Free Media Online » human rights http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog Supporting free media worldwide Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Russia: rights deteriorating despite reset? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/19/russia-rights-deteriorating-despite-reset/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/19/russia-rights-deteriorating-despite-reset/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:24:22 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/19/russia-rights-deteriorating-despite-reset/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): “At a time when democracy remains threatened or in retreat throughout the former Soviet empire, with Russia leading the anti-democracy movement, it’s worth examining the connection between reset and democracy,” writes Fred Hiatt.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/16/russia-human-rights-groups-call-for-justice-on-anniversary-of-estemirovas-murder/feed/ 0 Russia: investors deterred by no rule of law http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/russia-investors-deterred-by-no-rule-of-law/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/russia-investors-deterred-by-no-rule-of-law/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:09:47 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/russia-investors-deterred-by-no-rule-of-law/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s leading democratic leaders and thinkers convened again last week for the sixth annual Khodorkovsky Reading, a seminar organized by the Information Science for Democracy (INDEM) think tank and the Memorial human rights group, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy. Few emerged impressed with President Dmitry Medvedev’s plans to modernize the country.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/russia-investors-deterred-by-no-rule-of-law/feed/ 0 Journalist on trial over article about Greek volunteers’ role in Bosnian massacre http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/journalist-on-trial-over-article-about-greek-volunteers-role-in-bosnian-massacre/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/journalist-on-trial-over-article-about-greek-volunteers-role-in-bosnian-massacre/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:09:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/journalist-on-trial-over-article-about-greek-volunteers-role-in-bosnian-massacre/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A criminal complaint was filed against journalist Takis Michas in July 2009.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/14/journalist-on-trial-over-article-about-greek-volunteers-role-in-bosnian-massacre/feed/ 0 NED grantee may be forced to quit Chechnya http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/09/ned-grantee-may-be-forced-to-quit-chechnya/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/09/ned-grantee-may-be-forced-to-quit-chechnya/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:32:46 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/09/ned-grantee-may-be-forced-to-quit-chechnya/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The head of one of Russia’s leading human rights groups has announced that it may be forced to end its operations in Chechnya after President Ramzan Kadyrov threatened its employees. Oleg Orlov the head of Memorial, fears that the group may be forced to leave after Kadyrov called its employees “enemies of the people, enemies of

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/09/ned-grantee-may-be-forced-to-quit-chechnya/feed/ 0 Kyrgyzstan: International Investigation Planned http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/07/kyrgyzstan-international-investigation-planned/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/07/kyrgyzstan-international-investigation-planned/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:04:11 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/07/kyrgyzstan-international-investigation-planned/ Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Osh) – A planned independent international commission of inquiry into the recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan should investigate all aspects of the violence, including the role of government forces, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/07/07/kyrgyzstan-international-investigation-planned/feed/ 0 Need to restate the case for advancing democracy, transatlantic forum told http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/30/need-to-restate-the-case-for-advancing-democracy-transatlantic-forum-told/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/30/need-to-restate-the-case-for-advancing-democracy-transatlantic-forum-told/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:18:54 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/30/need-to-restate-the-case-for-advancing-democracy-transatlantic-forum-told/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The Obama administration will use this week’s meeting of the Community of Democracies to shine a light on the backlash against democracy and growing threats to civil society. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be “trying to reenergize” the organization, Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said yesterday

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/30/need-to-restate-the-case-for-advancing-democracy-transatlantic-forum-told/feed/ 0 Medvedev’s US visit: seeking Viagra for authoritarian system? http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/medvedev%e2%80%99s-us-visit-seeking-viagra-for-authoritarian-system/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/medvedev%e2%80%99s-us-visit-seeking-viagra-for-authoritarian-system/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:06:40 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/medvedev%e2%80%99s-us-visit-seeking-viagra-for-authoritarian-system/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): President Dmitri Medvedev’s visit is partly designed to attract investment in a country rife with corruption, wary of innovation and, despite his strictures, yet to nurture genuine rule of law.  Would-be investors will need to be persuaded that they will not suffer the fate of an earlier generation of Western venture capitalists whose fortunes have fallen

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/medvedev%e2%80%99s-us-visit-seeking-viagra-for-authoritarian-system/feed/ 0 Reviewing the reset with Russia http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/reviewing-the-reset-with-russia/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/reviewing-the-reset-with-russia/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:49:20 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/23/reviewing-the-reset-with-russia/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Analysts are using the occasion of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s arrival in the United States today to reconsider the Obama administration’s reset of relations with Moscow. Russian officials are reportedly pleased that Washington “scolds Russia less often on human rights and democracy,” but some observers criticize the Obama administration for making too many concessions without reaping

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/06/21/russia-investigate-beating-of-human-rights-lawyer-2/feed/ 0 Zhovtis case raises ’serious questions’ about OSCE chair http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/21/zhovtis-case-raises-%e2%80%99serious-questions%e2%80%99-about-osce-chair/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/21/zhovtis-case-raises-%e2%80%99serious-questions%e2%80%99-about-osce-chair/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 20:51:12 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/21/zhovtis-case-raises-%e2%80%99serious-questions%e2%80%99-about-osce-chair/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The onus is on Kazakh’s government to reach a just conclusion to the case of a prominent human rights defender, a European parliamentarian said today. His report will give cause for concern to member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as they prepare for its forthcoming summit. Matteo Mecacci, rapporteur of the OSCE

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/21/zhovtis-case-raises-%e2%80%99serious-questions%e2%80%99-about-osce-chair/feed/ 0 Russia: Reverse Conviction of Human Rights Defender http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/russia-reverse-conviction-of-human-rights-defender/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/russia-reverse-conviction-of-human-rights-defender/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 01:09:24 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/russia-reverse-conviction-of-human-rights-defender/ Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – (Moscow) – The Russian authorities should free the human rights defender Aleksei Sokolov and carry out an independent and effective investigation into the miscarriage of justice that led to his incarceration, Human Rights Watch said today.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/russia-reverse-conviction-of-human-rights-defender/feed/ 0 Address to President Medvedev Regarding the Human Rights Situation in the North Caucasus http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/address-to-president-medvedev-regarding-the-human-rights-situation-in-the-north-caucasus/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/address-to-president-medvedev-regarding-the-human-rights-situation-in-the-north-caucasus/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 13:09:50 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/address-to-president-medvedev-regarding-the-human-rights-situation-in-the-north-caucasus/ Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) – Dear Mr. President, Human Rights Watch wholeheartedly welcomes your initiative to meet with the Presidential Civil Society Council and independent experts to discuss pressing human rights issues in the North Caucasus

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/19/address-to-president-medvedev-regarding-the-human-rights-situation-in-the-north-caucasus/feed/ 0 Zhovtis case shows Kazakh institutions’ failure to deliver http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/14/zhovtis-case-shows-kazakh-institutions%e2%80%99-failure-to-deliver/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/14/zhovtis-case-shows-kazakh-institutions%e2%80%99-failure-to-deliver/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 22:23:25 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/14/zhovtis-case-shows-kazakh-institutions%e2%80%99-failure-to-deliver/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A senior OSCE parliamentarian has met with imprisoned human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis at a prison colony in Ust-Kamenogorsk. The Kazakh government has reportedly blocked details of the visit from appearing on the website of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which it currently chairs

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/14/zhovtis-case-shows-kazakh-institutions%e2%80%99-failure-to-deliver/feed/ 0 Cuba: artists demand solidarity with the people, not complicity with regime http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/13/cuba-artists-demand-solidarity-with-the-people-not-complicity-with-regime/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/13/cuba-artists-demand-solidarity-with-the-people-not-complicity-with-regime/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 18:37:13 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/13/cuba-artists-demand-solidarity-with-the-people-not-complicity-with-regime/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A group of Spanish-speaking artists and intellectuals, including Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar, have launched a new campaign for democracy in Cuba. The initiative is timed to coincide with this week’s European Union-Latin America summit in Madrid which will discuss EU-Cuban relations. Signatories to the pro-democracy manifesto demand that Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero end his

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/13/cuba-artists-demand-solidarity-with-the-people-not-complicity-with-regime/feed/ 0 Human trafficking: a case for partnering and prioritizing http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/12/human-trafficking-a-case-for-partnering-and-prioritizing/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/12/human-trafficking-a-case-for-partnering-and-prioritizing/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 17:38:20 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/12/human-trafficking-a-case-for-partnering-and-prioritizing/ National Endowment for Democracy LogoDemocracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The fight against human trafficking confirms the adage that nothing good happens without a struggle, a Washington meeting heard this morning. The complexity and scale of the challenge requires multi-stakeholder partnerships of government, civil society, labor unions and the private sector, and victim-focused responses that mobilize and target public resources. Some 12.3 million adults and children

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/12/human-trafficking-a-case-for-partnering-and-prioritizing/feed/ 0 VOA launches Digital Frontiers web project http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/06/voa-launches-digital-frontiers-web-project/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/06/voa-launches-digital-frontiers-web-project/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 20:07:49 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/?p=3444 FreeMediaOnline.org Logo. FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog, May 06, 2010, San Francisco — Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott reported the launch of a new Voice of America digital freedom web page. Dr. Elliott is an employee the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which manages VOA. He edits his own international media news website, Kim Andrew Elliott on International Broadcasting, which he claims is not connected with the BBG.

On its lauch day, Voice of America Digital Frontiers has posted a link to FreeMediaOnline.org report Voice of America Russian Service LiveJournal Website Under Porn Attack with the following comment: “just in time for Digital Frontiers to launch? Yipes!”

FreeMediaOnline.org has been critical of the BBG’s decisions to terminate VOA radio and TV services and to steer funding to private Internet contractors who have made VOA websites more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Voice of America Russian Service radio broadcasts were silenced by the BBG just 12 days before the Russian military attack on Georgia in August 2008.

At the time, BBG officials claimed that VOA Russian Service will be able to reach a vast Internet audience in Russia. But the number of visitors to VOA Russian Service website has been in low thousands and its total audience reach in Russia has dramatically declined since the BBG’s decision to stop most VOA Russian-language radio and TV broadcasts.

The BBG and VOA executives ignored warnings that their Internet-only strategy undermines the potential impact of US-funded international broadcasting as a tool in defense of freedom of expression in countries like Russia and exposes the Voice of America to crippling cyber attacks. VOA’s main websites were successfully hacked and out of commission for at least two days during President Obama’s first official visit to Moscow. BBG executives were also responsible for the decision to place the VOA Russian Service Blog on the LiveJournal platform

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Digital Frontiers is a new VOA web section, with video introduction by VOA director Dan Austin, that deals with things digital, cyber, virtual, mobile, etc., including the censorship and efforts to overcome the censorship of digital content. The hard launch is today, 6 May, but as of this typing there still is no link to the site from the voanews.com home page. The short URL is www.voanews.com/digitalfrontiers.

VOA press release, 5 May 2010: “VOA Director Danforth Austin says, ‘We hope to make Digital Frontiers a global resource for those interested in online freedom and to expand this online project into broadcasts, seminars and other outreach.’ ‘Wherever you live, you have something to teach the world,’ Austin says, and ‘with ‘Digital Frontiers’ we’ll tell your story, and share it with the world.’”

]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/06/voa-launches-digital-frontiers-web-project/feed/ 0 Journalist sues Council of Ministers over refusal to disclose information http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/journalist-sues-council-of-ministers-over-refusal-to-disclose-information/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/journalist-sues-council-of-ministers-over-refusal-to-disclose-information/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:10:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/journalist-sues-council-of-ministers-over-refusal-to-disclose-information/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Ministers had previously refused to provide information on expenses during trips abroad by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/journalist-sues-council-of-ministers-over-refusal-to-disclose-information/feed/ 0 Authorities replace owners as greatest threat to media in 2010, says IMI http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/authorities-replace-owners-as-greatest-threat-to-media-in-2010-says-imi/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/authorities-replace-owners-as-greatest-threat-to-media-in-2010-says-imi/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:32:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/authorities-replace-owners-as-greatest-threat-to-media-in-2010-says-imi/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Such was the conclusion arrived at by several experts at a round table entitled: “From Mass Media 2009 to Mass Media 2010: Chronic Diseases and New Epidemics”.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/21/authorities-replace-owners-as-greatest-threat-to-media-in-2010-says-imi/feed/ 0 One-month publishing ban imposed on "Yürüyüş" magazine http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/16/one-month-publishing-ban-imposed-on-yuruyus-magazine/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/16/one-month-publishing-ban-imposed-on-yuruyus-magazine/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:44:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/16/one-month-publishing-ban-imposed-on-yuruyus-magazine/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The magazine was banned after it published an article about a 1972 massacre in the village of Kızıldere.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/16/one-month-publishing-ban-imposed-on-yuruyus-magazine/feed/ 0 Authorities clamp down on protesters in first election-related demonstration http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/authorities-clamp-down-on-protesters-in-first-election-related-demonstration/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/authorities-clamp-down-on-protesters-in-first-election-related-demonstration/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:46:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/authorities-clamp-down-on-protesters-in-first-election-related-demonstration/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Government officials forced demonstrators into vans and buses, clamping their hands over the protesters’ mouths as they shouted slogans for freedom, equality and free elections.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/authorities-clamp-down-on-protesters-in-first-election-related-demonstration/feed/ 0 Police try to search Moscow weekly’s offices for information on sources http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/police-try-to-search-moscow-weeklys-offices-for-information-on-sources/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/police-try-to-search-moscow-weeklys-offices-for-information-on-sources/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:24:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/police-try-to-search-moscow-weeklys-offices-for-information-on-sources/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The search relates to a libel action over a story in “New Times” about alleged corrupt practices within an elite unit.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/police-try-to-search-moscow-weeklys-offices-for-information-on-sources/feed/ 0 Provincial journalist who was the victim of a beating may have been targeted for his work http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/provincial-journalist-who-was-the-victim-of-a-beating-may-have-been-targeted-for-his-work/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/provincial-journalist-who-was-the-victim-of-a-beating-may-have-been-targeted-for-his-work/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:56:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/provincial-journalist-who-was-the-victim-of-a-beating-may-have-been-targeted-for-his-work/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: “‘Provincial Chronicles’ is an analytical programme which deals with serious issues and it is quite possible that some people may not like that,” said Boris Braguinskiy.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/provincial-journalist-who-was-the-victim-of-a-beating-may-have-been-targeted-for-his-work/feed/ 0 Journalist arrested, charged with treachery http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/journalist-arrested-charged-with-treachery/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/journalist-arrested-charged-with-treachery/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:45:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/journalist-arrested-charged-with-treachery/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Well-known journalist Ernest Vardanian was arrested in front of his house by secret service agents.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/15/journalist-arrested-charged-with-treachery/feed/ 0 Kurdish newspaper suspended for one month http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/kurdish-newspaper-suspended-for-one-month/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/kurdish-newspaper-suspended-for-one-month/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:59:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/kurdish-newspaper-suspended-for-one-month/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The “Azadiya Welat” daily, which is published in Turkey, has faced several publication bans in the past.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/kurdish-newspaper-suspended-for-one-month/feed/ 0 UN body finds rights record abysmal http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/un-body-finds-rights-record-abysmal/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/un-body-finds-rights-record-abysmal/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:07:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/un-body-finds-rights-record-abysmal/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The UN Human Rights Committee has called for urgent steps to rectify human rights violations.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/04/01/un-body-finds-rights-record-abysmal/feed/ 0 Independent newspaper punished with draconian fine http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/31/independent-newspaper-punished-with-draconian-fine/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/31/independent-newspaper-punished-with-draconian-fine/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:05:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/31/independent-newspaper-punished-with-draconian-fine/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A Kazakh newspaper routinely harassed for its coverage of government policies, human rights abuses and corruption has been fined US$400,000 and handed a distribution ban, report the Almaty-based Adil Soz – International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/31/independent-newspaper-punished-with-draconian-fine/feed/ 0 Internet providers block independent news sites http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/25/internet-providers-block-independent-news-sites/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/25/internet-providers-block-independent-news-sites/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:33:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/25/internet-providers-block-independent-news-sites/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Thirteen Kyrgyz media organisations call the blocking of independent news sources a “coordinated attempt to deprive Kyrgyz citizens of information.”

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/25/internet-providers-block-independent-news-sites/feed/ 0 Dissident editor freed; other journalists and bloggers remain behind bars http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/24/dissident-editor-freed-other-journalists-and-bloggers-remain-behind-bars/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/24/dissident-editor-freed-other-journalists-and-bloggers-remain-behind-bars/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:58:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/24/dissident-editor-freed-other-journalists-and-bloggers-remain-behind-bars/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: An Azerbaijani editor imprisoned for his critical journalism was released on 18 March after serving more than half of a four-year term, report the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). But another journalist and two bloggers remain in detention, simply for expressing themselves and challenging the government.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/24/dissident-editor-freed-other-journalists-and-bloggers-remain-behind-bars/feed/ 0 Police raid news offices in defamation probe http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/police-raid-news-offices-in-defamation-probe/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/police-raid-news-offices-in-defamation-probe/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/police-raid-news-offices-in-defamation-probe/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Minsk police raided the offices of the independent news site Charter 97, the independent newspaper “Narodnaya Volya”, and the home office of reporter Irina Khalip.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/police-raid-news-offices-in-defamation-probe/feed/ 0 Journalist and chair of human rights foundation on trial http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalist-and-chair-of-human-rights-foundation-on-trial/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalist-and-chair-of-human-rights-foundation-on-trial/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:07:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalist-and-chair-of-human-rights-foundation-on-trial/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Professor Sebnem Fincanci and journalist Baris Yarkadas are facing prison sentences for criticising the head of a committee at the Forensic Medicine Institute.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalist-and-chair-of-human-rights-foundation-on-trial/feed/ 0 Journalist’s car set on fire in Doboj http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalists-car-set-on-fire-in-doboj/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalists-car-set-on-fire-in-doboj/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:02:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalists-car-set-on-fire-in-doboj/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Rade Tesic from “Euroblic” recently wrote about a number of topics that have provoked some fierce reactions.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/journalists-car-set-on-fire-in-doboj/feed/ 0 Publisher acquitted, still faces 12 trials http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/publisher-acquitted-still-faces-12-trials/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/publisher-acquitted-still-faces-12-trials/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:40:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/publisher-acquitted-still-faces-12-trials/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Istanbul court concluded that Fatih Taş did not commit the criminal offence of “spreading PKK propaganda”.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/19/publisher-acquitted-still-faces-12-trials/feed/ 0 Theatre director faces prison sentence of two years and eight months http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/17/theatre-director-faces-prison-sentence-of-two-years-and-eight-months/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/17/theatre-director-faces-prison-sentence-of-two-years-and-eight-months/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:41:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/17/theatre-director-faces-prison-sentence-of-two-years-and-eight-months/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Haldun Açıksözlu has been charged with “insulting the prime minister” in his play “Laz Marks”.

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]]> http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/17/theatre-director-faces-prison-sentence-of-two-years-and-eight-months/feed/ 0 Appeals court upholds sentences against two bloggers http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/16/appeals-court-upholds-sentences-against-two-bloggers/ http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/16/appeals-court-upholds-sentences-against-two-bloggers/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Free Media Online http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/03/16/appeals-court-upholds-sentences-against-two-bloggers/ IFEX International Freedom of Expression eXchange International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Although Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade were convicted of “hooliganism”, it is widely believed their sentences are punishment for blogging about government corruption and free expression.

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