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09/17/2012

ONU: Side-event on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly - photos

Among the guest panelists lawyers, human rights defenders and journalists, who will discuss recent cases of violations of freedom of assembly in selected countries, including Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and Vietnam.

02/07/2006

UZBEKISTAN: MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MR. PANNELLA DENOUNCES NGOS REPRESSION BY THE KARIMOV ADMNISTRATION

MEP Pannella, a radical member of the ALDE Group at the European Parliament, denounced today the ban of over 200 NGOs put in place by the Uzbek Authorities over the last fewmonths.
Despite the uproar that followed the Andijan repression of May 200
03/14/2005

UN human rights commission named as world’s biggest prison for the press

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UN human rights commission named as world’s biggest prison for the press

70 posters put up in Geneva, one for each journalist imprisoned by a commission member

As the UN Commission on Human Rights began its 61st se
12/19/2003

UN, INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS CONDEMN CURBS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Three international experts, including the United Nations authority on freedom of expression and opinion, today condemned limitations on those rights as well as other efforts to control the media.

In a <"http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.
10/23/2003

Paris-based Watchdog Ranks Asian States Worst In World Press Freedom Table

The Paris-based organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has published its second table of world press freedom rankings. RSF notes that in its opinion, the "most catastrophic situation" is to be found in Asia, especially North Korea, Burma and La
01/22/2003

Parliamentary question by Olivier Dupuis (NI) to the Commission and answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission



Parliamentary questions
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0186/03
by Olivier Dupuis (NI) to the Commission
(22 January 2003)

Subject: Freedom of opinion and speech in Russia

For nearly a year the Russian movement Iduchtïï vme
01/06/2003

World political tensions eroded press freedom in 2002

The fight against terrorism damaged press freedom. Many governments used the battle to step up and justify their repression of opposition or independent voices. Fewer journalists were killed and cases of censorship increased only slightly, but other
12/30/2002

UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS APPEAL TO THE US PRESIDENT

Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN. The Uzbek rights group, The Civic Aid, and the Committee for Social Monitoring called on December 29 on US president Bush to "help secure the release of Uzbek human rights activist Yelena Urlayeva". Urlayeva was confined to a ps
07/22/2002

Parliamentary question by Marco Cappato (NI) to to the Council and answer



Parliamentary questions

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2203/02
by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Council
(22 July 2002)

Subject: Freedom of expression and the Internet

Following the publication on 25 October 2000 of a repor
07/22/2002

Parliamentary question by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Commission and answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission



Parliamentary questions

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2204/02
by Marco Cappato (NI) to the Commission
(22 July 2002)

Subject: Freedom of expression and the Internet

Following the publication on 25 October 2000 of a
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