Yushchenko considering referendum on pending constitutional changes
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday spoke out against pending constitutional changes that will lead, in his opinion, to an "unbalanced and ineffective government", and suggested a national referendum to decide the matter. The...
US Chief Immigration Judge Michael Creppy ruled Wednesday that John Demjanjuk , a retired auto worker living in Cleveland who is accused of having been a Nazi prison camp guard, should be deported to his native...
Russian military prosecutors said Monday that they had dropped charges against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko , accused of offering bribes to Russian Defense Department officials while managing Ukraine's state-run gas company. The...
Russia's Duma , the lower house of parliament, approved on Wednesday a much-criticized bill restricting NGO activity by 376-10 on its second reading. The bill would create a government agency with broad power to monitor and...
Belarus legislation to curb dissent condemned by rights groups, opposition
Opposition activists and human rights groups have condemned the restrictive amendments to Belarus' Criminal Code that were passed unanimously by the country's upper house of parliament. The Organization for Security and...
A Russian bill designed to increase state control over non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by requiring them to register with a governmental commission has draw sharp criticism from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as troubling...
US bans cruel treatment of detainees by worldwide personnel in policy shift
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday that the US has changed its policy on the interrogations of detainees, and will impose a worldwide ban on US personnel subjecting prisoners to cruelty, citing obligations under...
In official remarks prior to her departure for Europe Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the US government's efforts to protect its citizens have been "misunderstood." Noting European officials' concerns about the CIA's use of...
The Belarussian parliament on Friday voted 97-4 to approve a law imposing harsh penalties for anyone convicted of inciting demonstrations or spreading harmful information. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko wants the laws to stop anti-government protest movements like...
The Russian Duma , the lower house of parliament, has approved a bill that would greatly increase state control over non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by requiring them to register with a state commission. The law, passed Wednesday by 370...
