Peak hour 10/10/1995 (1995)

Telecast №74002, 1 part, duration: 0:23:37
Production: VID
Anchor:Kiselev Dmitry

Reel №1

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In the human rights movement, Sergei Kovalev participates since 1967.

Within five years, he published the first uncensored human rights newsletter "Chronicle of Current Events".

In 1974 he was arrested - seven years spent in the Gulag and three years in exile in the Magadan region.

Yevgeny Kiselyov congratulates Sergey Kovalev on the recent presentation of two prestigious awards in the field of human rights activities in Strasbourg and Vienna.

Sergei Kovalev lists the slanderous rumors that are spreading about him in Russia.

Describes the work of the presidential commission on human rights, whose chairman he is.

Expresses his point of view on the situation in Chechnya.

Together with the initiative group of human rights defenders, Sergei Kovalev traveled to Chechnya with an appeal to stop fighting.

Describes the actions of the federal troops in Grozny.

About the dead civilians in the conflict zone, among whom were both Chechens and Russians.

He talks about the intentional distortion of facts and events in some media, which leads to misunderstanding and rejection of the significance of the work of the human rights group in Chechnya.

The question of the use of torture by both belligerents is being raised.

Sergei Kovalev talks about the situation with human rights in Russia.

In his opinion, the state educates a person on the "Asian principle", where the concept of collective law prevails over the individual.

Personnel:

Sergey Kovalev is a statesman and public figure, a Soviet dissident, a member of the human rights movement.

Calendar: 10/10/1995

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