Free Media Online » Human Rights Watch http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog Supporting free media worldwide Sun, 13 May 2012 20:54:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Russia – Human Rights Watch calls for an end to intimidation of activists, media as election nears http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/03/02/russia-human-rights-watch-calls-for-an-end-to-intimidation-of-activists-media-as-election-nears/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/03/02/russia-human-rights-watch-calls-for-an-end-to-intimidation-of-activists-media-as-election-nears/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:44:05 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=14901 IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange 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 with the operation of independent news outlets critical of the government, and harassed and threatened civic activists.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/03/02/russia-human-rights-watch-calls-for-an-end-to-intimidation-of-activists-media-as-election-nears/feed/ 0 Russia: Harassment of Critics http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/03/02/russia-harassment-of-critics/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/03/02/russia-harassment-of-critics/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:41:12 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=14927 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Moscow) – Russian authorities are cracking down on government critics at the same time as they are tolerating large public protests, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/03/02/russia-harassment-of-critics/feed/ 0 Russia – Office of opposition newspaper destroyed in firebomb attack http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/01/31/russia-office-of-opposition-newspaper-destroyed-in-firebomb-attack/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/01/31/russia-office-of-opposition-newspaper-destroyed-in-firebomb-attack/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:40:59 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=14014 Reporters Without Borders Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) – Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the arson attack that ravaged the editorial offices of the weekly Vecherny Krasnokamsk in the Perm region in south-west Russia on 28 January.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2012/01/31/russia-office-of-opposition-newspaper-destroyed-in-firebomb-attack/feed/ 0 Belarus: Drop Charges Against Activist – Human Rights Watch http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/11/01/belarus-drop-charges-against-activist/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/11/01/belarus-drop-charges-against-activist/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:48:21 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=12440 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Belarusian authorities should dismiss criminal charges against a leading human rights defender, Ales Bialiatski, and release him immediately from custody. (Moscow, November 1, 2011) – Belarusian authorities should dismiss criminal charges against a leading human rights defender, Ales Bialiatski, and release him immediately from custody, Human Rights Watch said today

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Azerbaijan: Government Stifling Critics

]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/05/06/azerbaijan-government-stifling-critics/feed/ 0 Georgians in Gali http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/19/georgians-in-gali/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/19/georgians-in-gali/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:32:55 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=8185 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – After almost 19 years since the first exchange of fire in August 1992, the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict remains as far from political resolution as ever.

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Georgians in Gali

]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/19/georgians-in-gali/feed/ 0 What will the Uzbeks say about us in their Tahrir Square? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/15/what-will-the-uzbeks-say-about-us-in-their-tahrir-square/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/15/what-will-the-uzbeks-say-about-us-in-their-tahrir-square/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:38:11 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=8076 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – The dramatic developments in Egypt’s Tahrir square and across the Middle East should make Western policy-makers think twice about the wisdom of long-term, unconditional support for hardened autocracies. I just spent two months in one – Uzbekistan

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/15/what-will-the-uzbeks-say-about-us-in-their-tahrir-square/feed/ 0 Letter to the President of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/08/letter-to-the-president-of-ukraine-viktor-fedorovych-yanukovych/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/08/letter-to-the-president-of-ukraine-viktor-fedorovych-yanukovych/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:15:38 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=7881 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Dear President Yanukovych,

We write to express our deep concern regarding ongoing harassment by state prosecutors and law enforcement targeting substance abuse treatment patients, care providers, and HIV organizations throughout Ukraine.  We urge you to take immediate action to put an end to these tactics, which are seriously compromising national efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS and undermining recent progress in addressing the epidemic in Ukraine.

Ukraine is home to the worst HIV/AIDS epidemic in Europe and one of the fastest-growing epidemics in the world.  In recent weeks there has been a pattern of harassment of HIV organizations and patients receiving opiate substitution treatment that calls into question the new government’s commitment to mounting an effective HIV response. These distressing events actively undermine Ukraine’s new national law on HIV/AIDS, enacted January 15, which identified substitution treatment and needle exchange as essential elements of the country’s national HIV prevention strategy.

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Letter to the President of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych

]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/02/08/letter-to-the-president-of-ukraine-viktor-fedorovych-yanukovych/feed/ 0 Balkans: Greater Commitment Needed on Rights http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/25/balkans-greater-commitment-needed-on-rights/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/25/balkans-greater-commitment-needed-on-rights/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:13:35 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=7727 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Brussels) – Efforts toward European integration for the Western Balkans are hampered by persistent human rights problems, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/25/balkans-greater-commitment-needed-on-rights/feed/ 0 Falling for Empty Talk on Human Rights http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/24/falling-for-empty-talk-on-human-rights/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/24/falling-for-empty-talk-on-human-rights/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:05:35 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/24/falling-for-empty-talk-on-human-rights/ Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) –

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/24/falling-for-empty-talk-on-human-rights/feed/ 0 Russia: Khodorkovsky Sentence Spotlights Unfair Trial http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/01/russia-khodorkovsky-sentence-spotlights-unfair-trial/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/01/russia-khodorkovsky-sentence-spotlights-unfair-trial/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:15:37 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=7380 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (New York) – The criminal sentence imposed on the former Yukos Oil company owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, highlights a politically motivated trial and deep-seated problems with Russia’s justice system, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2011/01/01/russia-khodorkovsky-sentence-spotlights-unfair-trial/feed/ 0 Russia: Investigate Beating of Human Rights Defender http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/10/russia-investigate-beating-of-human-rights-defender/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/10/russia-investigate-beating-of-human-rights-defender/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:50:36 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6820 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Moscow) – The Russian authorities should immediately investigate the beating of the human rights defender Bakhrom Hamroev and take action against those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/10/russia-investigate-beating-of-human-rights-defender/feed/ 0 Kyrgyzstan: Letter to the Kyrgyz Government http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/03/kyrgyzstan-letter-to-the-kyrgyz-government/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/03/kyrgyzstan-letter-to-the-kyrgyz-government/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:59:52 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6676 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Almazbek Atambaev Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek Ul.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/03/kyrgyzstan-letter-to-the-kyrgyz-government/feed/ 0 Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Clinton Should Seek Concrete Rights Actions http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/03/uzbekistankyrgyzstan-clinton-should-seek-concrete-rights-actions/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/03/uzbekistankyrgyzstan-clinton-should-seek-concrete-rights-actions/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:54:21 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6675 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Astana) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should use her impending visits to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to promote concrete human rights improvements, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/12/03/uzbekistankyrgyzstan-clinton-should-seek-concrete-rights-actions/feed/ 0 Russia: Vienna Trial Should Prompt Inquiry http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/15/russia-vienna-trial-should-prompt-inquiry/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/15/russia-vienna-trial-should-prompt-inquiry/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:02:23 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6328 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (New York) ­- The Russian government should closely examine evidence gathered by the Austrian police relating to Chechnya’s leader, Human Rights Watch said today. The evidence suggests that the Kremlin-appointed leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was involved in the fatal attempted kidnapping in 2009 of a Chechen refugee in Vienna, Human Rights Watch said.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/15/russia-vienna-trial-should-prompt-inquiry/feed/ 0 Ukraine: Stop Harassing Rights Group http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/11/ukraine-stop-harassing-rights-group/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/11/ukraine-stop-harassing-rights-group/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:54:56 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6280 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Moscow) – The Ukrainian authorities should immediately return materials and equipment seized from the prominent human rights activist Dmytro Groisman and the organization he leads, and allow the group to resume its lawful human rights activities, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/11/ukraine-stop-harassing-rights-group/feed/ 0 Kyrgyzstan: New Assault in Violence-Ridden Court Case http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/10/kyrgyzstan-new-assault-in-violence-ridden-court-case/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/10/kyrgyzstan-new-assault-in-violence-ridden-court-case/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:09:03 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6231 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (New York) – The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately investigate a new assault on a group of defendants, including a well known human rights defender, and take steps to protect them, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Kyrgyz authorities.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/10/kyrgyzstan-new-assault-in-violence-ridden-court-case/feed/ 0 Letter to the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan regarding Safety of Defendants in Trial http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/10/letter-to-the-prosecutor-general-of-kyrgyzstan-regarding-safety-of-defendants-in-trial/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/10/letter-to-the-prosecutor-general-of-kyrgyzstan-regarding-safety-of-defendants-in-trial/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:06:18 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=6232 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Kubatbek Kalbekovich Baibolov Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan Erkindik 39 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Cc: Interim leader, Roza Otunbaeva Dear Mr. Baibolov,

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/11/10/letter-to-the-prosecutor-general-of-kyrgyzstan-regarding-safety-of-defendants-in-trial/feed/ 0 Human Rights Watch Memorandum for Russia-EU Human Rights Consultations: Fall 2010 | Human Rights Watch http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/10/18/human-rights-watch-memorandum-for-russia-eu-human-rights-consultations-fall-2010-human-rights-watch/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/10/18/human-rights-watch-memorandum-for-russia-eu-human-rights-consultations-fall-2010-human-rights-watch/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:43:52 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=5861 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – In 2010 Russia appeared to improve its standing in the international arena by expanding its cooperation on human rights issues with international institutions and delegations.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/10/18/human-rights-watch-memorandum-for-russia-eu-human-rights-consultations-fall-2010-human-rights-watch/feed/ 0 Statement on Kyrgyzstan at the Human Rights Council | Human Rights Watch (HRW) http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/25/statement-on-kyrgyzstan-at-the-human-rights-council-human-rights-watch-hrw/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/25/statement-on-kyrgyzstan-at-the-human-rights-council-human-rights-watch-hrw/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:55:13 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=5397 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) –

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Statement on Kyrgyzstan at the Human Rights Council

Human Rights Watch (HRW):

The government of Kyrgyzstan deserves credit for participating in the Universal Periodic Review in May 2010 despite the difficult political situation after the political violence and change of government in early April. But since that review the country was shaken by a new, intense wave of violence that has led to massive human rights violations.

]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/25/statement-on-kyrgyzstan-at-the-human-rights-council-human-rights-watch-hrw/feed/ 0 Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Safety, Fair Trial for Rights Defender http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/04/kyrgyzstan-ensure-safety-fair-trial-for-rights-defender/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/04/kyrgyzstan-ensure-safety-fair-trial-for-rights-defender/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:19:38 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=4148 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Update: (September 3, 2010, Bazar-Kurgan) – On September 2, 2010, the trial against Azimjon Askarov and another seven defendants on charges connected to the June violence began in the Bazar-Kurgan District Court. The first hearing in the trial was in Nooken, 10 kilometers from there.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/09/02/defending-lgbt-rights-worldwide-human-rights-watch/feed/ 0 Natasha Estemirova: One Year On http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/21/natasha-estemirova-one-year-on/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/21/natasha-estemirova-one-year-on/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:00:12 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/21/natasha-estemirova-one-year-on/ Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) –

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