RFE/RL WATCHDOG
10/27/2011 6:19:26 PM
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 TV Station Reports Attack On Its Journalists In West Kazakhstan An independent online television company says two of its journalists were attacked with baseball bats and one of them shot with a rubber bullet in the western Kazakh city of Aqtau. More  Belarus Deports Russian Journalist As 'Threat To Security' The Belarusian authorities have deported a Russian journalist after he talked to the wife of a jailed opposition leader in Minsk. More  RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Freed From Jail An RFE/RL correspondent jailed in Turkmenistan has been freed under a presidential amnesty. More  Slain Kyrgyz Journalists Commemorated Mourners and activists in Bishkek gathered to remember Alisher Saipov and Gennady Pavlyuk, two prominent journalists who were respected for their independence and who were murdered in 2007 and 2009, respectively, in crimes widely believed to be politically motivated. More  Belarusian Activist Jailed For 10 Days Over Prisoner Protest A Belarusian opposition activist has been jailed for 10 days for trying to stage a protest in support of political prisoners. More  Belarusian 'Silent Protester' Jailed An opposition activist in eastern Belarus has been jailed for 10 days for holding a silent protest in which he was the only participant More  Yukos Whistle-Blower In Solitary A jailed former employee of Russia's state property agency is in solitary confinement after telling RFE/RL the Russian authorities orchestrated the fraudulent sale in 2004 of a stake in the oil giant Yukos. More  OSCE Defends Free Speech for Facebook Activists The media representative for Europe's main human rights and security body, the OSCE, says she is hopeful that two Azerbaijani activists who called for antigovernment protests via Facebook will be released from prison soon. More  Clinton Talks Rights, Economy With Tajiks U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told a meeting of citizens in the Tajik capital that Washington strongly supports human rights in their country, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Shot Ukrainian Journalist Has Amnesia A Ukrainian journalist shot and injured in the southern city of Mykolaiv on October 16 does not remember what happened to him that day. More  Kazakh Inmate 'Tortured' Before Death Relatives of a Kazakh labor camp inmate say he was murdered after alleging that prisoners were tortured there. More  Russian Opposition Activist Released After Hunger Strike A Russian opposition activist who went on hunger strike after being sentenced to 10 days' administrative detention was released early on October 20 after his health deteriorated. More |
