A jailed Russian opposition activist charged with planning mass riots has given details on how he was allegedly abducted from Ukraine by Russian special forces and tortured into confessing. Leonid Razvozzhayev, an assistant deputy of the opposition Just Russia party, told human rights activists visiting him Wednesday in detention that he was dragged into a […]
Detained Russian Activist Details Abduction from Ukraine
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
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Pope Names 6 Non-European Cardinals
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict has named six new cardinals from around the world to serve in an elite group of prelates who will one day select a new pope. The six newest members of the Vatican’s College of Cardinals hail from the United States, Lebanon, India, Nigeria, Colombia and the Philippines. The Roman Catholic Church leader announced […]
Pope Names 6 Non-European Cardinals
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Pope Benedict has named six new cardinals from around the world to serve in an elite group of prelates who will one day select a new pope. The six newest members of the Vatican’s College of Cardinals hail from the United States, Lebanon, India, Nigeria, Colombia and the Philippines. The Roman Catholic Church leader announced […]
Germany Opens Memorial to Roma Holocaust Victims
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is inaugurating a memorial to thousands of victims of the Holocaust who were ethnic Roma. Ms. Merkel opens the memorial Wednesday in Berlin, the German capital. The circular pool is located across the street from the German parliament building. The Nazis deemed the Roma, like the Jews, to be genetically inferior. […]
Russian Opposition Activist Charged With Plotting Riots
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Russian investigators say they have charged an opposition activist with plotting riots, based on evidence from a pro-Kremlin television documentary. Russia’s Investigations Committee formally brought charges against Leonid Razvozzhayev, a senior leader of the Just Russia party. A committee spokesman, Vladimir Markin, says Razvozzhayev turned himself in Sunday in Ukraine and admitted to involvement in […]
Italian Scientists Resign to Protest Earthquake Ruling
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
Senior members of Italy’s government disaster assessment agency have resigned in protest, after seven scientists and experts were sentenced to jail for failing to give advance warning of a deadly earthquake that struck the central town of L’Aquila in 2009. Luciano Maimi, the head of the Major Risks Committee, was among several people to resign […]
Russian Opposition Activist Charged With Plotting Riots
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Russian investigators say they have charged an opposition activist with plotting riots, based on evidence from a pro-Kremlin television documentary. Russia’s Investigations Committee formally brought charges against Leonid Razvozzhayev, a senior leader of the Just Russia party. A committee spokesman, Vladimir Markin, says Razvozzhayev turned himself in Sunday in Ukraine and admitted to involvement in […]
Russian Opposition Activist Charged With Plotting Riots
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
Russian investigators say they have charged an opposition activist with plotting riots based on evidence from a television documentary. Russia’s Investigations Committee formally brought charges against Leonid Razvozzhayev, a senior leader of the Just Russia party, who was arrested on Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Prosecutors say Razvozzhayev turned himself in and admitted to involvement in […]
Russian Lawmakers Slam US Human Rights Record
Posted October 22nd, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
Russian lawmakers have accused the United States of double standards on human rights, criticizing Washington’s failure to close Guantanamo Bay prison and a range of alleged ills plaguing U.S. society. The country’s lower house of parliament, or Duma, on Monday heard the Russian Foreign Ministry report that says racism, social inequalities, prison brutality, electoral irregularities […]
Russia’s Opposition Elects Leaders Online
Posted October 22nd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Russia’s opposition has held an online election for a 45-member leadership that will be tasked with organizing mass street protests against President Vladimir Putin into a more structured movement. Organizers say nearly 82,000 people participated in the balloting that ended Monday. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny won more than half of the votes. The poll comes […]
