Russia: IOC Should Address Deteriorating Rights Climate

Moscow–(ENEWSPF)–11 October 2012.  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) missed a key chance to publicly press the Russian government on human rights abuses linked to its preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. At a press conference to mark the end of a three-day visit to Sochi, the IOC’s Coordinating Commission called the Russian government’s preparations for the Games ‘impeccable,’ but made no reference to human rights abuses tied…