RFE/RL Watchdog
11/4/2009
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Deported Kazakh Asylum Seeker Still Missing The whereabouts of a Kazakh asylum seeker deported from the Czech Republic to Almaty remains unknown, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More
Prominent Russian Rights Activist Receives German Award Veteran Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva will be awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More
Britain's Miliband Meets With Russian Rights Activists British Foreign Minister David Miliband met with human rights activists in Moscow today, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More
Kyrgyz Journalist Recovering After Being Beaten In Osh Kyrgyz journalist Kubanychbek Joldoshev was beaten by unknown assailants and hospitalized in Osh on November 2, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More
U.S. Calls On Kazakhstan To Adhere To OSCE Pledges A U.S. official has called on Kazakhstan to fulfill its obligations before it assumes the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More
Turkmen Environmental Activist Given Five-Year Jail Term Prominent Turkmen environmental activist Andrei Zatoka has been sentenced to five years in prison for hooliganism, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. More
Calls For Iran’s 'Blogfather' To Be Released From Prison The international Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has called on the country's judiciary to release blogger Hossein Derakhshan, who was arrested a year ago. More
Kazakh Rights Activist Sent To Remote Labor Camp Leading Kazakh human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis has been transferred from Almaty to a labor camp in northeastern Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More
Tehran University Students Continue Antigovernment Protests
Student protests against the regime of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad continue. A protest was held today by students at the Islamic Azad University in southern Tehran. Reports say more than 1,000 students participated. More
Student protests against the regime of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad continue. A protest was held today by students at the Islamic Azad University in southern Tehran. Reports say more than 1,000 students participated. More
Reward Offered For Information About Slain Ingush Activist The government in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of those who assassinated Ingush opposition leader Maksharip Aushev, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More
Kyrgyz Police Seeking Second Suspect In Journalist's Killing Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry says that a second suspect is being sought in the 2007 murder of independent journalist Alisher Saipov, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More
Rights Campaigner Gunned Down In Ingushetia Maksharip Aushev was buried today. Some 3,000 mourners gathered in the drizzle outside Nazran, Ingushetia's largest city, to say goodbye to the opposition campaigner. More
CPJ Demands Results Of Probe Of Kyrgyz Journalist's Killing The New-York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Kyrgyz authorities to make public the findings of their investigation into the 2007 murder of an independent journalist in Osh, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More
Jailed Kazakh Activist's Relatives Concerned For His Life Relatives of a jailed Kazakh activist say they are concerned about his safety in labor camp, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More
Appeals Court Upholds Kazakh Journalist's Sentence A court of appeals in Kazakhstan’s southern city of Taraz has upheld the sentence of independent journalist Ramazan Esergepov, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More
Russia's Memorial Rights Group Wins Sakharov Prize The European Parliament has awarded the 2009 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Moscow-based Memorial human right group, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More
