Grigory Pasko

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.

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Life

Pasko was born to a teacher's family. 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. He worked together with Japanese journalists from the NHK TV network and the newspaper Asahi Shimbun that specializes in environmental issues. He had disclosed the dumping of nuclear waste by the Russian Navy’s in the Sea of Japan in 1993. [http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk/profiles/grigory.html]

Conviction

In November 1997 Pasko was arrested by FSB agents in Vladivostok. He was accused of espionage for publications on the environmental problems in the Japanese sea but found not guilty due to lack of evidence. He was found guilty of “abuse of his official position” but released immediately under a general amnesty [ [http://www.sakharov-center.ru/exhibitionhall/pasko.htm Pasko page in the Sakharov center (Moscow)] ] . He was recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460071999?open&of=ENG-316 Grigory Pasko, a prisoner of conscience] ]

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. He was released from detention in 2003 [http://web.amnesty.org/web/content.nsf/pages/gbrpasko] and was only allowed to travel abroad 18 months after his release. [http://www.bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/envirorights/pasko/34645]

Further work

Pasko is a member of the Russian PEN Center in Vladivostok. He received human rights award from Reporters without borders in 2002.

ome of his articles

* [http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2007/02/grigory_pasko_new_new_vasyuki.htm Grigory Pasko: New New Vasyuki]
* [http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2007/12/grigory_pasko_interview_with_e.htm Interview with Natalia Morar]

ee also

* German Ugryumov

References

External links

* [http://www.penrussia.org/n-z/gr-pas-r.htm His biography on the web page of the Russian P.E.N.]
* [http://www.sakharov-center.ru/exhibitionhall/pasko.htm Pasko page in the Sakharov center (Moscow)]
* [http://www.index.org.ru/mayday/pasko_a.html Case of Pasko]