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Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):   A year on from his inauguration, the foreign policy commentariat is assessing President Barack Obama’s record, not

FreeMediaOnline.org and GovoritAmerika.us republished this European Parliament press release to underscore the point that the Obama Administration has not protested the Russian police action and has been mostly

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Five months ago the human rights community in Russia and beyond lost a friend and colleague, Natalya Estemirova, Memorial's lead researcher

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (New York) - Many governments' policies toward migrants worldwide expose them to human rights abuses including labor exploitation, inadequate access to

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A Russian journalist allegedly committed suicide by falling out of a 14th-floor window to her death on 16 November in Kaliningrad. But outraged

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (November 30, 2009) - Uzbek political opposition leader Sanjar Umarov's release from prison earlier this month is a positive development, but

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (New York) - The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately release the human rights activists Bakhrom Hamroev and Izzatilla Rakhmatillaev and allow them

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) - European leaders should use the upcoming EU-Russia summit to convey alarm over deteriorating human rights in Russia and to

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Media groups are calling for an end to war propaganda and concrete actions to promote dialogue and confidence between Russian and Georgian journalists.

Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — A member of the Russian parliament has criticized Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski for his comments during his visit this week to Washington, but

Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — Mirroring the Obama Administration’s diminished interest in Eastern Europe and unwillingness to challenge Russia’s aggressive foreign policy in the region, mainstream U.S. media

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Journalist Elena Milashina continues to document abuses at the hands of the Russian government -- even though several of her colleagues

(Moscow) - Russian authorities should immediately drop criminal libel charges against Oleg Orlov, the prominent activist who heads Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch said today. The