By: RFE/RL, June 8, 2009
A Kyrgyz journalist who wrote for an opposition periodical was severely beaten on June 5, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports. Abduvakhab Moniev, 34, of the opposition “Achyk sayasat” (Open Politics) weekly was hospitalized with multiple injures and bruises after unknown assailants attacked him in Bishkek on June 5. The newspaper’s deputy editor in chief, Ryskeldi Mombekov, told RFE/RL that the attack was connected to Moniev’s work.
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The great wall: The government of Uzbekistan to take total control over internet
By: Daniil Kislov, Ferghana, June 5, 2009
During the last four-five years the government of Uzbekistan has been strictly blocking the access of its citizens to “unwanted” web-sites. The target of prohibition is mostly independent political and opposition mass media. Such web-sites as Ferghana.Ru as well as many separate publications of other Russian internet agencies, telling the truth about life in the republic, were blocked long ago. It seems that Tashkent wants to take complete control over the Internet.
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EUROPE
Protests against Putin sweep Russia as factories go broke
By: Luke Harding, The Guardian, June 7, 2009 Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir Putin, is facing the most sustained and serious grassroots protests against his leadership for almost a decade, with demonstrations that began in the far east now spreading rapidly across provincial Russia. Over the past five months car drivers in the towns of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, on Russia’s Pacific coast, have staged a series of largely unreported rallies, following a Kremlin decision in December to raise import duties on secondhand Japanese cars. Read full article… Georgia: Opposition says not to give up street protests Russian rights group protests arrest of prisoner rights activist Russian human rights activist seeks asylum in Finland
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MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
Saudi Arabia’s first female minister needs permission to appear on TV
By: Mail Online, June 8, 2009 Saudi Arabia may have nominated its first ever woman cabinet minister – but she cannot appear on television without permission, it has been revealed. Noura al-Faiz’s appointment in February as deputy minister for women’s education was hailed as a huge step for the integration of women in conservative Saudi Arabia, where a puritanical form of Islam bans women from driving, voting and mixing with unrelated men. Read full article… Israel: A response to the proposal to ban commemoration of the Nakba on independence day Israel: Jewish town in Galilee demands “loyalty oath” Iran’s ‘macaca’ moment? Iran: Youth may be challenge for Ahmadinejad in poll Iranian president’s rival says supporters targeted Egypt: Islamist urges al Qaeda to open up to Obama’s offer Palestinian protester killed in West Bank Palestine: Resistance in Gaza Lebanese media freedom declines, management “opaque” on operations Israel: Nonviolent resistance in southern Bethlehem undeterred despite harassment and arrest Israeli forces kill Palestinian demonstrator in Ni’lin Syria: A meeting in Damascus Iran: “Ahmadinejad’s Uncertain Future” Iran’s Ebadi says election may help human rights Iran: Young woman commits suicide in prison after torture Media watchdog slams Yemen’s press crackdown Some Lebanese pick highest bidder to be their next ‘oppressor’ Islamists lose ground in the Middle East
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OCEANIA
West Papua: Indonesian judiciary and police are afraid of the words freedom and self determination
By: Free West Papua, June 3, 2009 In West Papua people are not allowed to peacefully express themselves. Two West Papuan Human Right Activists, Bucthar Tabuni and Sebby Sambom, attended the Jayapura High Court today. Buchtar Tabuni has now attended the court 12 times, and the judge has never allowed full eye witness report or provided evidence of the ‘offence’ that Buchtar Tabuni is accused of committing. Read full article…
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Podcast: Tutu’s daughter a force for human rights
By: NPR, June 7, 2009 Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, Nontombi Naomi Tutu, grew up in South Africa under apartheid, where she faced discrimination and segregation. She is now an internationally-recognized human rights activist. Tutu joins host Liane Hansen to talk about her role as the keynote speaker at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders and her role in human rights activism. Read full article…
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Campaign: Solidarity with Iranians
By: Leila Zand, Peace and Collaborative Development Network, July 2 – July 14, 2009 The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) invites you to join us in a two-part campaign this coming month focused on a tangible act of building peace and solidarity between the people of Iran and the United States. First, we ask that you participate with us in a national candlelight vigil on July 3, 2009. On the 3rd of July, our delegation will take a trip to the Persian Gulf and pay respects to those who lost their lives when the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner in the Persian Gulf in 1988. Read full article…
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