RFE/RL Watchdog 7/15/2010 6:26:23 PM A blog of human rights, media freedom, and democracy developments from RFE/RL's broadcast region. For more, please visit and bookmark Watchdog . |
Kazakh Asylum Seeker 'Disappears' A Kazakh woman seeking asylum in Kyrgyzstan on a claim of religious persecution has gone missing. More Armenian Opposition Activists Go On Trial Two men arrested during a recent opposition protest in Yerevan went on trial on charges their supporters say are politically motivated. More Russian Activists Protest Man's Imprisonment Some 100 activists from the Russian opposition movement Solidarity have gathered in central Moscow to protest what they say is the unfair jailing of a man. More Iran Activist Still Missing Parvin Tajik, the sister of activist Abdolreza Tajik, told Radio Farda on July 7 that her brother was arrested on June 12 after being summoned to Tehran's Intelligence Ministry Office. More U.K., U.S. Condemn Planned Iran Stoning Officials in the United States and Britain have condemned in harsh terms the reported plan in Iran to execute a woman by stoning her to death. More |