[huridocs-tech] Russian Federation: A cyber appeal for Grigory Pasko

* News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International *

28 February 2002
EUR 46/011/2002
36/02


Amnesty International and Greenpeace International are today
launching a joint cyber appeal addressed to Russian President
Vladimir Putin calling for the immediate and unconditional
release of the journalist and environmentalist Grigory Pasko.

        Grigory Pasko was sentenced to four years imprisonment in
December 2001, accused of intending to pass on information to a
foreign journalist that would "harm the battle readiness of the
Pacific Fleet". Amnesty International and Greenpeace strongly
believe that the conviction of Grigory Pasko was motivated by
political reprisal for his exposure in 1993 of the practice of
dumping nuclear waste by the Russian Navy into the Pacific Ocean.

        Today, six years after the Russian Federation joined the
Council of Europe, both organizations are calling on the Russian
government to uphold its  obligations under the European
Convention for Human Rights to respect freedom of expression and
to release Grigory Pasko.

        To sign the cyber appeal and for more information on
Grigory Pasko, please visit:
http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbrpasko or
http://act.greenpeace.org or contact Amnesty International
Germany on + 49  228 983 73306 or Greenpeace International on +
49 30 440 58960.

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