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Amnesty International Group 22
Human Rights in the
Former Soviet Union (Western Area)

AI Group 22 in Pasadena is involved with coordinating regional action focused on the Former Soviet Union, Western Area. This page provides information on several recent actions, and links to more information on human-rights concerns for the countries in question: Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Finally, we have included a collection of other links relevant to the area.

For further information, please contact L. Romans (626-683-4977, ljr@ljr.net).

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Preventing Torture in Russia (a petition drive distributed with the September 1997 AI monthly mailing)
- The petition (suitable for printing).
- A fact sheet prepared for the mailing
- The full text of the major, powerful AI report Torture in Russia: "This Man-Made Hell" (April 1997), containing extensive background and documentation of case studies.
- The full text of the related AI country report Torture and ill-treatment: Comments on the Second Periodic Report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture (October 1996)
Prisoner of Conscience Aleksandr Nikitin
- Bellona's Nikitin page with extensive information and press releases concerning the case, as well as the full text of the report which started all the fuss, "The Russian Northern Fleet: Sources of Radioactive Contamination".
- The full text of the AI report on the case "Federal Security Service (FSB) versus Prisoner of Conscience Aleksandr Nikitin: Return to Soviet Practices" (September 1996)
- An associated petition (suitable for printing).

Please send completed petitions to:
Amnesty International Group 22 (attn: SURAN), 218-51 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

Links relevant to individual countries
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Russia

AI publications and news releases, including (among others):
- 1997 Annual Report entry
- Torture in Russia: "This Man-Made Hell" (April 1997).
- Failure to Protect Asylum Seekers (April 1997).
- "Torture, Ill-treatment and Death in the Army" (April 1997).
- "FSB versus Aleksandr Nikitin" (September 1996)
HRW publications
Bellona foundation, a Norwegian environmental foundation. Prisoner of Conscience Aleksandr Nikitin was collaborating with Bellona when arrested by the Russian authorities. See the related petition.
US State Department Human Rights Report (1997)

Belarus

Moldova

Ukraine

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Links to other relevant sites
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AIUSA Eurasia cogroup home page
RFE/RL newsline. A useful source of daily information about the region.
"Soviet Union - A Country Study" (Library of Congress, Country Studies/Area Handbook Program)