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Russia: Reverse Judgment Against Human Rights Defender

(Moscow) – The Russian courts should quash a finding of guilt against a prominent human rights defender, Yuri Samodurov, former head of the Andrei Sakharov Museum, and a colleague, Andrei Erofeev, for inciting religious hatred in a 2007 art exhibit, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Kyrgyzstan: International Investigation Planned

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Osh) - A planned independent international commission of inquiry into the recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan should investigate all aspects of

Russia: Investigate Beating of Human Rights Lawyer

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) - Russian authorities should investigate the beating of a human rights lawyer by police in Dagestan and bring the perpetrators

Russia: Reverse Conviction of Human Rights Defender

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) - The Russian authorities should free the human rights defender Aleksei Sokolov and carry out an independent and effective investigation

Human Rights Watch and RSF urge France to press Turkmen leader to end rights abuses

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The Turkmen president's visit is a key opportunity to urge improvements on human rights, said Human Rights Watch, RSF and other human

Russia: Ratification of Protocol Promotes Justice

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (New York) - Russia's ratification today of a key reform to the European Court of Human Rights is a positive move

Stop attacks, harassment of activists, says Human Rights Watch

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: In recent days, authorities in Karshi and Margilan have detained human rights advocates to prevent them from meeting with a Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch calls for release of two rights activists

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: According to Human Rights Watch, the government is out to stop research into abuses committed against so-called extremists in southern Kyrgyzstan.

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Kyrgyzstan: Release Rights Activists

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (New York) - The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately release the human rights activists Bakhrom Hamroev and Izzatilla Rakhmatillaev and allow them

EU: Urge Russia to Protect Activists

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) - European leaders should use the upcoming EU-Russia summit to convey alarm over deteriorating human rights in Russia and to

Russia: Memorial Awarded Sakharov Prize

(Moscow) - The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Memorial, a leading Russian human rights organization and to the prominent human

Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

(New York) - The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign

Olympic Congress: Monitor Host Countries on Rights

(New York) - The Copenhagen Olympic Congress should create a permanent mechanism to monitor human rights in host countries before, during and after Olympic Games, Human Rights

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