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Freedom for Arrested Civic Activist and Freelance Journalist in Turkmenistan
Crude Accountability calls for the immediate release of Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, a civic activist and freelance correspondent for the Turkmen service of Radio Free Europe Radio …
After Twelve Years of Struggle, the Village of Berezovka Will Finally Be Relocated
On July 10, 2015, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Premier-Minister, Berdibek Saparbaev, publicly announced that the village of Berezovka will be relocated and that the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating …
Saparbaev: KPO will pay for the Relocation of the Residents of Berezovka
The Residents of the Village of Berezovka in Western Kazakhstan Oblast, where in November of last year children and teachers fainted in the local school, will be relocated by the end of next year and the company Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV will foot the bill.
July 10 Review of Appeal to Reduce Evgeny Vitishko’s Sentence
On July 10th in the Kirsanov district court of Tambov region, his lawyer Sergey Loktev will bring before the court a review of his appeal to reduce Evgeny Vitishko’s sentence. Vitishko, an environmental prisoner, has been imprisoned since Februrary 2014 for “defacing” a fence around the summer home of the former governor of Kransodar region and current Minister of Agriculture of Russia, Alexander Tkachev.
Fire at the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field
Western Kazakhstan News Portal “My City” reported a transformer fire June 6, 2015 at the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field
International Environmental Activists Denied Visitation with Evgeny Vitishko at Sadovaya Prison Colony
Vitishko is serving three years in the penal colony for allegedly writing graffiti on an illegal fence in a protected forest in Krasnodar region. An outspoken critic of the Sochi Olympics, about which EWNC wrote a comprehensive report cataloging the numerous environmental violations associated with the construction of the Olympic village and surrounding infrastructure, Vitishko has been unjustly targeted by the Russian authorities for his environmental activism. Denied parole in April 2015, he has served one year and three months of his three year sentence.
150 Human Rights and Non-Governmental Organizations Petition Russia to Free Evgeny Vitishko
One hundred fifty human rights and environmental NGOs from all over the world petition the Russian authorities to free Evgeny Vitishko immediately. On 15 April …
Karachaganak: Children in Exchange for Oil
The film “Karachaganak:Children in Exchange for Oil” deals with tragedy that occurred in the Kazakh village of Berezovka on 28 November 2014. Emissions from the …
Global Day of Solidarity for Russian Environmentalist Evgeny Vitishko
Crude Accountability participated in a global day of solidarity for Russian Environmentalist Evgeny Vitishko on February 18, 2015. 47 international non-governmental organizations and individuals …