All posts tagged human rights

Freedom House: Freedom House today expresses its outrage at the arrest of former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and calls for her immediate release.

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - 12.09.2011-Two journalists freed but a dozen netizens and journalists arrested Two journalists have been released in the past week but a

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A Sughd provincial court ordered Makhmadyusuf Ismoilov detained for the duration of the investigation, but there are continuing doubts about the court's

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The severe beating of members of journalist Idrak Abbasov 's family and the partial destruction of their home in a Baku

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Digital social media played a vital role in shaping the political agenda of the Arab Spring, newly-released research suggests.

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A veteran of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests has been jailed on charges of "creating a disturbance".   The

Shortly before which wars/uprisings/major crises did BBG executives proposed or implemented broadcasting cuts to the affected countries. Please vote on USGBroadcasts.com website and check it for answers. The Jasmine

Update: this is how VOA Chinese website may look like if BBG executives succeed in ending VOA broadcasts to China, fire experienced journalists and implement their favorite

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Yafez Hasanov was abducted on 31 August by three unidentified men who drove him to the Iranian border and told him to

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Reports that the international community is failing to support democratic transitions emerging from the Arab Spring are raising

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): "While President [Dmitri] Medvedev (left) talks the talk, he has wasted a unique opportunity to contribute to Russia’s

by Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China I remember an afternoon forty years ago. My father furiously slapped my uncle. The argument was behind closed doors and hushed. I couldn't make

VOA Cannot Retreat from China by Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China I remember an afternoon forty years ago. My father furiously slapped my uncle. The argument was behind closed doors and

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, August 5, 2011 -- In a report about Congressional criticism of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Fox