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Newspaper founder faces trumped-up bribery charges
Police in the western city of Kaliningrad should drop trumped-up bribery charges against Arseny Makhlov, the founder of the independent weekly Dvornik, and allow him to work without fear of harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Guatemala: ARTICLE 19 condemns attack on Gladys Monterroso
On 25 March, Gladys Monterroso, a well-known Guatemalan lawyer, professor
and politician, was abducted from a restaurant in Guatemala City by unidentified
assailants. The event took place less than a day after her spouse, Guatemalan
Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, Sergio Morales, published a landmark
report on human rights abuses during the country’s decades-long civil conflict.
Lev Ponomarev attacked
The attack last night on Lev Ponomaryov, right, Executive Director of the independent organisation ‘For human rights,’ adds to the rapidly growing number of violent crimes against Russian opposition activists, journalists and human rights defenders.
Reporter Abdurrahman Gök arrested, accused of “making terrorist propaganda”
The Dicle News Agency (DIHA) has condemned the police action against their reporter, Abdurrahman Gök, who was taken into police custody on 23 March 2009, in Siirt. He is accused of “making terrorist propaganda”. Currently, four reporters from the agency are in prison.
Freelance journalist gets two years in prison in Puntland, Somalia
A court in Bosaso, the main port city of the semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland, yesterday sentenced freelance journalist Jama Ayanle Feyte to two years in prison, Reporters Without Borders has learned from its partner organisation in the Republic of Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).
CPJ concerned for welfare of detained Tibetan writer
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Public Security Bureau in China’s Gansu province to disclose the whereabouts and legal status of Kunga Tsayang, a monk from the Amdo Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery who has written online political commentary.
Two radio stations shut down in DRC
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the southeastern Congolese city of Likasi to allow two private stations to return to the air.
Human rights situation in Kosovo
Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, today presented his preliminary impressions on the general human rights situation in Kosovo after a four-day visit.
На інтэрнэт – крыжовым паходам
Глава Беларускай праваслаўнай царквы заклікаў дзяржаву скарыстацца кітайскім досведам урэгулявання інтэрнэту. На думку назіральнікаў, у вусны мітрапаліта гэтую думку ўклалі прадстаўнікі ўладных структур, якія даўно квапяцца ўзяць пад кантроль апошні бастыён свабоды слова ў Беларусі.