Helsinki Commission
“Moldova: The Growing Pains of Democracy”
January 27, 2012The US Helsinki Commission will organize a briefing in Washington, D.C. to discuss about the political stalemate from Moldova and the recent developments in Transnistria. “Moldova: The Growing Pains of Democracy” is the topic of the briefing...
Khodorkovsky conviction highlights continued rights abuses in Russia
December 28, 2010The new conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky by a Russian court has again highlighted the need for greater protections for human rights and rule of law in Russia, leaders of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission...
Year after Magnitsky's death, time for change in Russia
November 18, 2010WASHINGTON—One year after anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky’s death, Russia can still reverse course to bring some measure of justice in this and another cases of serious human rights abuses in the country, U.S. Senator Benjamin L....
U.S. Congress' commission on Moscow metro bombings
March 30, 2010U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) issued the following statement regarding this morning's explosions on...
US Helsinki Commission challenges Moldovan PM on confronting antisemitism
January 22, 2010By Andrew F. Tully Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has appeared before the Helsinki Commission, a U.S. agency that monitors human rights worldwide, during his first visit to Washington as premier. In his speech on January 21, Filat discussed the...
Where walls still stand-20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
November 04, 2009Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission said Wednesday the U.S. must lead the fight against modern tools of repression and consistently raise human rights concerns. Standing in front of the largest piece...
Civil society activist Brega speaks on Moldova before US Congress
October 23, 2009After a year in which Twitter and Facebook catalyzed protest movements in Iran and Moldova and authoritarian regimes around the world unleashed new tools of Internet control, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S...
Video: US Helsinki Commission briefing on Moldova's snap election
August 10, 2009Moldova’s Recent Elections: Prospects for Change in Europe’s Poorest Country U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing Thursday, August 6, 2009; 10:00 AM SVC 202/203 of the Capitol Visitor Center U.S. Capitol Video below (courtesy of Aha...
U.S. Helsinki Commission Condemns Murder of Natalya Estemirova
July 16, 2009Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and Ranking Republican Members Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Congressman...
Senator Cardin calls for free access to public media in Moldova
July 13, 2009U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s statement on Moldovan parliamentary elections Calls the Moldovan Government to provide access for all electoral participants and civil society experts to public media U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the...