Chinese workers in Romania protest against withheld pay By: The Independent, February 25, 2009 More than 100 Chinese workers are camping outside the Chinese embassy in Romania in protests against payments they haven't received. Many Chinese workers are attracted to working in the country by relatively high wages, though labour leaders are anxious that without being able to speak the local language, few can understand their work contracts. Watch the video...
European Parliament delegation says Belarus keeps violating human rights By: Belarusian Legal Portal, February 24, 2009 Lithuanian MEP Laima Liucija Andrikiene, who initiated the visit, told reporters that they had come to see the situation in Belarus with their own eyes. She described the visit as brief, intensive and important. British MEP Christopher Beazley, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, noted that they had applied for meetings with Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynaw, but such meetings never took place. He added that the delegation had not planned to meet with members of the Belarusian parliament. Read full article...
Russia: Chatham House reports media manipulation and political control By: Maria Lipman, Chatham House, January 2009 Chatham House recently published a report on the control of the media in Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union . It provides an overview of the changes: from the pluralistic and diverse media in the early 1990s, to a return to the glasnost-reminiscent political environment of today. Read full article...
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