All posts tagged human rights

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

New York, October 31, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the imprisonment of two Tibetan writers, one of whom was sentenced

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): By highlighting cultural reform at the end of its annual plenum last week, China’s ruling Communist Party

Top photo: WRIC volunteers visiting Chen Guangchen and family in his village. The banner says "Return Freedom to Chen Guangchen and His Family." This report and the images

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Konstantin Fetisov was badly beaten for his campaign against the construction of an $8 billion Moscow-St. Petersburg

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

Internationally renowned for her work, respected for her courage and still mourned by thousands around the world five years after

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: RSF representatives visited Chechnya and Dagestan from 9 to 13 September 2011, meeting with journalists, government officials and human rights activists.

In a rare move for a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a struggling federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded news and information broadcasts for foreign

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: With the five-year anniversary of the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya on 7 October, the recent arrest of the alleged gunmen

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The Obama administration has pursued “a robust strategy for supporting democratic change and civil society development in Russia,”

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Some journalists believe the purpose of the dismissals was to appoint persons loyal to the current administration prior to upcoming state Duma

BBG Watch is reposting the CUSIB Press Release, which we have just received. It lists the members of the CUSIB's Advisory Board and explains

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - New York, October 7, 2011--Five years after the brutal assassination of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the Committee to Protect

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - In the wake of today's announcement that this year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to Liberian President Ellen Johnson

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): China’s communist authorities have exploited the West's ignorance of Uyghurs’ history and culture to project their struggle for