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Iranian Events Provide Lessons for Russians
June 23, 2009By Paul Goble The events in Iran clearly demonstrate, a Moscow journalist argues in an essay posted online today, “that the presence or absence in any country of an opposition, of a real political struggle, in the final analysis, of democracy...
Iranian protesters' new slogan: Our Neda, Our Voice
June 23, 2009Women At Forefront Of Iranian Protests By Golnaz Esfandiari A woman named Neda has become an icon of the ongoing antigovernment protests in Iran. Millions of people in Iran and throughout the world have now seen a graphic amateur video of Neda...
Iran Will Not Annul Election Results
June 23, 2009By Edward Yeranian Iran's Guardian Council has ruled out annulling the disputed June 12 presidential election. Opposition supporters are also calling for a general strike, Tuesday. Iranian media reported Tuesday that the nation's powerful Guardian...
Voronin: riot organizers sought to ruin Moldova’s statehood
June 22, 2009The April 7 riot in Chisinau and the organized blocking of presidential election in the Moldovan Parliament “are links of one and the same chain”, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin stated in the interview to the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti...
US Congress Condemns Violence Against Demonstrators in Iran
June 19, 2009By Dan Robinson The U.S. Congress has condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on demonstrators protesting the result of the recent election. The U.S. Senate acted Friday after an earlier nearly unanimous vote by the U.S. House of Representatives...
Congressman Berman on Iran: We cannot stand silent
June 19, 2009Chairman Berman’s remarks on H.Res. 560, expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and rule of law Mr. Speaker, every day since Iran’s election, the streets of Tehran...
Iran's Supreme Leader Claims 'Definitive Victory' in Election
June 19, 2009Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for an end to street protests, saying there was a "definitive victory" in the disputed presidential election that has triggered the worst unrest in Iran in three decades. In his first...
Moldova: Liberal Democrats going to sue filmmakers in court
June 17, 2009The Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) is preparing to start an action against the producers of the film called ‘Attack on Moldova’ that was telecast on the NIT channel on 7 June. The film presented the 6-7 April events in Chisinau the way...
U.S. Congressman Berman Supports Free Expression in Iran
June 17, 2009Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement about the situation in Iran: "One can only admire the courage and commitment of the hundreds of thousands of Iranians...
ODIHR final report on elections in Moldova: further shortcomings
June 17, 2009The monitoring of the post-election situation in Moldova brought to light further shortcomings with the 5 April parliamentary elections, concluded the final report on the election process released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
