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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.
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
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.
See more here: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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