http://www.rferl.org/archive/Watchdog/latest/646/646.html "Watchdog" is a blog with a singular mission -- to monitor the latest developments concerning human rights, civil society, and press freedom. http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Watchdog/latest/646/646.html en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:37 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Judge Araz Huseinov has allowed the parents of Adnan Hajizada to visit with his parents on November 25, while Emin Milli and his parents will be allowed to meet the following day. http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Azerbaijani_Bloggers_Allowed_To_Meet_Parents/1886555.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Azerbaijani_Bloggers_Allowed_To_Meet_Parents/1886555.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus In a new report, the rights watchdog Amnesty International demands that authorities in Tajikistan properly prosecute violence against women as a criminal offense. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Must_Properly_Prosecute_Violence_Against_Women_Amnesty_Urges/1886525.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Must_Properly_Prosecute_Violence_Against_Women_Amnesty_Urges/1886525.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:42:20 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Must_Properly_Prosecute_Violence_Against_Women_Amnesty_Urges/1886525.html#relatedInfoContainer Ella Pamfilova, the chairwoman of the Russian president's Council for Promoting Civil and Human Rights, has said the death in custody last week of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is a "murder and a tragedy," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Rights_Council_Says_Jailed_Lawyer_Was_Murdered/1885974.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Rights_Council_Says_Jailed_Lawyer_Was_Murdered/1885974.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:53 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Rights_Council_Says_Jailed_Lawyer_Was_Murdered/1885974.html#relatedInfoContainer An Armenian administrative court has ordered police to issue jailed opposition leader and newspaper editor Nikol Pashinian with papers allowing him to run in an upcoming parliamentary by-election, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Court_Allows_Jailed_Editor_To_Run_For_Parliament/1885967.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Court_Allows_Jailed_Editor_To_Run_For_Parliament/1885967.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:23:22 +0000 From Our Bureaus Jailed Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev is among the winners of the 2009 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) of journalists working in dangerous or repressive circumstances, RFE/RL's Azerbaijan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Imprisoned_Azeri_Journalist_Honored_By_CPJ/1883882.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Imprisoned_Azeri_Journalist_Honored_By_CPJ/1883882.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:40 +0000 From Our Bureaus Iranian human rights advocate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi said she has been receiving death threats, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Nobel_Laureate_Threatened_Harassed/1883866.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Nobel_Laureate_Threatened_Harassed/1883866.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:07 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Nobel_Laureate_Threatened_Harassed/1883866.html#relatedInfoContainer The Tajik government has introduced a new decree obliging journalists to pay for information obtained from officials, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Free_Information_Comes_At_A_Price/1883466.html http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Free_Information_Comes_At_A_Price/1883466.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus Kyrgyzstan deported a foreign human rights activist investigating accusations of abuse against Muslims in the Central Asian state, campaigners said today. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:16 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html#relatedInfoContainer HRW is urging the government of Kyrgyzstan to release two human rights activists investigating rights abuses in the south of the country. http://www.rferl.org/content/HRW_Calls_For_Kyrgyz_Govt_To_Release_Activists/1881882.html http://www.rferl.org/content/HRW_Calls_For_Kyrgyz_Govt_To_Release_Activists/1881882.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:22:23 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/HRW_Calls_For_Kyrgyz_Govt_To_Release_Activists/1881882.html#relatedInfoContainer Turkish-Armenian newspaper columnist Sevan Nisanyan says he has received hundreds of deaths threats after altering a famous quote from the founder of modern Turkey to make a case for reforms in the country, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/TurkishArmenian_Writer_Reports_Death_Threats/1881056.html http://www.rferl.org/content/TurkishArmenian_Writer_Reports_Death_Threats/1881056.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:37:45 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/TurkishArmenian_Writer_Reports_Death_Threats/1881056.html#relatedInfoContainer Some 30 women have been arrested in the southern Uzbek city of Karshi since the beginning of November, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Muslim_Women_Arrested_In_Southern_Uzbekistan/1881063.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Muslim_Women_Arrested_In_Southern_Uzbekistan/1881063.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:24:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Muslim_Women_Arrested_In_Southern_Uzbekistan/1881063.html#relatedInfoContainer Protesters in Moscow are demanding the direct involvement of the government into the investigation of the severe beating of journalist Mikhail Beketov, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:22:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html#relatedInfoContainer Ali Hasanov, head of the Azerbaijani president's Social and Political Affairs Department, said Azerbaijani law "applies equally to everyone and there is no special treatment for intellectuals and those who are closer to the West, like the bloggers." http://www.rferl.org/content/Baku_Official_Slams_Biased_Reaction_To_Bloggers_Verdict/1880827.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Baku_Official_Slams_Biased_Reaction_To_Bloggers_Verdict/1880827.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:56:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Baku_Official_Slams_Biased_Reaction_To_Bloggers_Verdict/1880827.html#relatedInfoContainer Moscow police have detained several supporters of Eduard Limonov, the jailed leader of the opposition Other Russia coalition, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:56 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html#relatedInfoContainer A French teaching assistant who was arrested in Tehran on spying charges after Iran's disputed election has appeared before a judge, the French Foreign Ministry spokesman said. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Resumes_Trial_Of_French_Lecturer_No_Verdict/1880790.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Resumes_Trial_Of_French_Lecturer_No_Verdict/1880790.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Resumes_Trial_Of_French_Lecturer_No_Verdict/1880790.html#relatedInfoContainer The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has accused Germany and Norway of interference in Baku's internal affairs in connection with the cases against Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Hits_Out_At_Germany_Norway_Over_Bloggers/1880788.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Hits_Out_At_Germany_Norway_Over_Bloggers/1880788.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Hits_Out_At_Germany_Norway_Over_Bloggers/1880788.html#relatedInfoContainer Ivan Khutorsky, the leader of the Russian antifascist movement Antifa, has been shot dead in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:44:52 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html#relatedInfoContainer Iran said earlier this month it was charging Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, with espionage. Their families say they strayed into Iran from northern Iraq accidentally while hiking at the end of July. http://www.rferl.org/content/Families_Urge_Iran_To_Release_US_Hikers/1879105.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Families_Urge_Iran_To_Release_US_Hikers/1879105.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:29:56 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/Families_Urge_Iran_To_Release_US_Hikers/1879105.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. President Barack Obama has told a Chinese audience he thinks freer information flows helped a country become stronger. http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Backs_Free_Information_Flows_During_China_Visit/1879059.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Backs_Free_Information_Flows_During_China_Visit/1879059.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:42:57 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Backs_Free_Information_Flows_During_China_Visit/1879059.html#relatedInfoContainer The trial of a French teaching assistant who was arrested on spying charges following Iran's disputed election in June will resume on Tuesday, the ISNA news agency has reported. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_To_Resume_French_Lecturers_Trial/1878849.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_To_Resume_French_Lecturers_Trial/1878849.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:11:48 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_To_Resume_French_Lecturers_Trial/1878849.html#relatedInfoContainer A court in the southwestern Russian city of Astrakhan has fined a Russian activist for "illegally obtaining a jar of caviar," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activist_Fined_For_Having_Caviar_/1878046.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activist_Fined_For_Having_Caviar_/1878046.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:01:00 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activist_Fined_For_Having_Caviar_/1878046.html#relatedInfoContainer Iran's One Million Signatures campaign, which fights to gather public support against discriminatory laws in the country, has received the Women of the Year award from U.S.-based Glamour magazine. http://www.rferl.org/content/Irans_One_Million_Signatures_Campaign_Recognized_As_Women_Of_The_Year/1877634.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Irans_One_Million_Signatures_Campaign_Recognized_As_Women_Of_The_Year/1877634.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:12:09 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Irans_One_Million_Signatures_Campaign_Recognized_As_Women_Of_The_Year/1877634.html#relatedInfoContainer At least 12 inmates in a jail outside Moldova's capital, Chisinau, say they have started a hunger strike to protest their poor conditions in detention, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Prisoners_In_Moldova_Begin_Hunger_Strike/1877157.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Prisoners_In_Moldova_Begin_Hunger_Strike/1877157.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Prisoners_In_Moldova_Begin_Hunger_Strike/1877157.html#relatedInfoContainer The rights watchdog Amnesty International is demanding that authorities in Ukraine "immediately and unconditionally" release Belarusian activist Ihar Koktysh. http://www.rferl.org/content/Amnesty_Urges_Ukraine_To_Release_Belarusian_Prisoner_Of_Conscience/1876213.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Amnesty_Urges_Ukraine_To_Release_Belarusian_Prisoner_Of_Conscience/1876213.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:01:47 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Amnesty_Urges_Ukraine_To_Release_Belarusian_Prisoner_Of_Conscience/1876213.html#relatedInfoContainer All charges have been officially dropped against Moldovan journalist Natalia Morari, who was accused by the previous government of using social networking websites to organize violent street protests in Chisinau in the spring, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Drops_Charges_Against_Twitter_Revolution_Figure/1876001.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Drops_Charges_Against_Twitter_Revolution_Figure/1876001.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:43:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Drops_Charges_Against_Twitter_Revolution_Figure/1876001.html#relatedInfoContainer A leading Armenian opposition newspaper has altered its name to get around a court order suspending its publication, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Opposition_Newspaper_Changes_Name_To_Evade_Ban/1875835.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Opposition_Newspaper_Changes_Name_To_Evade_Ban/1875835.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:26:43 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Opposition_Newspaper_Changes_Name_To_Evade_Ban/1875835.html#relatedInfoContainer Iran has executed a 28-year-old Kurdish political activist, Ehsan Fattahian, who had been convicted of acting against Iran’s national security by taking up arms against the Islamic establishment. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Executes_Kurdish_Political_Activist/1875171.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Executes_Kurdish_Political_Activist/1875171.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:44:19 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Executes_Kurdish_Political_Activist/1875171.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service Director Kenan Aliyev talks about the significance of the conviction and jail sentences handed down today against bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada in the context of Azerbaijan's tightly controlled media environment. http://www.rferl.org/content/Jail_Time_Ordered_For_Azerbaijani_Bloggers/1875030.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Jail_Time_Ordered_For_Azerbaijani_Bloggers/1875030.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:04:29 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Jail_Time_Ordered_For_Azerbaijani_Bloggers/1875030.html#relatedInfoContainer Bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizada have been sentenced by an Azerbaijani court to at least two years in prison on hooliganism charges that the defendants and rights groups have dismissed as politically motivated. http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Bloggers_Get_TwoYear_Jail_Sentences/1874853.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Bloggers_Get_TwoYear_Jail_Sentences/1874853.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:43:04 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Bloggers_Get_TwoYear_Jail_Sentences/1874853.html#relatedInfoContainer The daughter of jailed Uzbek dissident writer Yusuf Juma says police are visiting her home every day and night and interrogating her, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Uzbek_Dissidents_Daughter_Being_Harrassed_By_Police/1874845.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Uzbek_Dissidents_Daughter_Being_Harrassed_By_Police/1874845.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:23:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Uzbek_Dissidents_Daughter_Being_Harrassed_By_Police/1874845.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenian authorities have barred Nikol Pashinian, an outspoken opposition figure and newspaper editor, from standing in an upcoming parliamentary by-election, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Armenian_Editor_Barred_From_Running_For_Parliament/1874866.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Armenian_Editor_Barred_From_Running_For_Parliament/1874866.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:20:16 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Armenian_Editor_Barred_From_Running_For_Parliament/1874866.html#relatedInfoContainer Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov has filed a libel lawsuit against lawyer and newspaper editor Eyyub Karimov, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijani_Official_Sues_Editor_Critical_Of_Interior_Ministry/1874135.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijani_Official_Sues_Editor_Critical_Of_Interior_Ministry/1874135.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:10:24 +0000 From Our Bureaus A jailed Belarus opposition activist has been transferred to a prison hospital, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/HungerStriking_Belarusian_Activist_Moved_To_Prison_Hospital/1872495.html http://www.rferl.org/content/HungerStriking_Belarusian_Activist_Moved_To_Prison_Hospital/1872495.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:27:04 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/HungerStriking_Belarusian_Activist_Moved_To_Prison_Hospital/1872495.html#relatedInfoContainer The family of jailed Uzbek journalist and human rights activist Dilmurod Sayyid died in a car accident on their way to visit him in prison, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Uzbek_Journalists_Family_Dies_In_Auto_Accident/1872489.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Uzbek_Journalists_Family_Dies_In_Auto_Accident/1872489.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:21:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Jailed_Uzbek_Journalists_Family_Dies_In_Auto_Accident/1872489.html#relatedInfoContainer A Russian Investigative Committee has charged two suspects in the January murders of a human rights lawyer and a journalist, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Two_Arrests_Made_In_Moscow_For_Markelov_Baburova_Murders/1871203.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Two_Arrests_Made_In_Moscow_For_Markelov_Baburova_Murders/1871203.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:13:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Two_Arrests_Made_In_Moscow_For_Markelov_Baburova_Murders/1871203.html#relatedInfoContainer Kyrgyz journalist Kubanychbek Joldoshev says an attack that left him hospitalized with a concussion was politically motivated, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Beaten_Kyrgyz_Journalist_Recounts_Brutal_Attack_Against_Him/1870052.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Beaten_Kyrgyz_Journalist_Recounts_Brutal_Attack_Against_Him/1870052.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:32:22 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Beaten_Kyrgyz_Journalist_Recounts_Brutal_Attack_Against_Him/1870052.html#relatedInfoContainer The whereabouts of a Kazakh asylum seeker deported from the Czech Republic to Almaty remains unknown, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Deported_Kazakh_Asylum_Seeker_Still_Missing/1869164.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Deported_Kazakh_Asylum_Seeker_Still_Missing/1869164.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:33:03 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Deported_Kazakh_Asylum_Seeker_Still_Missing/1869164.html#relatedInfoContainer Veteran Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva will be awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Prominent_Russian_Rights_Activist_Receives_German_Award/1869281.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Prominent_Russian_Rights_Activist_Receives_German_Award/1869281.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:16:26 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Prominent_Russian_Rights_Activist_Receives_German_Award/1869281.html#relatedInfoContainer British Foreign Minister David Miliband met with human rights activists in Moscow today, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Britains_Miliband_Meets_With_Russian_Rights_Activists/1867691.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Britains_Miliband_Meets_With_Russian_Rights_Activists/1867691.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Britains_Miliband_Meets_With_Russian_Rights_Activists/1867691.html#relatedInfoContainer Kyrgyz journalist Kubanychbek Joldoshev was beaten by unknown assailants and hospitalized in Osh on November 2, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Journalist_Recovering_After_Being_Beaten_In_Osh/1867497.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Journalist_Recovering_After_Being_Beaten_In_Osh/1867497.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:36:35 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Journalist_Recovering_After_Being_Beaten_In_Osh/1867497.html#relatedInfoContainer A U.S. official has called on Kazakhstan to fulfill its obligations before it assumes the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Official_Calls_On_Kazakhstan_To_Adhere_To_OSCE_Pledges/1866513.html http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Official_Calls_On_Kazakhstan_To_Adhere_To_OSCE_Pledges/1866513.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:53:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Official_Calls_On_Kazakhstan_To_Adhere_To_OSCE_Pledges/1866513.html#relatedInfoContainer Prominent Turkmen environmental activist Andrei Zatoka has been sentenced to five years in prison for hooliganism, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Turkmen_Environmental_Activist_Given_FiveYear_Jail_Term/1864506.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Turkmen_Environmental_Activist_Given_FiveYear_Jail_Term/1864506.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:14:37 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Turkmen_Environmental_Activist_Given_FiveYear_Jail_Term/1864506.html#relatedInfoContainer The international Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has called on the country's judiciary to release blogger Hossein Derakhshan, who was arrested a year ago. http://www.rferl.org/content/Calls_For_Irans_Blogfather_To_Be_Released_From_Prison/1864497.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Calls_For_Irans_Blogfather_To_Be_Released_From_Prison/1864497.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:46:52 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Calls_For_Irans_Blogfather_To_Be_Released_From_Prison/1864497.html#relatedInfoContainer An Iranian journalist and political activist detained after the Islamic republic's disputed election in June has gone on hunger strike, a reformist website has reported. http://www.rferl.org/content/Detained_Iranian_Journalist_On_Hunger_Strike/1864458.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Detained_Iranian_Journalist_On_Hunger_Strike/1864458.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:08:03 +0000 News Leading Kazakh human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis has been transferred from Almaty to a labor camp in northeastern Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Rights_Activist_Sent_To_Remote_Labor_Camp/1863547.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Rights_Activist_Sent_To_Remote_Labor_Camp/1863547.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:47:59 +0000 From Our Bureaus Student protests against the regime of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad continue. A protest was held today by students at the Islamic Azad University in southern Tehran. Reports say more than 1,000 students participated. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tehran_University_Students_Continue_Antigovernment_Protests/1862536.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tehran_University_Students_Continue_Antigovernment_Protests/1862536.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:53:55 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Tehran_University_Students_Continue_Antigovernment_Protests/1862536.html#relatedInfoContainer The government in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of those who assassinated Ingush opposition leader Maksharip Aushev, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Reward_Offered_For_Information_About_Slain_Ingush_Activist/1862443.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Reward_Offered_For_Information_About_Slain_Ingush_Activist/1862443.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:53:22 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Reward_Offered_For_Information_About_Slain_Ingush_Activist/1862443.html#relatedInfoContainer Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry says that a second suspect is being sought in the 2007 murder of independent journalist Alisher Saipov, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Police_Seeking_Second_Suspect_In_Journalists_Killing/1861617.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Police_Seeking_Second_Suspect_In_Journalists_Killing/1861617.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:11:35 +0000 From Our Bureaus Maksharip Aushev was buried today. Some 3,000 mourners gathered in the drizzle outside Nazran, Ingushetia's largest city, to say goodbye to the opposition campaigner. http://www.rferl.org/content/Rights_Campaigner_Gunned_Down_In_Ingushetia/1861295.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Rights_Campaigner_Gunned_Down_In_Ingushetia/1861295.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:41:41 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/Rights_Campaigner_Gunned_Down_In_Ingushetia/1861295.html#relatedInfoContainer