Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 11 Winnipeg free May 1985 soviet internal affairs delegation chief tells rights conference Ottawa up american and soviet delegates to a six week inter National human rights conference sparred verbally in opening rounds yesterday Over whether the soviet unions handling of its affairs is anyone else the meeting of delegates from 35 countries to assess How each is Ful filling obligations undertaken in the 10yearold Helsinki accords to pro Mote human rights is shaping up As a contest Between competing communist and democratic the soviet delegations Vsevolod told the Confer ence that there is Freedom of a free press and Freedom to Demon Strate in the streets within the soviet but he also said it is no one else business How the soviet Union handles human it is natural that we refute at tempts to interfere in our internal affairs under any Sofinsky we have paid with our lives against any intervention in our coun the meeting is taking place behind closed doors largely at the insistence of the soviet Union and its East bloc allies Western sources Are taking notes and leaking information to the Media who Are kept away from the tightly guarded Michael the Deputy undersecretary of state for Politi Cal noted that regardless of the pledges undertaken in Helsinki in 1975 by All countries attending the Ottawa we still hear echoes of the View that a govern ments human rights practices should not be the subject of International concern and without specifically mentioning the soviet Armacost added that governments making such an argument Are swimming against the tide of the United states Doest accept that raising concerns about a states compliance with its human rights or International Law commit ments is an intervention in that states internal the delegation made Arma costs speech available to reporters after it was the soviet Union has become the target for dozens of lobby groups protesting abuses ranging from the use of psychiatric institutes to con Fine enemies of the state to Refus Al of exit visas for jewish and minor Ity ramp to drop charges Ottawa up the ramp will drop illegal alien charges against jus Eta a Toronto woman who was charged after being granted amnesty by the Federal govern solicitor general Elmer Mackay said Mackay said charges would be dropped after Liberal immigration critic Lucie Pepin raised the Case in the Mackay and Immi Gration minister Flora Macdonald assured the House no information about Ellis was passed to ramp by the illegal migrants com Mittee after she applied Tor the ramp has said it was asked by Immi Gration officials to investigate documents submitted by Ellis was granted amnesty in november and charged in Jan there was no information that was passed from the illegal migrant program to the Macdonald told the that is the policy of this said she still wanted to know who asked the ramp to launch the Macdonald told re porters she did not know Why the ramp was dropping the charges but assumed the Force was asked to do so by Mackay said Only that he had been told charges would be dropped by senior ramp ramp spokesman John when asked Why the charges were being replied theres no comment on the correction read of May Western family Apple 1 litre size should have read re we apologize for any inconvenience to our valued auction Sale 1175 main May 11 Sharp hair to Xmas 10 wardrobe re 3m Over 200 Cash Only by self Reliance auction nor pet Wachniak it could mean life or death for my i have a Heredi tary Bruit disorder which pouts from generation to causing physical and menu deterioration Lead ing to total and eventually in scared of what lies ahead Tor me Hill in even More frightened of what the future for my each one Lus a Chance of the Itai is what you choose 10 do now could mean the def Etc inc Between life and death for acc Chi through research funded by your have discovered 9 Nur scr which read us to the defective att hopefully a cure Tot Humi Gions no doubt it will come too late for me but with your help it could conic in time to save Ray Casc sen j of Cheque today and help make this die that Beau i m4il us j the Llou Nglen society i Box Ontario Nik q enclosed is my Cheque o help fight j Hunti huns j f i to be 4 1 o a thaw Send me further Infura Tuloa i 78 Princess 1750 Elltee thursday 4friday 9am open monday to Friday 9 am to 9 pm wed saturday 9 am to 5 pm open saturday 9 am to pm or fruit in in ilium in 9434555 7750341 ;