IHF 7-th periodic report (April-June 2000)

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IHF 7-th periodic report (April-June 2000)



INTERNATIONAL HELSINKI FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
(IHF)
PERIODIC REPORTS FROM THE OSCE REGION

APRIL - JUNE 2000

E-mail: office@ihf-hr. org
Tel. +43-1-408 88 22
Fax +43-1-408 88 22-50

This is the seventh of the "IHF Periodic Reports from the OSCE Region"
published by the IHF on a regular basis. It contains information on
recent human rights issues in some of the participating states of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) provided by
the IHF Secretariat and its member committees and partner NGOs. The
IHF intends no political statement in the selection of countries and
issues described in this report. For more information on human rights
violations in the OSCE region, please visit our web page at
http://www.ihf-hr.org

Compiled by Paula Tscherne-Lempiaeinen
Edited by Paula Tscherne-Lempiaeinen and Nicole Watson


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AUSTRIA: Scholar convicted for analyzing Haider's political program. 

AZERBAIJAN: Restrictive human rights atmosphere makes civil society
engagement in Nagorno-Karabakh solution difficult.

BELARUS: Independent press under serious pressure.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Municipal elections carried out in democratic
manner; pressure on "Devni Avaz"; international community supports
quicker return of refugees; does the SR security service bug phones?

FRANCE: Parliament approves new restrictions on freedom of religion;
anti-sect official accuses IHF of being infiltrated by Church of
scientology.

GEORGIA: TV journalist intimidated; IHF open letter on political
prisoners.

GREECE:  Racially motivated arson on Roma hut in Nea Kios; Council of
Europe finds racism in Greece.

KYRGYZSTAN: Flawed round-table; journalist sentenced for unvailing
court misconduct.

LITHUANIA: Overcrowding in prisons, long pre-trial detention and
police abuse.

MOLDOVA: Students arrested and fined for participating in a rally.

NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Appeal to the President of Nagorno-Karabakh about
the conviction of Vahram Aghajanian.

RUSSIA: Treason accusation against Sutyagin is a violation of freedom
of expression; NL government should support parliamentary initiative
for interstate complaints. 

TURKEY: Members of Human Rights Foundation on trial; small group
isolation in Turkish prisons: an avoidable disaster.

UNITED STATES: Stark racial disparities in drug incarceration.

UZBEKISTAN: Mass trials of Islamists; torture and inhuman treatment at
Jaslik labor camp.

YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA: Russia and Western community must become more
engaged to end media and other repression.

TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: a form of slavery
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Full text of the report will be available online at
http://www.ihf-hr.org/

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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF)
Tel. +43-1-4088822-11 Fax +43-1-4088822-50
http://www.ihf-hr.org/

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