The head of Human Rights Watch, the New York-based monitoring group, accused Russia yesterday of denying him a visa to visit Moscow to prevent him from presenting a highly critical report on the Kremlin's treatment of civil society groups.
Kenneth Roth, the group's executive director, said the case was the first time Russia had denied a visa to Human Rights Watch since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"It's a very disappointing shift," Mr Roth told the Financial Times from New York. "Russia is in a small class of countries that has rejected a Human Rights Watch visa. It's not something governments tend to do now."
He said he had visited countries such as China, Libya and Saudi Arabia without problems.Russia is back in the spotlight after they denied a Human Rights Watch representative a visia into the counrty so that he could write a report on the treatment of the Russian. This is another attempt by Russia to cover up its secrets. If they had nothing to hide, there would be no problem. Will we soon find out some the horrid truths of Russia.
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