As one of the most recognizable personalities on Russian television, Vladimir Pozner is no stranger to the spotlight. But the 78-year-old veteran journalist found himself in the midst of a controversy last month after lambasting the state of justice in the country during his popular show on state-controlled Channel One. He speaks with RFE/RL's Richard Solash.
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Vladimir Putin's meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to mark the Russian leader's return to active political life after more than a month of canceled trips and appearances. But will it silence speculation about what was keeping the publicity-savvy president out for so long?
The arrests this week of a dozen or so Georgian Interior Ministry officials on charges ranging from torture to abuse of office have severely strained the country's first-ever peaceful transition of political power through elections.
Iran's parliament is set to consider a draft law that would require single women up to the age of 40 to receive permission from their father or male guardian in order to obtain a passport and travel abroad. The proposal comes at a time when the Islamic regime is seeking to roll back women's rights on a number of fronts.
China is changing its leadership at a time when the old economic model that produced double-digit growth has run into big problems.
The sex scandal surrounding former CIA chief General David Petraeus has been at the center of a media frenzy in the United States. But in Afghanistan, where a fierce anti-U.S. backlash might have been expected, the reaction has been distinctly muted.
A campaign to fight prejudice against French Muslims has been rejected in Paris because its content has been deemed overly "political" and "religious."
The PEN International nongovernmental organization currently lists seven jailed writers in Azerbaijan. Hilal Mamedov, a journalist and activist for the ethnic Talysh minority, is among them, and could face more than a decade in prison.
As the London-based NGO PEN International marks its annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer on November 15, it has highlighted the cases of five Kazakh journalists.
Prominent journalist and activist Isa Saharkhiz, 59, is one of dozens of Iranian writers currently being held in the country's notorious prisons. He has complained of brutal treatment and has often been denied access to medical care. In addition to jailing him, the authorities have banned him from writing or participating in politics for five years after he serves his sentence.
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