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| Their activities include reporting on the ] situations of countries in the FSU, as well as assisting communities in need and exposing human rights violations. They attempt to provide assistance to anyone who they judge to be in need of it, including ] and ] as well as Jews. | Their activities include reporting on the ] situations of countries in the FSU, as well as assisting communities in need and exposing human rights violations. They attempt to provide assistance to anyone who they judge to be in need of it, including ] and ] as well as Jews. | ||
| === Controversies === | |||
| The UCSJ was one of the organisations included in the letter signed by members of the Russian ], which called for criminal investigations of Jewish organisations and the Jewish religion itself. It was accused of fomenting racial hatred by Jews against other religions, a charge it denies. | |||
| A branch of the UCSJ was closed by the ] as part of what many observers saw as a wider crackdown on political ] in the region. (''main article - ]'') | |||
| == Official site == | == Official site == | ||
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UCSJ, or the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, is a collection of Jewish human rights organisations working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They are based in Washington DC, but are linked to other organisations such as the Moscow Helsinki Group and have offices in the countries in which they conduct their activities.
Their activities include reporting on the human rights situations of countries in the FSU, as well as assisting communities in need and exposing human rights violations. They attempt to provide assistance to anyone who they judge to be in need of it, including Muslims and Roma as well as Jews.
Controversies
The UCSJ was one of the organisations included in the letter signed by members of the Russian Duma, which called for criminal investigations of Jewish organisations and the Jewish religion itself. It was accused of fomenting racial hatred by Jews against other religions, a charge it denies.
A branch of the UCSJ was closed by the government of Belarus as part of what many observers saw as a wider crackdown on political dissent in the region. (main article - Human rights in Belarus)