Amnesty lambasts Estonia on human rights

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Amnesty lambasts Estonia on human rights

Jun 11, 2008
By Marge Tubalkain-Trell

DISCRIMINATION: The government defended the minority rights situation by saying that it is no worse than in other countries.

TALLINN - Amnesty International has blasted the government over its failure to ensure human rights for linguistic minorities. In its most recent report, the organization accuses the country of discriminating against linguistic minorities – primarily Russian – and touched on a number of other problematic issues. The report said there were numerous human rights violations against Russian-speaking protesters during and after the Bronze Soldier riots in April 2007. It points to several com ...

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