[CivilSoc] Ryazan NGOs Protest Chechnya War

[Center for Civil Society International]

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(Un)Civil Societies Vol. 2, No. 40, 3 October 2001
PROTEST AGAINST CHECHEN CONFLICT HELD IN CENTRAL CITY. Four
NGOs in Ryazan organized a protest on 26 September against the
military campaign in Chechnya, RFE/RL's Ryazan correspondent
reported. Picket organizers from Memorial, the Soldiers' Mothers
Committee, Yabloko's youth movement, and Choice of Conscience
reported that they collected hundreds of signatures against the
conflict in just one day. Organizers also sent a letter to the
presidential administration asking that military activities be
stopped. ("RFE/RL Newsline," 27 September)