On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics Helsinki, Finland<br> Bernard Marchadier, Institut d'études slaves, Paris, France<BR> Silviu Miloiu, Valahia University, Targoviste, Romania<BR> Valdis Muktupavels, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia<br> Hannu Niemi, University of Helsinki, Finland<br> Irina Novikova, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia<BR> Yves Plasseraud; Paris, France<br> Rein Raud, Tallinn University, Estonia<br> Alfred Erich Senn, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, and Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania<br> André Skogström-Filler, University Paris VIII-Saint-Denis, France<br> David Smith, University of Glasgow, UK<br> Saulius Suziedelis, Millersville University, USA<br> Joachim Tauber, Nordost-Institut, Lüneburg, Germany<br> Tomas Venclova, Yale University, USA<BR> Tonu Viik, Tallinn University, Estonia. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination
Human rights in Estonia used every international forum where the claims of the violations of human rights in Estonia have been presented. The United Nations Development Programme's forum Development and Transition has discussed the situation of Estonia and Latvia in 2005. James Hughes, a US sociologist from the Trinity College, claimed Latvia and Estonia are both states "captured by the titular ethnic groups", employing a "sophisticated and extensive policy regime of discrimination" against their respective Russophone populations. He names three "pillars" of discrimination: refusal of citizenship, language usage, and participation rights, and claims discrimination is constrained by the "economic dependence on Russophone labour". Nils