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Authorities jail two independent journalists again

Published on 10 May 2013Read

Belarus

Chernobyl anniversary

Authorities try to suppress coverage of anti-nuke demos

Published on 29 April 2013Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

Apparent attempt to poison Politkovskaya family lawyer in Strasbourg

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that the Russian lawyer who represents the family of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya may have (...)

Published on 14 October 2008 Read

Belarus

On eve of second anniversary of Politkovskaya murder, her son asks journalists not to forget her

Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard, Ilya Politkovskiy, the son of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and (...)

Published on 3 October 2008 Read

Belarus

Media coverage of election campaign ignores political debates and opposition

Reporters Without Borders continues to be dissatisfied with the Belarusian media’s coverage of the campaign for Sunday’s parliamentary elections (...)

Published on 26 September 2008 Read

Belarus

Federal prosecutor’s office calls for thorough probe into Ingush website owner’s death

The head of the Russian public prosecutor’s investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, called yesterday for an “objective and thorough” (...)

Published on 11 September 2008 Read

Europe/Ex-USSR

War still having serious impact on freedom of expression

The press freedom situation has deteriorated as a result of the fighting between Georgia and Russia, with many cases of journalists being (...)

Published on 10 September 2008 Read

Belarus

Website owner’s last words to his editor: “Roza, they are taking me away”

Roza Malsagova, the editor of the Ingushetiya.ru website, Ingushetia’s only source of independent news and information, has just lost an ally in (...)

Published on 4 September 2008 Read

Belarus

Ingush news website owner shot dead while held by interior ministry officials

читать на русском Journalist Magomed Yevloyev, one of the creators of the Ingush news website Ingushetiya.ru (http://ingushetiya.ru), was shot dead today while (...)

Published on 31 August 2008 Read

Belarus

Court upholds order blocking website based in Ingushetia

читать на русском Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday’s decision by a court in the Moscow district of Kuntsevo dismissing an appeal against the (...)

Published on 13 August 2008 Read