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Article: RUSSIA: CULTURAL FIGURES PROTEST WAR IN CHECHNYA.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- June 18, 2003
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Several nongovernmental organizations -- including For Peace in Chechnya, Memorial, and For Human Rights -- organized a rally against the war in Chechnya in Moscow's Pushkin Square on 16 June, newsru.com reported. More than 300 artists, musicians, writers, and scholars participated in the rally, calling for an end to the terrorization and kidnapping of civilians in "cleansing" operations. Some speakers called on the government to initiate peace talks with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, while some demonstrators wore badges depicting ...
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