PRESS RELEASE

Moscow, April 8, 2001

Today the Radical Party and the Antimilitarist Radical

Association (ARA) took part in the rally "Army with human face"

organized by the Union of the Right Forces at Pushkinskaya

square.

Activists of the Radical Party and the ARA distributed among

the passers-by and the participants of the rally leaflets

against the Chechen war, calling to join the post action

"Chechen war is a shame to my country". At the information

tables the radicals distributed last issue of the "Radical

news" and a special issue of the bulletin dedicated to Dmitry

Neverovsky, member of the Radical Party and the ARA,

conscientious objector to protest against the Chechen war. Last

week Dmitry died in the night fire in his own house.

As a result of the information tables, the radicals distributed

about two hundred post-cards with the appeal to the president

Putin protesting against the Chechen war, with the demand of

immediate cease-fire, negotiations of the president Putin with

the president Maskhadov, urgent providing of conditions for

unrestricted work of the international humanitarian

organizations and journalists in Chechnya and Ingushetia,

immediate investigation of all war crimes and crimes against

humanity committed by Russian troops in Chechnya. 35

participants of the rally joined the post action "Chechen war

is a shame to my country".

119 persons signed the petition to the Russian parliament for

abolition of obligatory compulsory military service and

immediate transition to a voluntary and professional principle

of recruiting for the armed forces "Third millenium without

conscription slavery".

The participants of the rally donated 684 roubles for the

activities of the ARA and the Radical Party, one person

enrolled in the Antimilitarist Radical Association.

The members of secretariat of the ARA Alyona Asayeva and Andrey

Rodionov took part in the action.

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