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Testimony :: Stephen Nix
Testimony :: Stephen Nix Regional Program Director, Eurasia - International Republican Institute Mr. Chairman, I wish to thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Commission today. We are on the eve of a presidential election in Belarus which holds vital importance for the people of Belarus. The government of the Republic of Belarus has the inherit mandate to hold elections which will ultimately voice the will of its people. Sadly, the government of Belarus has a track record of denying this responsibility to its people, its constitution, and the international community. Today, the citizens of Belarus are facing a nominal election in which their inherit right to choose their future will not be granted. The future of democracy in Belarus is of strategic importance; not only to its people, but to the success of the longevity of democracy in all the former Soviet republics. As we have witnessed in Georgia and Ukraine, it is inevitable that the time will come when the people stand up and demand their rightful place among their fellow citizens of democratic nations. How many more people must be imprisoned or fined or crushed before this time comes in Belarus? Mr. Chairman, the situation in Belarus is dire, but the beacon of hope in Belarus is shining. In the midst of repeated human rights violations and continual repression of freedoms, a coalition of pro-democratic activists has emerged and united to offer a voice for the oppressed. The courage, unselfishness and determination of this coalition are truly admirable. It is vitally important that the United States and Europe remain committed to their support of this democratic coalition; not only in the run up to the election, but post-election as well. -
UNIVERSITY of BELGRADE FACULTY of POLITICAL SCIENCE Regional Master's Program in Peace Studies MASTER's THESIS Revisiting T
UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Regional Master’s Program in Peace Studies MASTER’S THESIS Revisiting the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan: Pro-Democracy Civil Disobedience in Ukraine Academic supervisor: Student: Associate Professor Marko Simendić Olga Vasilevich 9/18 Belgrade, 2020 1 Content Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………3 1. Theoretical section……………………………………………………………………………..9 1.1 Civil disobedience…………………………………………………………………………9 1.2 Civil society……………………………………………………………………………... 19 1.3 Nonviolence……………………………………………………………………………... 24 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………… 31 2. Analytical section……………………………………………………………………………..33 2.1 The framework for disobedience………………………………………………….…….. 33 2.2 Orange Revolution………………………………………………………………………. 40 2.3 Euromaidan……………………………………………………………………………… 47 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………… 59 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………… 62 References……………………………………………………………………………………….67 2 INTRODUCTION The Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity have precipitated the ongoing Ukraine crisis. According to the United Nations Rights Office, the latter has claimed the lives of 13,000 people, including those of unarmed civilian population, and entailed 30,000 wounded (Miller 2019). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees adds to that 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), 100,000 refugees and asylum-seekers (UNHCR 2014). The armed conflict is of continued relevance to Russia, Europe, as well as the United States. During the first 10 months, -
Nhl Morning Skate: Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition – June 2, 2021
NHL MORNING SKATE: STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS EDITION – JUNE 2, 2021 THREE HARD LAPS * Andrei Vasilevskiy backstopped the Lightning to their second 2-0 series lead of the 2021 postseason. * The Presidents’ Trophy-winning Avalanche look to join rare company with a six-game streak to begin a playoff year. * The Jets and Canadiens will commence their Second Round series with 500 fully-vaccinated healthcare workers in attendance. LIGHTNING TAKE 2-0 SERIES LEAD BACK TO AMALIE ARENA Victor Hedman assisted on the game-winning goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded 31 saves on the night he was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the Lightning took a 2-0 series lead for the second time in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The last defending Stanley Cup champion to lead 2-0 in each of their first two series went on to repeat (PIT: 2017) * Vasilevskiy (2.23 GAA, .939 SV%, 1 SO in 2021), a finalist for the Vezina Trophy for the fourth straight year, became the third Lightning goaltender to allow one or fewer goals in three straight playoff contests. The others: Ben Bishop (3 GP in 2016) and Nikolai Khabibulin (3 GP in 2003). * The Lightning improved to 32-1-0 when leading after two periods in 2020-21, regular season and playoffs combined (26-0-0: regular season & 6-1: playoffs). Colorado (35-1-0) is the only team with more wins than Tampa Bay in that scenario (31-1-0: regular season & 4-0: playoffs). * Tuesday’s contest also marked Tampa Bay’s 34th playoff win by a one-goal margin since the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs – tied with Washington for the most among all teams over that span. -
The EU and Belarus – a Relationship with Reservations Dr
BELARUS AND THE EU: FROM ISOLATION TOWARDS COOPERATION EDITED BY DR. HANS-GEORG WIECK AND STEPHAN MALERIUS VILNIUS 2011 UDK 327(476+4) Be-131 BELARUS AND THE EU: FROM ISOLATION TOWARDS COOPERATION Authors: Dr. Hans-Georg Wieck, Dr. Vitali Silitski, Dr. Kai-Olaf Lang, Dr. Martin Koopmann, Andrei Yahorau, Dr. Svetlana Matskevich, Valeri Fadeev, Dr. Andrei Kazakevich, Dr. Mikhail Pastukhou, Leonid Kalitenya, Alexander Chubrik Editors: Dr. Hans-Georg Wieck, Stephan Malerius This is a joint publication of the Centre for European Studies and the Konrad- Adenauer-Stiftung. This publication has received funding from the European Parliament. Sole responsibility for facts or opinions expressed in this publication rests with the authors. The Centre for European Studies, the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung and the European Parliament assume no responsibility either for the information contained in the publication or its subsequent use. ISBN 978-609-95320-1-1 © 2011, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Sankt Augustin / Berlin © Front cover photo: Jan Brykczynski CONTENTS 5 | Consultancy PROJECT: BELARUS AND THE EU Dr. Hans-Georg Wieck 13 | BELARUS IN AN INTERnational CONTEXT Dr. Vitali Silitski 22 | THE EU and BELARUS – A Relationship WITH RESERvations Dr. Kai-Olaf Lang, Dr. Martin Koopmann 34 | CIVIL SOCIETY: AN analysis OF THE situation AND diRECTIONS FOR REFORM Andrei Yahorau 53 | Education IN BELARUS: REFORM AND COOPERation WITH THE EU Dr. Svetlana Matskevich 70 | State bodies, CONSTITUTIONAL REALITY AND FORMS OF RULE Valeri Fadeev 79 | JudiciaRY AND law -
Review-Chronicle of Human Violations in Belarus in 2009
The Human Rights Center Viasna Review-Chronicle of Human Violations in Belarus in 2009 Minsk 2010 Contents A year of disappointed hopes ................................................................7 Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in January 2009....................................................................9 Freedom to peaceful assemblies .................................................................................10 Activities of security services .....................................................................................11 Freedom of association ...............................................................................................12 Freedom of information ..............................................................................................13 Harassment of civil and political activists ..................................................................14 Politically motivated criminal cases ...........................................................................14 Freedom of conscience ...............................................................................................15 Prisoners’ rights ..........................................................................................................16 Review-Chronicle of Human Rights Violations in Belarus in February 2009................................................................17 Politically motivated criminal cases ...........................................................................19 Harassment of -
Protests in Belarus (1994-2011) .Pdf
Number of Participants Number of Day Month Year Location (numeric) Arrests Topic Organizing Group Sources UPI "Belarus against Marks Russification of National Front of Independence 27 7 1994 Minsk 6500 0 Belarus Belarus Day" "the state's decision to discontinue eight [opposition] UPI "Belarussians 4 1 1995 Minsk 300 0 newspapers" protest press ban" " lower taxes, increase wages, create new jobs and enlarge AP "Thousands spending for health Rally In Minsk care, education Against Low Pay, 26 1 1995 Minsk 40000 0 and science." Unions Price Hikes" "introduction of teaching in the BBC World "Police Belarussian confiscate grenade language at higher at Belarussian educational Assembly of language 15 2 1995 unk 100 1 establishments," Belarussian Gentry demonstration" PAP News Wire Financing of "BELARUSSIAN construction of ASSOCIATION OF POLES DEMAND Polish language POLES IN POLISH SCHOOL 1 3 1995 Minsk 10 0 school BELARUS IN GRODNO" BBC World " Police arrest student activists Procession of for burning state 24 5 1995 Minsk 70 30 Uknown Political Convicts flag" ITAR-TASS "Minsk workers march on Police arrest presidential student activists residence in payment of back for burning state protest at wage 17 7 1995 Minsk . 0 wages flag arrears" AFP "Security forces arrest Minsk Minsk Metro metro strike 21 8 1995 Minsk 150 1 Metro strike Workers leaders" Number of Participants Number of Day Month Year Location (numeric) Arrests Topic Organizing Group Sources Interfax "Belarusian Popular Front Reconsideration of protests against oil oil agreement with -
Vancouver Canucks 2009 Playoff Guide
VANCOUVER CANUCKS 2009 PLAYOFF GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS VANCOUVER CANUCKS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Directory . .3 Vancouver Canucks Playoff Schedule. 4 General Motors Place Media Information. 5 800 Griffiths Way CANUCKS EXECUTIVE Vancouver, British Columbia Chris Zimmerman, Victor de Bonis. 6 Canada V6B 6G1 Mike Gillis, Laurence Gilman, Tel: (604) 899-4600 Lorne Henning . .7 Stan Smyl, Dave Gagner, Ron Delorme. .8 Fax: (604) 899-4640 Website: www.canucks.com COACHING STAFF Media Relations Secured Site: Canucks.com/mediarelations Alain Vigneault, Rick Bowness. 9 Rink Dimensions. 200 Feet by 85 Feet Ryan Walter, Darryl Williams, Club Colours. Blue, White, and Green Ian Clark, Roger Takahashi. 10 Seating Capacity. 18,630 THE PLAYERS Minor League Affiliation. Manitoba Moose (AHL), Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL) Canucks Playoff Roster . 11 Radio Affiliation. .Team 1040 Steve Bernier. .12 Television Affiliation. .Rogers Sportsnet (channel 22) Kevin Bieksa. 14 Media Relations Hotline. (604) 899-4995 Alex Burrows . .16 Rob Davison. 18 Media Relations Fax. .(604) 899-4640 Pavol Demitra. .20 Ticket Info & Customer Service. .(604) 899-4625 Alexander Edler . .22 Automated Information Line . .(604) 899-4600 Jannik Hansen. .24 Darcy Hordichuk. 26 Ryan Johnson. .28 Ryan Kesler . .30 Jason LaBarbera . .32 Roberto Luongo . 34 Willie Mitchell. 36 Shane O’Brien. .38 Mattias Ohlund. .40 Taylor Pyatt. .42 Mason Raymond. 44 Rick Rypien . .46 Sami Salo. .48 Daniel Sedin. 50 Henrik Sedin. 52 Mats Sundin. 54 Ossi Vaananen. 56 Kyle Wellwood. .58 PLAYERS IN THE SYSTEM. .60 CANUCKS SEASON IN REVIEW 2008.09 Final Team Scoring. .64 2008.09 Injury/Transactions. .65 2008.09 Game Notes. 66 2008.09 Schedule & Results. -
Table of Contents
!"#$%&'()*'+' ,&)$%'* - ! ! . " / 0 / ! !10 - 1 2,(2 ')*(&1 3 4 - 5" 6 5 )*)2 . " / 0 / ! !10- Table of contents Commonwealth of Independent States: from integration processes to regional cooperation ...................................................................................... 3 Eurasian Economic Union: Focusing on Long-Term Priorities ................ 14 Belarus-Russia: regions expand partnerships ............................................ 24 Belarus: Toward Export Diversification ..................................................... 38 Belarus: Priority - Integrated Regional Development................................. 50 Belarus: Investment and Export Locomotives for Regional Development 60 Great Stone Industrial Park: The goal is to innovate .................................. 72 Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange: To make the most of its potential ....................................................................................................... 82 Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange: peculiarities of multi-vector partnership ................................................................................................... 92 Belarus: Projects for the future are being built today ............................... 102 Literature .................................................................................................. -
General Conclusions and Basic Tendencies 1. System of Human Rights Violations
REVIEW-CHRONICLE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BELARUS IN 2003 2 REVIEW-CHRONICLE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BELARUS IN 2003 INTRODUCTION: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND BASIC TENDENCIES 1. SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS The year 2003 was marked by deterioration of the human rights situation in Belarus. While the general human rights situation in the country did not improve, in its certain spheres it significantly changed for the worse. Disrespect for and regular violations of the basic constitutional civic rights became an unavoidable and permanent factor of the Belarusian reality. In 2003 the Belarusian authorities did not even hide their intention to maximally limit the freedom of speech, freedom of association, religious freedom, and human rights in general. These intentions of the ruling regime were declared publicly. It was a conscious and open choice of the state bodies constituting one of the strategic elements of their policy. This political process became most visible in formation and forced intrusion of state ideology upon the citizens. Even leaving aside the question of the ideology contents, the very existence of an ideology, compulsory for all citizens of the country, imposed through propaganda media and educational establishments, and fraught with punitive sanctions for any deviation from it, is a phenomenon, incompatible with the fundamental human right to have a personal opinion. Thus, the state policy of the ruling government aims to create ideological grounds for consistent undermining of civic freedoms in Belarus. The new ideology is introduced despite the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus which puts a direct ban on that. -
Chicago Blackhawks Game Notes
Chicago Blackhawks Game Notes Sat, Oct 12, 2013 NHL Game #69 Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 1 - 1 (5 pts) Buffalo Sabres 0 - 4 - 1 (1 pts) Team Game: 5 2 - 0 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 6 0 - 2 - 1 (Home) Home Game: 4 0 - 1 - 0 (Road) Road Game: 3 0 - 2 - 0 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 39 Nikolai Khabibulin 1 1 0 0 2.00 .895 1 Jhonas Enroth 2 0 1 1 2.96 .912 50 Corey Crawford 3 1 1 1 2.93 .890 30 Ryan Miller 3 0 3 0 2.37 .938 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Duncan Keith (A) 4 0 3 3 -3 0 3 D Mark Pysyk 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 D Niklas Hjalmarsson 4 0 4 4 5 2 4 D Jamie McBain 3 1 1 2 -1 0 6 D Michael Kostka 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 D Mike Weber 5 0 0 0 -8 12 7 D Brent Seabrook 4 1 1 2 -2 0 8 C Cody McCormick 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 D Nick Leddy 4 0 1 1 1 0 9 C Steve Ott (C) 5 0 1 1 0 5 10 L Patrick Sharp (A) 4 0 2 2 0 2 10 D Christian Ehrhoff (A) 5 0 0 0 1 0 16 C Marcus Kruger 4 0 1 1 1 0 12 C Kevin Porter 5 0 0 0 -3 0 17 D Sheldon Brookbank 1 0 0 0 0 5 19 C Cody Hodgson 5 1 3 4 -4 0 19 C Jonathan Toews (C) 4 2 2 4 0 4 21 R Drew Stafford 5 0 0 0 -3 2 20 L Brandon Saad 4 2 2 4 2 0 22 L Johan Larsson 3 0 0 0 -1 0 26 C Michal Handzus 4 1 1 2 1 2 25 C Mikhail Grigorenko 4 0 0 0 -1 0 27 D Johnny Oduya 4 1 0 1 5 2 26 L Thomas Vanek (C) 5 2 2 4 -4 4 28 R Ben Smith 2 0 1 1 1 0 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 5 1 0 1 -3 0 29 L Bryan Bickell 4 0 1 1 -1 4 32 L John Scott 2 0 0 0 -1 2 32 D Michal Rozsival 2 0 1 1 0 2 36 R Patrick Kaleta 5 0 0 0 -1 5 37 C Brandon Pirri 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 D Alexander Sulzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 C Joakim Nordstrom 4 1 0 1 2 2 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 5 0 0 0 -2 0 52 L Brandon Bollig 4 1 0 1 1 2 57 D Tyler Myers 5 0 0 0 -7 10 65 C Andrew Shaw 4 0 0 0 2 4 63 C Tyler Ennis 5 0 0 0 -2 4 81 R Marian Hossa 4 1 1 2 1 0 65 C Brian Flynn 5 0 1 1 -3 0 88 R Patrick Kane 4 3 1 4 -2 2 82 L Marcus Foligno 2 0 0 0 -1 9 Chairman W. -
Tampa Bay Lightning Game Notes
Tampa Bay Lightning Game Notes Sat, Apr 17, 2021 NHL Game #694 Tampa Bay Lightning 29 - 12 - 2 (60 pts) Florida Panthers 27 - 12 - 5 (59 pts) Team Game: 44 16 - 4 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 45 14 - 4 - 3 (Home) Home Game: 21 13 - 8 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 24 13 - 8 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 33 Christopher Gibson 1 0 1 0 4.41 .765 30 Spencer Knight - - - - - - 35 Curtis McElhinney 9 3 5 1 3.48 .862 60 Chris Driedger 20 12 5 3 2.09 .927 88 Andrei Vasilevskiy 33 26 6 1 2.00 .932 72 Sergei Bobrovsky 24 15 7 2 2.85 .907 95 Philippe Desrosiers - - - - - - # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Luke Schenn 26 1 2 3 -4 23 3 D Keith Yandle 44 3 19 22 -7 32 3 D Fredrik Claesson 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 D Anton Stralman 35 3 6 9 -4 8 7 R Mathieu Joseph 43 10 6 16 7 6 7 D Radko Gudas 43 1 5 6 5 31 9 C Tyler Johnson 42 7 11 18 2 10 8 D Matt Kiersted 5 0 0 0 -2 2 14 L Pat Maroon 43 4 14 18 5 48 9 C Sam Bennett 38 4 8 12 -14 19 17 L Alex Killorn 43 11 14 25 2 26 11 L Jonathan Huberdeau 44 14 30 44 -3 24 18 L Ondrej Palat 43 12 23 35 1 20 16 C Aleksander Barkov 38 18 26 44 12 8 19 C Barclay Goodrow 43 6 9 15 10 36 19 L Mason Marchment 27 2 6 8 4 16 20 C Blake Coleman 42 8 13 21 12 29 21 C Alex Wennberg 44 11 9 20 -2 8 21 C Brayden Point 43 17 18 35 3 11 23 C Carter Verhaeghe 42 17 18 35 23 27 27 D Ryan McDonagh 39 4 7 11 11 12 26 C Scott Wilson - - - - - - 37 C Yanni Gourde 43 15 15 30 7 28 27 C Eetu Luostarinen 42 3 5 8 -10 12 44 D Jan Rutta 33 0 8 8 13 16 42 D Gustav Forsling 31 3 7 10 8 6 46 C Gemel Smith -
Ukraine Local Elections, 25 October 2015
ELECTION OBSERVATION DELEGATION TO THE LOCAL ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE (25 October 2015) Report by Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, ChaIr of the Delegation Annexes: A - List of Participants B - EP Delegation press statement C - IEOM Preliminary Findings and Conclusions on 1st round and on 2nd round 1 IntroductIon On 10 September 2015, the Conference of Presidents authorised the sending of an Election Observation Delegation, composed of 7 members, to observe the local elections in Ukraine scheduled for 25 October 2015. The Election Observation Delegation was composed of Andrej Plenkovič (EPP, Croatia), Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (EPP, Sweden), Tonino Picula (S&D, Croatia), Clare Moody (S&D, United Kingdom), Jussi Halla-aho (ECR, Finland), Kaja Kallas (ALDE, Estonia) and Miloslav Ransdorf (GUE, Czech Republic). It conducted its activities in Ukraine between 23 and 26 October, and was integrated in the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) organised by ODIHR, together with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. On election-day, members were deployed in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk. Programme of the DelegatIon In the framework of the International Election Observation Mission, the EP Delegation cooperated with the Delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, headed by Ms Gudrun Mosler-Törnström (Austria), while the OSCE/ODIHR long-term Election Observation Mission headed by Tana de Zulueta (Italy). The cooperation with the OSCE/ODIHR and the Congress went as usual and a compromise on the joint statement was reached (see annex B). Due to the fact that only two parliamentary delegations were present to observe the local elections, and had rather different expectations as regards meetings to be organised, it was agreed between all parties to limit the joint programme to a briefing by the core team of the OSCE/ODIHR.