 RFE/RL Watchdog 4/30/2010 A blog of human rights, media freedom, and democracy developments from RFE/RL's broadcast region. For more, please visit and bookmark Watchdog . |
 Websites Of Independent Kazakh Newspapers Inaccessible The websites of two Kazakh opposition newspapers became inaccessible to Internet users in Kazakhstan today. More  Activists Oppose Iran Bid For Rights Committee A group of women's rights activists in Iran and worldwide has written an open letter to the United Nations opposing the Iranian government's bid for membership on the UN's Commission on the Status of Women. More  Rights Group Criticizes Death Sentences For Iranian Protesters A U.S.-based Iranian rights group is protesting the 11 death sentences thus far given to people arrested in postelection protests last year. More A journalist has been severely beaten in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More  Veteran Russian Activist Backs Travel Ban In Lawyer Case The veteran Russian rights campaigner Lyudmila Alekseyeva has backed a call by a senior U.S. senator for Washington to deny entry to a group of Russian officials over the prison death of a lawyer. More  Kurdish Activist Faces Iran Execution A Kurdish activist has been sentenced to death in Iran's northwestern city of Mahabad, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. More  Rights Groups Concerned By Jailed Armenian's Death The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and three Armenian human rights groups today expressed "deep concern" at the suspicious death of a man in Armenian police custody. More  Tajik Police Arrested In Detainee's Death Two police officers have been arrested in northern Tajikistan in connection with the recent death in police custody of Usman Boboev, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Azerbaijani Journalist Pleads Not Guilty To Possession Of Drugs The trial of imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev on drug charges resumed today in a Baku court. More  Sentence Of Tatar Activist To Be Reviewed Tatarstan's Supreme Court has announced it will rule on an appeal on the conviction of prominent Tatar pro-independence activist Fauzia Bayramova on April 27. More  Kazakh Rights Activist's Guilty Verdict Upheld The Kazakh Supreme Court today upheld the guilty verdict against jailed prominent Kazakh rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis. More  Kazakh Activists Fined For Protesting Website Ban An Almaty court has fined and warned two media activists. More  International Rights Groups Urge Azerbaijani Journalist's Release International human rights groups have called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release editor Eynulla Fatullayev from prison in line with a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights. More  Kyrgyz Election Chief Resigns The newly appointed chairwoman of Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission has stepped down -- after just one day on the job. More  U.S. Speaks Out On Jailed Journalist The U.S. Embassy in Chisinau has said it remains "deeply concerned" by the arrest of an independent journalist in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region. More  Iran Prisoners Allege Torture To Clerics A group of detainees in Iranian prisons has addressed an open letter to the country's top clerics alleging that they and their families have been tortured. More  Jailed Iranian Activist 'Out Of Solitary' A jailed Iranian student activist is reported to have been moved out of solitary confinement. More Armenian Officer Held In Custody Death An Armenian police officer has been arrested in the ongoing criminal investigation into the suspicious death of a man in police custody, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. More European Court Rules Azerbaijan Should Release Jailed Journalist The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today ruled that the Azerbaijani authorities should release journalist Eynulla Fatullayev from prison and pay him 25,000 euros ($33,512) in moral damages. More |
