After speaking out against corruption, the young lawyer was left to die in jail. Two years on, says Jamison Firestone, no one has been brought to justice
Sergei Magnitsky death highlights Russian impunity
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Scotland: football hate law confused and unnecessary
Government attempts to clamp down on sectarian abuse and violence are a recipe for uncertainty and censorship, says
David Paton
Take action to end impunity: Olga Kotovskaya
MURDERED 16 NOVEMBER 2009 Olga Kotovskaya, Co-Founder, Kaskad — Kaliningrad, Russia Join us in demanding justice for Olga Kotovskaya. Authorities called it a suicide but her friends and colleagues of believe she was murdered in connection to her...
Take action to end impunity: Fadia Mohammed Abid
MURDERED 15 NOVEMBER 2006 Fadia Mohammed Abid, Journalist, "Al-Masar", and her driver — Mosul, Iraq Join us in demanding justice for Fadia Mohammed Abid. Gunmen in a car shot and killed the journalist and her driver in the Tahrir neighbourhood of...
Take action to end impunity: Seif Yehia and Ibraheem Sadoon
MURDERED NOVEMBER 2007 (dates of deaths unknown) Seif Yehia, Musician and Ibraheem Sadoon, Artist — Iraq Join us in demanding justice for Seif Yehia and Ibraheem Sadoon. In November 2007, Yehia, 23, was beheaded for singing western songs at...
Take action to end impunity : José Armando Rodríguez Carreón
MURDERED 13 NOVEMBER 2008 José Armando Rodríguez Carreón, Reporter, "El Diario de Ciudad Juárez" — Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Join us in demanding justice for crime reporter José Armando Rodríguez Carreón, 40, who was shot at least eight times in a...
Take action to end impunity : Gene Boyd Lumawag
MURDERED 12 NOVEMBER 2004 Gene Boyd Lumawag Photo Editor, MindaNews news service — Jolo, Philippines Join us in demanding justice for Gene Boyd Lumawag, shot in the head and killed instantly by an unidentified gunman in Jolo, Sulu, on 12 November...
Take action against impunity: Johanne Sutton, Pierre Billaud, Volker Handloik
MURDERED 11th NOVEMBER 2001 Johanne Sutton, Reporter, Radio France International Pierre Billaud, Journalist, Radio Television Luxembourg Volker Handloik, Freelance Reporter, "Stern" magazine Taloqan, Afghanistan Join us in demanding...
The paradoxes of free speech in Lebanon
Lebanon’s media council now requires all news websites and blogs to register, amid speculation that authorities are preparing to censor the web in the wake of Syria’s uprising. Karl Sharro explores what the move means for free speech in Lebanon
The phone hacking inquiry must shackle corporate power, not journalists
As James Murdoch takes MPs’ questions again, John Kampfner says it’s important to remember where the real problem with phone hacking lies