Police in Kazakhstan's southwestern city of Zhanaozen detained two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondents on February 27 who were covering a protest by local residents.
Police in the southwestern city of Zhanaozen detained two RFE/RL correspondents covering protests. Several protesters who demonstrated outside the headquarters of President Nursultan Nazarbaev's ruling party in Kazakhstan's two main cities were also arrested.
Ukraine has failed to prevent or investigate “numerous” human rights violations committed last year against rights activists, political opponents, and ethnic minorities, according to Amnesty International.
Russian and international rights activists have expressed concern that a criminal investigation against prominent local journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva amounts to an infringement of freedom of the press.
Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a reporter for her commentary on a bombing that occurred last year outside the regional offices of Russia's domestic security agency.
TV2 in Tomsk, Siberia, was one of the last free and independent regional media outlets in Russia. But the company's unfettered journalism was not in sync with the country's increasingly restrictive political climate. The story illustrates both the power of a free press and how it can be silenced.
Several hundred people marched in central Moscow on January 19 to honor human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down in Moscow ten years ago.
European lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the unconditional release of jailed Azerbaijani anticorruption blogger Mehman Huseynov.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Russia to immediately release blogger Viktor Toroptsev, who was jailed for an alleged traffic violation after sharing a video that purportedly showed officials attending the funeral of a local crime boss.
Azerbaijani investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova has joined an ongoing hunger strike by a group of activists calling for the release of a jailed anticorruption blogger.
Saudi Arabia's rulers have "reiterated their commitment" to hold the killers of prominent Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi accountable, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said in Riyadh.
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