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Russia – Government eager to use Net surveillance software currently in test phase — RSF

Reporters Without Borders condemns plans by Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal supervisory agency for communications, information technology and mass media, to use search software to track down “extremist” content on the Internet. The agency is currently testing the software and intends to start using it in December. When Roskomnadzor’s software, using very vague criteria, decides that a website has “extremist” content, the site will be given three days to remove it

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Tibetan writers imprisoned in China — CPJ

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

China’s moral crisis: from Maoism to Daoism? — NED

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

WRIC volunteers visiting Chen Guangchen and family in his village  The banner says Return Freedom to Chen Guangchen and His Family

Disabled Activists Visit Chen Guangchen; Blocked by Government

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

Why Russia’s democrats need West’s support — NED

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

Blog: A personal side to Anna Politkovskaya’s legacy — CPJ

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

Russia – Terror, threats and corruption: report of RSF fact-finding visit to Russian Caucasus

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.

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BBG Governor Amb. Victor Ashe Raises Employee Morale Issues

BBG’s Victor Ashe raises employee morale issues

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

Russia – Five years after Politkovskaya’s assassination, impunity still reigns — IFEX

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

US ‘must do more’ to promote Russian democracy — NED

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,”

Russia – Southern Urals media community concerned over dismissal of editors

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

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Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Announces Advisory Board — CUSIB Press Release

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

Justice still pending in Politkovskaya murder case — CPJ

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

China – Liu Xiaobo, last year’s Nobel peace laureate, still in prison — RSF

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

Uyghurs’ slight, elderly leader is no ‘existential threat’ to China — NED

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

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