calls to evade militaryservice." The Military Commissar does not like that Tat'yana
Kotlyar "with her activity tries to hurt the work of the city
enlistment commission, to hamper the delivery of the young
generation to the troops. Using her right-defence activity as a
cover, Tat'yana Mikhaylovna systematically corrupts the young
people of the city and of the nearby regions, calling them to
apply for the alternative civilian service".
"THE THIRD MILLENNIUM WITHOTU CONSCRIPTION SLAVERY": AN
INITIATIVE GROUP IS ESTABLISHED IN YAROSLAVL'
Yaroslavl', August 17. A regional initiative group for the
petition campaign "The Third millennium without conscription
slavery" was establishes at an assembly of radicals of
Yaroslavl' that took place in the historical Znamenskaya tower.
Nearly 30 persons were present. ARA Secretary Nikolai Khramov,
vice secretary of the Association Alyona Asaeva, president of
the Regional Human Rights Commission Yurii Morkovin, president
of the Yaroslavl' regional Council of Parents of military men
Galina Marchenko spoke at the assembly. An initiative group for
conducting the petition campaign was established, co-ordinated
by Galina Marchenko.
MOTHERS OF SOLDIERS PROTEST AGAINST THE DECISION TO SEND
DRAFTEES TO DAGESTAN
Moscow, August 17. The Association of the Committee of the
Mothers of Soldiers of Russia has distributed an urgent
declaration concerning the information from different Russian
regions that, in breach of the Presidential Decree N 723 of May
16, 1996 the called up soldiers, without their consent, are
being sent to Dagestan. The Association declares that "The
President, the Government and the power ministers of the
Russian Federation have to take urgent measures and publish
official acts in order to determine the territory of the armed
conflict and to deny to send there the military men called to
the colors".
KNOWLEDGE DAY '99: COLLECTION OF SIGNATURES AGANST CONSCRIPTION
IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES
Moscow - Lipetsk - Volgograd, September 1. By initiative of the
ARA a collection of signatures under the petition "The Third
millennium without conscription slavery" among university
students and teachers was organised in three Russian cities. In
Moscow this action was organised near the Russian State
Humanitarian University (Rector - Yurii Afanas'ev). Earlier it
was planned to collect signatures at the Moscow State
University on Lenin Hills, however, the university
administration has banned this action. "Yours is not a temple
of science, but a board of decent life, here it smells bad as
an a police sentry-box" - with these words pronounced by a
character of Chekov ARA Secretary Nikolai Khramov commented the
position of the Rector of the MGU.
THE NEXT VICTIM OF EXPOSIONS IN MOSCOW ARE CIVIL RIGHTS
Moscow, September 14. ARA Secretary Nikolai Khramov comments
the explosions in Gur'yanova street and in Kashirskoe shosse.
"Whoever has organised those explosions, - declares Khramov, -
no doubt, one "positive" result is evident: nobody, including
the "liberals" in the Duma, dared to protest against new
assignations for defence and security; nobody, including the
most "uncompromising" standard-bearers of human rights, dared
to protest against the police round-ups against all Russian
citizens suspicious for officials". "After the unfortunate
people, buried under the ruins of their houses in Pechatniki
and in Kashirskoe shosse, the next victim of these mysterious
explosions are going to be civil rights and freedoms", - warns
the leader of Russian radicals.
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THE THIRD MILLENIUM WITHOUT CONSCRIPTION SLAVERY
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By August 27, 1999 we managed to collect 2050 signatures in 55
Russian regions under the petition "The Third millennium
without conscription slavery". The regions where more than 10
signatures have been collected:
Moscow.................................................... 1049
Moscow region.............................................. 226
Udmurtiya.................................................. 139
Tula region................................................ .62
Tver' region.................................................58
Oryol region.................................................54
Penza region.................................................51
Mary-El republic.............................................49
Rostov region................................................42
Krasnoyarsk region...........................................39
Nizhniii Novgorod region.....................................37
Yaroslavl region.............................................35
Kaluga region................................................30
Ryazan' region...............................................21
Vladimir region............................................. 18
Saratov region...............................................14
Sankt Petersburg and Leningrad region........................13
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COMING SOON
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SEPTEMBER, 16, MOSCOW:
A sitting of the Intermunicipal Court Tushinskii for the
criminal case of Ivan Kovalyov, a member of the ARA, accused of
evading military and alternative civilian service (Art. 328 of
the Russian Criminal Code). In 1998 Kovalyov conscientiously
objected and asked to perform the alternative civilian service
instead of the military service, according to Art. 59.3. of the
Russian Constitution.
The court session starts at 4:30 p.m.
Intermunicipal Court Tushinskii: ul. Svobody, 12/8.
SEPTEMBER 18, MOSCOW:
Radical Assembly of Moscow and Moscow region with participation
of members and adherents of the Radical Party, of the
Antimilitarist Radical Association (ARA) and Club Khramov - an
Association for libertarian reforms.
The Assembly will take place in Sakharov Museum and Public
Centre (Zemlyanoy val, 57-6; Kurskaya or Chkalovskaya metro
stations).
The Assembly starts at 2 p.m., registration of participants
since 1 p.m.
Its agenda includes the petition campaign "The Third millennium
without conscription slavery", the discussion of recent events
in Moscow and the risk that civil freedoms may be suffocated
and a police regime may be established in Russia.
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