All posts tagged State Department

China – Questions about freedom of information will be relayed to Chinese vice-president

Reporters Without Borders has questions to put to Xi Jinping, the Chinese vice-president who began a two-day visit to Washington today, and urges Internet users all over the world, including China, to contribute by posting their own questions on US or Chinese web platforms. A list of questions will made public and sent to the Chinese delegation visiting the United States

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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

Azerbaijan – Embassy cable confirmed government harassment of RFE/RL — Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Cable 09BAKU6 A classified cable to the US State Department from the US chargé d'affaires in Baku, Donald Lu, on 6

State Dept dissenter critical of democracy policy

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): President Barack Obama prefers “building ideas” to promoting democracy, a State Department insider claims.

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Senator Brownback Introduced Legislation That Would Abolish the Broadcasting Board of Governors

 FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog  September 24, 2008, San Francisco -- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback

Surrogate Broadcasting 101 — Why BBG and RFE/RL Are Failing in Russia

FreeMediaOnline.org & Free Media Online Blog,  Commentary by Ted Lipien, September 8, 2008, San Francisco --

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