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Russia – Convictions of ultra-nationalists for murdering lawyer and journalist a victory for justice, say IFEX members
Two ultra-nationalists have been convicted and sentenced to long prison terms for the January 2009 double murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and “Novaya Gazeta” trainee reporter Anastasia Baburova – a landmark victory against impunity in Russia, say the Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF), the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES) and other IFEX members.
Free Media Online Director Mario Corti Says Medvedev Must Still Prove He Can Implement His Reform Agenda
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, May 7, 2011-- In an interview for RIA Novosti Valdai Discussion Club, Free
The 10 Tools of Online Oppressors
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school
Russia – Do guilty verdicts in double murder mark beginning of end for impunity?
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders welcomes the guilty verdicts that a Moscow court has handed down in the trial of two ultra-nationalist activists
Broadcasting Board of Governors Internet Strategy Downplays Human Rights Reporting
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, April 6, 2011-- An independent outside expert evaluation of the Voice of America (VOA) Russian news website content,
Free Media Online Director Mario Corti Discusses Human Rights Situation in Russia
The Valdai Club interview with Free Media Online Director Mario Corti on the human rights situation in Russia.
BBG’s Internet Only Strategy Loses Audience and Fails in Russia
TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, March 2, 2011 -- In this series of analyses for Free Media Online (FreeMediaOnline.org) -- U.S. International Broadcasting in Crisis-- Ted
European Commission must press Russia on impunity
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, February 23, 2011--In advance of key meetings on Thursday between the European Commission and Russian Prime Minister
Voice of America Website Hacked by Islamists; Critic of Government Mismanagement Warns About Obama Administration’s Retreat in Providing Uncensored News to China
FreeMediaOnline.orgTruckee, CA, USA, February 21, 2011 -- As reported by PiratesWeek and Kim Andrew Elliott, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)
Georgians in Gali
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
Russia – Guardian reporter allowed to return
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Luke Harding , correspondent of the British daily The Guardian who was deported from Russia on 5 February, returned to his
Attacks on the Press 2010: Russia
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
Top Developments• Some progress in journalist murder probes, but attacks continue with impunity.
• FSB given broad detention
Yuriy Handler 1936-2011 – Soviet Dissident, Former Director of Radio Liberty’s Russian Service
Remembering A Mentor by Mario Corti No one has told Yuriy Handler's story better than his daughter, best-selling American novelist Paullina Simons.
When I was 9 years old my
Reagan is Out, Obama is In – U.S. Embassies in Central and Eastern Europe Ignore 100 Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birthday
TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, February 08, 2011 -- One would think that the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birthday could be a perfect public diplomacy theme for












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