[CivilSoc] Newspaper in Ukraine Seeks Support for Expanded Human Rights Advocacy

[Center for Civil Society International]

Civil Society International has received an interesting proposal from
the newpaper Vecherny Vestnik (Evening Herald), a Russian-language
newspaper in Kyiv, to expand its treatment of human rights issues by
running a regular section in the paper titled "The Defender of Human
Rights."  According to Vladimir Leonidovich Gumenuk, manager of
Vecherny Vestnik (circ. over 400,000), the newspaper receives about
50 letters a week from readers describing conflicts with authorities
over laws and rights.  The newspaper would like to become known as a
more vigorous defender of citizens' rights, and a regular column,
managed by a trio of experts, legal and journalistic, is the proposed
answer.  In Gumenuk's own words, the proposed section is intended "to
raise public activity in Ukraine in a direction of upholding of
protection of rights and freedom of the person."
For further information, or to receive a copy of Gumenuk's proposal,
please communicate with:
V. L. Gumenuk
Manager
Vecherny Vestnik
P O Box 194, Kiev
02147  Ukraine
Ph. (380 44) 531-9353
Ph./fax: 516-8813
E-mail: vlg@vv.com.ua
Website: http://www.vv.com.ua/
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