 RFE/RL Watchdog 5/13/2010 A blog of human rights, media freedom, and democracy developments from RFE/RL's broadcast region. For more, please visit and bookmark Watchdog . |
 U.S. Reiterates Concern Over Arrest Of Transdniester Journalist The United States has reiterated its concern for a journalist held in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region on charges of high treason, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. More  Executed Iranian Activist's Lawyer Criticizes Judiciary The lawyer for a recently executed Iranian activist has criticized the country's judiciary for its treatment of political cases. More  Russia Asked To Help Free Journalist A group of bloggers and rights activists have picketed the Russian Embassy in Yerevan to urge Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to seek the release of an Armenian-born journalist jailed in Moldova's Transdniester region. More  Iran Sentences 'Newsweek' Reporter In Absentia An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-Canadian journalist who was in Iran to cover last June's presidential election for "Newsweek" magazine to 74 lashes and 13 1/2 years in jail in his trial in absentia on national security charges, "The New York Times" reports. More  Iran: Mothers Can See Jailed U.S. Hikers Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has announced on state television that authorities will allow the mothers of three Americans accused of spying against Iran to visit them in a Tehran prison. More Ayatollah 'Responsible' For Execution The brother of an activist hanged in Iran has blamed the country's supreme leader for his death, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. More  OSCE Denounces Pressure On Media In Belarus The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern about recent reports of pressure against independent media in Belarus. More  Two Belarusian Rights Activists Arrested Two human rights activists were detained by police in the western Belarusian town of Berastse on May 7. More  Three Russian Skinheads Found Guilty Of Murder In Nizhny Novgorod Three skinheads have been found guilty of murder by a court in the western Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. More  Iranian Activists Face Arbitrary Justice While In Jail Lawyers and relatives of activists jailed in Iran's 2009 postelection crackdown have described an arbitrary justice system keeping those jailed in legal limbo, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. More  Norwegian Filmmaker Leaves Azerbaijan With Less Than He Came In With Noted Norwegian journalist and filmmaker Erling Borgen recently visited Azerbaijan to produce a documentary on freedom of expression -- or the lack thereof -- under the authoritarian leadership of President Ilham Aliyev. He left with first-hand experience. More  Croat Selected For Top UN Human Rights Post Ivan Simonovic, Croatia's justice minister, is the new UN human rights representative at UN headquarters in New York. More |
