Council of Europe insists on need to monitor human rights in Russia
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Europe's top human rights body said that Russia still failed to meet its standards and rejected a demand by Moscow to stop checking on Russian compliance of the 46-nation organization's code of ethics.
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The European Union sought to  convince Russia on Wednesday that the status-quo in Kosovo is  unsustainable, the EU's external relations commissioner said.
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A European watchdog expresses concern about the treatment of sex offenders in the Czech Republic.
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Russia took over the presidency of Europe&#039;s chief body charged with maintaining democracy and human rights -- issues on which it has frequently found itself the target of criticism.
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The UN Security Council has adopted a Russian-sponsored resolution seeking to strengthen the international effort against terrorists.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told the visiting United Nations human-rights chief that his government would listen to "objective" criticism of Russia's human-rights situation but wouldn't tolerate attempts to turn the issue into a political weapon.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Rights groups have urged European Union lawmakers not to dilute on Wednesday a report that accuses their governments of colluding with the CIA on alleged secret flights of terrorism suspects in the bloc.
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The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday found the Russian authorities responsible for the killings of four members of a Chechen family in 2003 and ordered Moscow to pay a relative $114,000.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will not tolerate attempts to use human rights for political aims.
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The international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday called on the European Union to resist China&#39;s call to end the EU embargo on arms sales to China.
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Moscow will only back a United Nations Security Council resolution on Kosovo if Serbia also approves it, Russia&#39;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Monday.
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Friday that the alliance wants "a solid, trustful" relationship with Russia and it is up to Moscow to clarify whether it wants the same.
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Russia on Tuesday offered to ease restrictions imposed on Europe's main election watchdog by giving its monitors a week longer to observe the March 2 presidential poll, Russian news agencies said.
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The European Court of Human Rights is due to begin hearings into alleged human rights abuses in Chechnya.
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The pan-European security body wants to send more monitors for the re-run of the Ukrainian election.
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Europe's election watchdog says Russia's curbs make it impossible for the body to monitor presidential polls.
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A European Commission report on Turkey criticises persistent torture and harassment of human rights workers but the EU executive is still set to give the green light next week for Ankara to start membership talks.