Russia should be held to account over human rights abuses
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1705394,00.html
European leaders must ensure that Chechnya torture victims can receive
justice
Philip Leach
Thursday February 9, 2006
The Guardian
It is refreshing to hear of a European head of state challenging
another over domestic human rights issues. When German chancellor
Angela Merkel tackled Russia's president Vladimir Putin over Chechnya
and new legislation restricting the work of NGOs in Russia, the
Guardian contrasted her forthright position with that of her
predecessor, Gerhard Schr=F6der, who was said to have "refrained from
saying anything critical to Mr Putin" (Merkel challenges Putin on human
rights, January 17).
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