RFE/RL BELARUS, UKRAINE, AND MOLDOVA REPORT
16.04.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page . |
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 In New Report, Amnesty Decries Death Penalty But Says It's On The Wane The death penalty is dying. A slow death, to be sure, according to Amnesty International, but capital punishment is on its way out worldwide, nonetheless. More  The Photos The Belarusian KGB Doesn't Want You To See Two Belarusian photographers have been summoned to court after being accused of organizing an "extremist" photo exhibition. More  Interview: 'Democratic Development Survives Bad Laws And Repression' The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private foundation based in Washington, D.C., that provides grants and other support to organizations around the world that promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The NED's senior director for Europe, Rodger Potocki, spoke with RFE/RL about the ongoing crackdown against nongovernmental organizations in Russia and other challenges to democracy-promotion efforts in the former Soviet Union. More In the United States, one of the most successful campaigns in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights is "It Gets Better," an online video project aimed at offering messages of hope to young people struggling with life as a sexual minority. Now the campaign is going worldwide with more than a dozen affiliates, including the first in Eastern Europe, in Moldova. More  Bucking The Trend, Moldova Emerging As Regional Leader In LGBT Rights The past year has seen a sharp crackdown on sexual minorities across the former Soviet space. But tiny Moldova has emerged as an exception – with new laws, marches, and video campaigns all supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. More  Interview: Video Campaign ‘Is Really Just About Offering Hope To Young People’ It’s been less than three years since the It Gets Better video campaign was launched in the United States to offer support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide. RFE/RL correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Seth Levy, the president of the It Gets Better project. More Slemence, a small Transcarpathian village on the border between Slovakia and Ukraine, has been divided for almost 70 years, after it was split between then-Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union in 1945. More  EU Urges Kyiv To End 'Selective Justice' The European Union is calling on Kyiv to address the "problem of selective justice." More Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned jailed former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, a close ally of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. More  Dushanbe Protests Over Ex-Prime Minister's Release In Ukraine Some 100 young men and women rallied in front of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe on April 5, protesting the release of former Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullojonov from custody in Ukraine. More  Ukrainian Lawmakers Meet Without Opposition Ukrainian lawmakers representing the ruling Party of Regions and the Communist Party have met for a parliamentary session without opposition factions. More |
