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August 26, 2010 · Comments Off

Basij catching them young: Iranian insights from Persian Letters

Iran’s domestic turmoil and Green opposition appears to have moved beyond the mainstream media’s goldfish attention span. But Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty continues to offer insightful reporting on Iran, not least from their blogger, Golnaz Esfandiari, whose latest item examines the new “Family Protection Bill” – a misnomer if ever there was one – that allows

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Journalists routinely slain in deadliest region

August 25, 2010 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Dagestan has become the most dangerous place in Russia for journalists, reports the Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF). In May 2010, the director

Journalist missing; critical media under attack

August 25, 2010 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A Ukrainian journalist who covers corruption, local politics and social injustice has disappeared, report the Kiev-based Institute of Mass Information (IMI), the

Rights groups demand release of Iranian activist

August 25, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The fate of jailed Iranian activist Shiva Nazar Ahari is prompting renewed concern after her lawyer confirmed that

Rights groups demand release of Iranian dissident

August 25, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The fate of jailed Iranian activist Shiva Nazar Ahari is prompting renewed concern after her lawyer confirmed that

Football player assaults newspaper editor

August 25, 2010 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A football player stormed into the "Komanda" newspaper offices, assaulted editor-in-chief Rashad Ergun and damaged office equipment.

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Faustian pact threatens Afghan civil society

August 24, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A fatal compromise at the heart of U.S.

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Russia: Stop Forced Dress Code for Women in Chechnya

August 24, 2010 · Comments Off

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - ( Moscow) - Russia should put an end to local rules forcing women in Chechnya to observe an Islamic dress code,

Supreme Court rejects bloggers’ appeal, prison sentences upheld

August 24, 2010 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Lawyers for bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade plan to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

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Russia Today evokes Soviet yesterday

August 23, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A Kremlin-financed 24-hour cable news station is making inroads in U.S.

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Media organisations express concern over seizure of newspaper’s assets

August 23, 2010 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A criminal case was filed against the "Central Asia Monitor" following the publication of several critical stories.

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‘Chilling’ authoritarian effects of Kremlin’s war on terror

August 23, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s own war on terror is more akin to a domestic civil war and the Kremlin is exploiting

The kind of democracy promotion that rolls off the tongue…….

August 20, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): You thought communism collapsed because of Reagan or Star Wars or the system’s own internal contradictions? Wrong. It

Democracy ‘most urgent’ for China, says communist general

August 20, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): China must either embrace democracy or follow the Soviet Union into the dustbin of history.

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Iraq: a ‘myth’ that U.S. withdrawal leaves behind broken political system?

August 20, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): As the last cohort of U.S. combat troops departs Iraq seven years after the invasion that deposed the

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