RFE/RL Watchdog
5/26/2011 6:09:10 PM
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Party Leader Detained At Moscow Protest
Moscow police have detained opposition Yabloko party leader Sergei Mitrokhin during a protest by vendors. More 
'No Let-Up' In Secret Iran Executions
A U.S.-based rights group says Iran has carried out more secret executions at a prison where the practice was criticized in a recent UN report. More The Baha'i International Community has described as "unjustifiable" the arrests of more than a dozen Bahai's in cities across Iran. More 
Released Uzbek Poet Says Torture Common In Uzbek Jails
Yusuf Juma, 53, who was jailed in 2008 for "resisting police and injuring two policemen" during an antigovernment protest in the city of Bukhara, was released on May 18 after serving three years of his five-year prison term. He left for the United States the next day. More 
Court Hears Khodorkovsky Appeal
A Moscow Court has upheld the fraud conviction of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev, but cut their jail sentence by a year. More 
Azerbaijani Activists Jailed Over Protest
Four Azerbaijani youth activists detained during a protest on May 22 have been sentenced to up to eight days of administrative arrest. More
Uzbek Dissident Poet Released After Serving Three Years In Jail
Uzbek dissident poet Yusuf Juma, who was jailed for staging an antigovernment protest, has been released after serving three years of his five-year prison term. More 
Amnesty International Says Khodorkovsky Not A 'Prisoner Of Conscience'
Amnesty International has ruled not to recognize former Russian oil-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his associate Platon Lebedev as prisoners of conscience. More |
