms,"
with information about new developments in the protection of ethnic
minority rights - both internationally and in Azerbaijan. For more
information about the work of the Resource Center contact Director
Nadir Kamaldinov at: [email protected]
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INTERNATIONAL
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ENDANGERED PEOPLES OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA. The editor of a book on
South and Central Asia, part of an eight-volume series entitled
"Endangered Peoples: Struggles to Sustain Cultural Survival," for the
high school/college reference market, is seeking contributors. Facing
a December 2000 deadline for 14 to 17 chapters (each focusing on a
specific group), the book's editor asks that interested parties
contact her, Barbara Brower, editor of the Himalyan Research Bulletin
at Portland State University.
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KYRGYZSTAN
OSH TV REFUSES TO COMPLY WITH DECREE. The Kyrgyzstan Republic State
Commission on Radio Frequencies issued a decree on 29 June directing
OshTV - a private TV station based in Osh broadcasting mainly in Uzbek
- to cease broadcasting on the fifth VHF channel and to switch to the
23rd UHF channel. This move not only would require viewers to have
special receivers, but mean that the station would attract a much
smaller audience. In addition, Khaliljan Khudaiberdiev, Osh TV
director, estimated this switch would cost some $42,000. According to
local media experts, the decree probably reflects a government desire
to shut down privately-owned media outlets, particularly in light of
the 29 October Kyrgyz presidential elections. Contact Alisher
Khamidov, director of the Osh Media Center, at: [email protected]
(Osh Media Resource Center Press Release, 5 July)
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RUSSIA
ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS REPORTED IN RUSSIA... The Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews (UCSJ)'s report on "Anti-Semitism, Xenophobia and
Religious Persecution in Russia's Regions, 1998-1999," has been
published. An update on 29 June reports that more than "150 neo-Nazi
skinheads took part in a pitched battle with Russian police" after
attending a neo-Nazi rock concert. Despite clear evidence to the
contrary, the UCSJ says, "local police deny that the skinheads are
members of any neo-Nazi group and classified them instead as 'ordinary
hooligans.'" Russian media reported that the skinheads belonged to
"Russian Purpose," the same neo-Nazi group whose leader, Semyon
Tokmakov, was freed from imprisonment (for attacking an
African-American U.S. Marine) after serving 17 months of a three-year
sentence. (UCSJ Press Release, 30 June)
.WHILE NEO-NAZI GROUP IS CO-LED BY KGB-LINKED JOURNALIST. Another
neo-Nazi group in Russia, the Russian People's Union (SRN), is
co-headed by former KGB officer, Stanislav Terentev, who is also
editor-in-chief of "Kolokol" (The Bell), one of the most notoriously
anti-Semitic publications in Russia. "Kolokol," published in
Volgograd, where many other extremist publications are printed, enjoys
the dubious record of having received 64 warnings for its incitement
to racial hatred. But only in 1998 was a criminal case opened against
Terentev. Instead of appearing in court, Terentev sent a bus of
supporters who formed a human chain around the court, whereupon the
case was hushed up and never restarted.
("RFE/RL East European Perspectives," 5 July)
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DIRECTORY OF RUSSIAN NGO PUBLIC INTERNET RESOURCES. A Russian-language
website (http://www.ngo.ru) contains news on Internet resources of
interest to Russian NGOs. The site has descriptions and links to
online libraries and databases of NGOs, listservers for the Russian
NGO community, funders, and more. (CCSI, 29 June)
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UKRAINE
UKRAINIAN NGO NET LISTSERVER. On 3 July, the Innovation and
Development Center (IDC) announced the launch of a listserver which
provides space for various announcements, bulletins, donor assistance
program updates, new publication reviews, and questions and answers on
a wide spectrum of NGO-related topics. After subscribing, all members
are welcome to post messages in Ukrainian, Russian, or English. To
subscribe, send a message to:
[email protected]. Or visit the IDC online website at
http://www.ngoukraine.kiev.ua/idc/
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