Helsinki Commission
Lukashenka Pardons Imprisoned U.S. Lawyer
June 30, 2009By Andrew F. Tully The Belarusian government has announced a presidential pardon for Emmanuel Zeltser, a Russian-born U.S. lawyer imprisoned for nearly a year on espionage charges. President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's press service said the president signed...
Cardin, U.S. Delegation Secure Release of U.S. Prisoner in Belarus
June 30, 2009At the urging of U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and a seven-member Congressional delegation in Minsk today, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka...
Cardin, Hastings Lead Congress's Delegation to Balkans, Baltics
June 22, 2009Senator 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), will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Bosnia-Herzegovina...
US Senator Cardin calls for fair elections in Moldova
March 18, 2009Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), made the following Congressional Record statement on the upcoming elections in Moldova: “Mr. President, with the coming parliamentary...
East or West? The future of Democracy in Moldova
October 01, 2008Statement of Vlad Lupan, Independent Expert from the Republic of Moldova before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission). Briefing: “East or West? The future of Democracy in Moldova”. September 24, 2...
Washington: Helsinki Commission to Hold Briefing on the State of Democracy in Moldova
September 19, 2008U.S. Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Co-Chairmen of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), will hold a briefing entitled "East or West? The future of Democracy...
