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Russia – Neo-Nazi husband and wife go on trial for double murder of lawyer and journalist

The trial of two people accused of the murder of Stanislav Markelov , a human rights lawyer specialised in Chechnya, and Novaya Gazeta reporter Anastasia Baburova finally began this week in Moscow, nearly two years after they were gunned in the centre of Moscow on 19 January 2009 at the end of news conference by Markelov.

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Belarus – At least 25 journalists detained, two of them facing 15-year jail terms

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - At least 25 journalists were arrested (see list below) during the violent crackdown on post-election protests in downtown Minsk on 19

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Russia – Authorities claim to have identified human rights activist’s murderer | Reporters Without Borders | RSF

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Alexander Bastrykin, the chief investigator at the Russian prosecutor's office, today told a visiting delegation from the New York-based Committee to

Russia – Police raid Moscow weekly in bid to identify sources

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday's three-hour raid on The New Times, an independent Moscow-based weekly, by armed and masked police officers

Journalist threatened, warned not to publish investigative report

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: CPJ called on authorities to prosecute the perpetrators who made death threats against "Novaya Gazeta" correspondent Iryna Khalip.

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