MINELRES: Fwd: RFE/RL: Krasnodar Authorities Want to Close Down Advocacy Group for
Meskhetians
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KRASNODAR AUTHORITIES WANT TO CLOSE DOWN ADVOCACY GROUP FOR
MESKHETIANS. Krasnodar Krai authorities are reportedly seeking to
close down a local human rights foundation based in Novorossiisk,
polit.ru reported on 15 July. The organization, Shkola Mira, has
defended the interests of immigrants and ethnic groups such as the
Meskhetians. However, the group is reportedly not in compliance with a
law that requires that all public organizations have three founders.
It has only one. When the group queried Irina Kovaleva, a leading
specialist at the department for public associations at the krai's
Justice Ministry directorate, about introducing changes into their
organizational charter, they were told that the Justice Ministry "is
not interested in the continuation of the activities of the
organization." According to the website, the directors of the
foundation were told indirectly that if they bring pressure to bear on
the international community to compel Georgia to agree to allow the
Meskhetians to immigrate to that country, then they can count on the
full support of the krai authorities. However, the foundation does not
want to comply with this suggestion. JAC
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol.7, No.133, Part I, 16 July 2003
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