 RFE/RL Watchdog May 7, 2009 A blog of human rights, media freedom, and democracy developments from RFE/RL's broadcast region.For more, please visit and bookmark Watchdog . |
 Amnesty Says Medvedev Fails To Improve Human Rights Situation Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took office one year ago today, pledging to enhance the rule of law and respect human rights. Instead, the rights watchdog Amnesty International says, little has been done to improve the human rights situation – and in some areas it has even worsened. More  Uzbek Human Rights Activists Meet In France Uzbek human rights activists met in the northwestern French of Angers on May 6 for the first meeting of the Uzbekistan Human Rights Society since it was forced into exile following the bloody events in Andijon in 2005. More  Afghanistan Holds Seminar On Women's Rights In Islam A seminar on women and Islam has begun in Kabul that will discuss the rights that are given to women within the Koran, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports. More  Jailed U.S.-Iranian Reporter Ends Hunger Strike The father of the Iranian-American journalist jailed in Iran as a U.S. spy says she has ended her almost 2-week-old hunger strike, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. More  CPJ Urges Russian Authorities To Investigate Journalist's Brutal Injuries The Committee to Protect Journalists says authorities in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don must launch a criminal investigation into the apparent attack against the editor in chief of the independent weekly newspaper "Corruption and Crime." Vyacheslav Yaroshenko was found unconscious with a head wound at the foot of a staircase in the building where he lives in the early morning hours of April 30. More  'Twitter Revolution' Journalist Freed From House Arrest The Moldovan Court of Appeals has released journalist Natalia Morar from house arrest in the capital, Chisinau, where she had been confined for her role in the so-called "Twitter Revolution," RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. More  More Than 100 Iranian Activists Detained In Tehran More than 100 Iranian labor activists and several members of the One Million Signatures Campaign against discriminatory laws were detained in Tehran on May 1 as they gathered in the city's Laleh Park to mark International Workers' Day. More  Group Says Iran, Turkmenistan Among '10 Worst Countries To Be A Blogger' The Committee To Protect Journalists says Iran, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, and China are among the "10 worst countries to be a blogger." More  Armenian Deputy Presses PACE To Take Action A member of an Armenian parliamentary delegation at the Council of Europe said Yerevan has done little to comply with three Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) resolutions adopted in the past year. More  Armenian Editor Severely Beaten In Attack In Yerevan The chief editor of the Armenia Today news agency was severely beaten near his house in Yerevan this morning, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More The editor in chief of the weekly newspaper "Corruption and Crime" is in a coma after he was severely beaten in the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-na-Donu on April 29, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More |
