Grigory Mikhailovich Pasko (born 1962 in the village Kreshchenovka of the Kherson Oblast, currently Ukraine) is a Russian journalist and publisher of an environmental magazine. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kherson Oblast (Херсонська область translit Khersons’ka oblast’; also referred to as Khersonshchyna - Херсонщина Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
| Grigory Pasko | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Subjects | ecology, politics |
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Life
Pasko was born to a teacher's family. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty He graduated from the journalism department of Lvov University in 1983 and worked as an investigative journalist and editor for “Boyevaya Vakhta” (Battle Watch), the in-house newspaper of the Russian Pacific Fleet. History Beginnings The University was founded on January 20 1661 when the King John II Casimir of Poland issued the diploma granting the city's Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Investigative journalism is a type of reporting in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest often involving crime Political corruption, or some other Scandal The Pacific Fleet (Тихоокеанский флот in Russian, or Tikhookeanskiy flot is part of the Russian Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean He worked together with Japanese journalists from the NHK TV network and the newspaper Asahi Shimbun that specializes in environmental issues. or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan 's Public broadcaster. The is the second most circulated out of the five national Newspapers in Japan; the other four are the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun He had disclosed the dumping of nuclear waste by the Russian Navy’s in the Sea of Japan in 1993. The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) [1]
Conviction
In November 1997 Pasko was arrested by FSB agents in Vladivostok. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ( FSB) ( Russian: ФСБ Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Federalnaya Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. He was accused of espionage for publications on the environmental problems in the Japanese sea but found not guilty due to lack of evidence. The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia He was found guilty of “abuse of his official position” but released immediately under a general amnesty [1]. He was recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International [2]
After several re-trails, the Court of the Pacific Fleet acquitted Pasko on all counts except espionage, and convicted him to four years of imprisonment for treason in December 25, 2001. Prisoner of conscience (POC is a term coined by the human rights group Amnesty International in the early 1960s Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. He was released from detention in 2003 [2] and was only allowed to travel abroad 18 months after his release. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. [3]
Further work
Pasko is a member of the Russian PEN Center in Vladivostok. A pen (Latin pinna, feather is a Writing instrument used to apply Ink to a surface usually Paper. Vladivostok ( is Russia 's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai. He received human rights award from Reporters without borders in 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Some of his articles
See also
References
External links
- His biography on the web page of the Russian P.E.N.
- Pasko page in the Sakharov center (Moscow)
- Case of Pasko
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