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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8061

3 October 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/russia
NGOs call on EU not to "trade" human rights against Russian support for fighting terrorism

Brussels, 02/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The human rights defence organisations are concerned about the fact that the European Union may completely close its eyes to President Vladimir Putin's policy in Chechnya in exchange for Russian support to combat terrorism. On the eve of the EU/Russia Summit, they call on the EU to recall the concern that it expressed in the recent past regarding the situation in Chechnya and to demand that Russia fulfil the commitments taken for the protection of human...

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