Maxim Efimov is a chairman of the Karelian regional branch of the inter-regional youth social charity organization “Youth Human Rights Group (YHRG).” The Karelian branch of YHRG implements human rights protection programs and supports civic initiatives, in particular youth-oriented projects. On 5 April 2012 the criminal case № 012012120035 against Maxim Efimov was opened [...]
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Maxim Efimov, Russian Human Rights Activist, Granted Asylum in Estonia
Maxim Efimov, head of the Youth Human Rights Group of Karelia, has been granted political asylum in Estonia. As UCSJ mentioned in our Letter to President Putin on Behalf of Maxim Efimov, Efimov fled from Russia after getting charged by local prosecutors for publishing an article that compared the Orthodox Church to the largest leading political [...]
Jewish groups slam Estonian mock ad for depicting concentration camp prisoners
Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem calls mock ad in the Eesti Ekspress weekly a ‘perverted attempt at humor at the expense of the Nazis’ millions of victims.’ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLINN, Estonia – Jewish organizations have denounced an Estonian newspaper for publishing a mock ad for weight-loss pills depicting emaciated prisoners [...]