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Russia – Draft electoral law provision threatens freedom of expression

If passed, the draft law would mean that media outlets would be under constant threat of closure for any of their publications that is labelled as “pre-election agitation”.

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Russia – Human Rights Watch calls for an end to intimidation of activists, media as election nears

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: In the lead-up to the March 4, 2012 presidential vote, authorities have harassed a major election-monitoring nongovernmental organization, directly and indirectly interfered

Kazakhstan – Make rights key to good relations, says Human Rights Watch

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The rights organisation is concerned about the violent crackdown on protesters and online censorship that occurred following a strike in the oil-rich

Kazakhstan – Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed

Russia – Independent newspaper suspends publication in response to pressure

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: According to the general director of "Moi Gorod-Kostroma", the paper was subjected to various inspections while its staff was repeatedly detained by

RSF releases press freedom index for 2011/2012

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Arab world was the motor of history in 2011 but the Arab uprisings have had contrasting political outcomes so far, with

Russia – Free expression activist gunned down on Memorial Day for slain journalists

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: On 15 December - a day to commemorate assassinated journalists in Russia - a newspaper publisher and free expression activist was shot

Russia – Meeting highlights common challenges faced by journalists, civil society activists

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: ARTICLE 19 and the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) held their first one-day meeting to share experiences of addressing violence against journalists,

Ukraine – Former president must be prosecuted in Gongadze murder, says CPJ

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A court ruling to scrap the case after former president Leonid Kuchma for allegedly ordering journalist Georgy Gongadze's murder is a blow

Russia – Global journalists’ community joins IFJ to mark memorial day for dead colleagues

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: As the Russian Union of Journalists prepares to host its annual commemoration of journalists who have died in the course of their

Russia – Terror, threats and corruption: report of RSF fact-finding visit to Russian Caucasus

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: RSF representatives visited Chechnya and Dagestan from 9 to 13 September 2011, meeting with journalists, government officials and human rights activists.

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Russia – Five years after Politkovskaya’s assassination, impunity still reigns — IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: With the five-year anniversary of the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya on 7 October, the recent arrest of the alleged gunmen

Russia – Southern Urals media community concerned over dismissal of editors

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Some journalists believe the purpose of the dismissals was to appoint persons loyal to the current administration prior to upcoming state Duma

Kazakhstan – Authorities harass independent online TV station, close studio — IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Harassment of Stan TV and the independent news agency Namystan intensified after they covered an unprecedented strike by oil workers in the

Tajikistan – Journalist faces 16 years in jail if convicted on defamation charges

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: CPJ condemns the ongoing imprisonment of journalist Makhmadyusuf Ismoilov and is dismayed by prosecutors' call for a hefty prison term on defamation

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