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Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The trial of two people accused of the murder of Stanislav Markelov , a human rights lawyer specialised in Chechnya, and

En ce moment, il n’y a plus de pilote dans l’avion. [At the moment, there is no longer a pilot on the plane.] — A European comment on

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):

TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, December 28, 2010 — I wrote earlier about unbalanced coverage by the Voice of America English Service of the START treaty debate

Freedom House: Freedom House today condemned the finding of a Moscow court that Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were guilty of charges that either duplicate

Update: America.gov restored Ted Lipien's comment.

TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, December 27, 2010 — On the day the U.S. Senate voted to approve the new arms reduction treaty

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, December 19, 2010 -- In their eagerness to promote the Obama Administration policies to overseas audiences, the Voice

Freedom House: Freedom House today renewed its deep concern about the fairness and impartiality of the pending court decision in the case of former Yukos head, Mikhail

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) - The Russian authorities should immediately investigate the beating of the human rights defender Bakhrom Hamroev and take action against

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Investigations into the murders of Valery Ivanov and Aleksei Sidorov, editors of the "Tolyattinskoye Obozreniye" newspaper, have repeatedly stalled.

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the blocking, cyber-attacks and political pressure being directed at cablegate.wikileaks.org , the website dedicated to the US

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): It’s been called the twentieth century War and Peace, but Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate has more to

Opinia.US Truckee, CA, November 29, 2010 -- Leaked secret State Department cables may help to resolve the mystery as to why President Obama chose September 17, 2009

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, November 28, 2010 -- Classified and secret U.S. State Department cables released by Wikileaks show  French government