The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on 2 December that Turkish Labour Party (EMEP) member Ahmet Gemici's right to freedom of expression was violated when the police seized copies of a party magazine whose distribution or sale had been...
Oleg Panfilov assesses the twists and turns of the investigation into Anna Politkovskaya’s murder and considers the chances of a fair trial The killing of Anna Politkovskaya two years ago split the Russian public. The majority of people chose to...
Kyrgyzstanʼs Deputy Interior Minister has said the murder of Alisher Saipov in October last year had no link to his journalistic activity. Saipov's family claims his murder was contracted by Uzbek President Islam Karimov, and has accused Kyrgyz law...
The trial of three men accused of aiding in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya has reopened in Moscow, a week earlier than planned, with a previous ban on reporters lifted. Read more here
Jagjit Saikia, district correspondent for the newspaper Amar Asam, was killed by unknown assailants on 22 November in the town of Kokrajhar. It is likely that he was targeted because of his reports on armed groups and political organisations...
The trial of several men accused of involvement in the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya has been suspended, with the judge claiming the defence lawyers are 'too busy'. The lawyers deny the claim. Read more here
Australian Holocaust revisionist Frederick Toben will not face extradition to Germany, after the German authorities withdrew an appeal against a decision by a London court that the arrest warrant issued against him was too vague. Read more here
A new crackdown on the country's dissidents shows that Than Shwe's junta fears the power of the Internet, writes Larry Jagan Burma’s military rulers have launched a fresh crackdown on dissidents in the country, with more than a hundred activists...
Prosecution lawyers in the case of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya are insisting that Chechnya's pro-Moscow leader Ramzan Kadyrov should be called to give evidence at the the alleged murderers' trial. Kadyrov's name is frequently...
Mikhail Beketov, editor of Khimkinskaya Pravda and a prominent opponent of local authorities’ deforestation plans, was brutally beaten outside his house in Moscow by unidentified assailants on 13 November. Beketov is still waiting for the decision...