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Surrender to Victory
Amending the Council of Europe’s (CoE) sanctioning rules to restore Russia’s voting rights in its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has divided democracy and human rights advocates….
RDF Burned in Bulgaria May Contain Toxic Waste
Lose regulations and insufficient control turn municipal waste inceneration into an ecological and health risk for Bulgarian cities, activists warn. Waste imports from countries, such…
Ufa Losing Battle Against Dioxins
Toxic waste accumulated from production various chemicals over 15 years ago still threatens the health of people in Ufa. The city is the capital of…
Are we ready for photovoltaic waste?
The implementation of EU laws for the recycling of photovoltaic (PV) panels in Slovenia has revealed insufficiencies and obvious room for improvement in the current…
Citizens and Military Defeat a Landfill
Local residents did manage to close the landfill in the Leventsovka area of Rostov-on-Don, thank to decisive help from Russia’s military. As a result the…
A First Class Toxic Resort
From mid-July to mid-August, Valentina Ivanovna spends her nights in a sleeping bag on a bench in the yard while renting out her one-room apartment…
Struggle at Shiyes: Will the Arkhangelsk Forest Turn Into a Dumpsite?
The whole of Russia is now keeping its eyes on Arkhangelsk Oblast, where local residents continue their struggle against large businesses planning to dump household…
Global warming tips scales against the poor
Global warming has increased global economic inequality. Some countries have profited from climate change while the same rise in average planetary temperatures has dragged down economic…
When 4-years jail for Chechen human rights activists is a relief
Oyub Titiev, Director of the Regional Branch of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” in Grozny, Chechen Republic in Russia, accused in a falsified case of…
Rivers gain legal protection from misuse
LONDON, 21 March, 2019 − So Old Man River is getting a day in court: a growing international initiative is seeing to it that rivers gain…
