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Subject: RFE/RL Watchdog - 8/5/2010
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Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Subject: RFE/RL Watchdog - 8/5/2010
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RFE/RL Watchdog 8/5/2010 6:10:00 PM A blog of human rights, media freedom, and democracy developments from RFE/RL's broadcast region. For more, please visit and bookmark Watchdog . |
Tatar Lawyer Sues Police A Tatar lawyer specializing in human rights and freedom of speech cases has filed a lawsuit against police after he says they beat him while in detention. More The privately owned Mushfiqi printing house in Dushanbe says that "technical problems" will prevent it from printing several independent weekly publications, raising suspicions in light of past instances of alleged political pressure. More Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora Association of Human Rights Groups, said lawyer Rustem Valiullin sent a text message to his Agora colleagues informing them he had been detained for administrative violations and refusing to comply with police requests. More Jailed Azerbaijani Activists Begin Hunger Strike Ten opposition activists sentenced for participating in an unsanctioned rally in central Baku on July 31 have declared a hunger strike. More Kazakh Inmates Maim Themselves In Prison Protest Kazakh prison officials have said that six inmates in the Almaty detention center cut open their abdomens on July 30 to protest prison conditions. More Security Service 'Summons Ukrainian Blogger' Over Presidential Posts A Ukrainian blogger says he was summoned by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) for questioning for allegedly threatening the life of the president and insulting him. More Iranian Journalists Voice Concern For Imprisoned Colleague More than 90 journalists have written an open letter to Tehran's chief prosecutor expressing concern over the imprisonment of their colleague Abdolreza Tajik and demanding his release. More Russian Activists Pledge To Hold Rally Despite Official's Warning Russian opposition leader Eduard Limonov says activists plan to hold a demonstration in support of freedom of assembly in Moscow on July 31 despite warnings from the Interior Ministry that it will be broken up. More Azeri Journalists 'Assaulted' In Baku An opposition journalist in Azerbaijan says he and another reporter have been assaulted on the outskirts of Baku. More Russia Beefs Up FSB Powers The controversial bill, which passed its third parliamentary reading on July 19, is a tamer version than the original draft, which proposed that the FSB could summon potential suspects to their office and even publish its warnings in the media. More Jailed Kazakh Reporter Appeals To UN Ramazan Esergepov, the founder and chief editor of the Almaty-based "Alma-Ata Info," was sentenced last year to three years in prison for revealing state secrets in his newspaper in 2008. He says the case against him is politically motivated. More Iranian Journalist, Activist Sentenced Iranian journalist and human rights activist Emadedin Baghi has been sentenced to one year in jail and banned from political activity for five years. More |
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Tatar Lawyer Sues Police
Jailed Azerbaijani Activists Begin Hunger Strike
Kazakh Inmates Maim Themselves In Prison Protest
Security Service 'Summons Ukrainian Blogger' Over Presidential Posts
Iranian Journalists Voice Concern For Imprisoned Colleague
Russian Activists Pledge To Hold Rally Despite Official's Warning
Azeri Journalists 'Assaulted' In Baku
Russia Beefs Up FSB Powers
Jailed Kazakh Reporter Appeals To UN
Iranian Journalist, Activist Sentenced
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