 RFE/RL Watchdog 10/14/2010 4:46:19 PM A blog of human rights, media freedom, and democracy developments from RFE/RL's broadcast region. For more, please visit and bookmark Watchdog . |
 Iran Reformist Party Member Arrested Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi announced the arrest of Participation Front leader Ali Shakurirad on October 13. More  EU Ban Urged Over Russian Lawyer's Death Moscow Helsinki Group Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva has called on Germany to put a visa ban on Russian officials found responsible for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. More  Medvedev Names New Rights Adviser Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has chosen Mikhail Fedotov, the chairman of Russia's Union of Journalists, to head the Kremlin's human rights committee. The embattled previous head resigned in July. More  Moscow Cops Detain Many At Rally The demonstrators were said to be demanding a return from the current system for naming mayors and regional governors, in which the president nominates such officials, to popular elections for such posts. More  Iran Inmates Seek Probe Of Vote Unrest Fourteen political prisoners in Tehran's Evin prison have issued a statement calling for the creation of an independent body to probe the violent unrest that followed last year's Iranian presidential election. More  Jailed Iranian Filmmaker Challenges Supreme Leader Iranian filmmaker and journalist Mohammad Nourizad has written an open letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arguing that the United States does more to protect religious freedom and moral values than Iran. More  Kazakh High Court To Review Jailed Activist's Case Kazakhstan's Supreme Court today agreed to rule on an appeal by jailed opposition activist Aidos Sadykov. More  Belarus Activist's Fraud Trial Begins Mikhas Bashura, 35, is an active member of the "Tell the Truth" campaign. He was arrested and charged with fraud in August after Minsk officials said he lied to a bank about his income in 2008 when helping his wife get a mortgage. More  Azerbaijani Muslims Say Police Shaved Off Their Beards Muslims in the northern Azerbaijani district of Zaqatala say they have been harassed by local police for growing long beards. More  Iranian Human Rights Lawyer On Hunger Strike Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is on a hunger strike to protest the poor conditions she says exist in Tehran's Evin prison where she's being held. More |
