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Published on: 1 March 2010

Written by: Elena Godlevskaya All articles by Elena Godlevskaya

In 2004, some local journalists in Oryol founded an independent newspaper ‘for those who want the truth’. Although...

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Published on: 24 February 2010

Written by: William A Callahan All articles by William A Callahan

The focus of dialogue with Beijing about human rights should shift from enforcing universal laws towards building a...

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Published on: 18 January 2010

Written by: Andrei Loshak All articles by Andrei Loshak

Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov were gunned down in a neo-Nazi contract killing a year ago. In this moving...

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Published on: 18 December 2009

Written by: Mikhail Zygar All articles by Mikhail Zygar

So far the Russian government has resisted the temptation of controlling the Russian internet, but this may be about...

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Published on: 16 December 2009

Written by: Lyubov Borusyak All articles by Lyubov Borusyak

Today, as Memorial receives the 2009 Sakharov Prize, Lyubov Borusyak talks to Ludmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow...

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Published on: 11 December 2009

Written by: Oliver Scanlan All articles by Oliver Scanlan

Employees of the private security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, directly participated in CIA...

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Published on: 9 December 2009

Written by: Martin Shaw All articles by Martin Shaw

The degrading aftermath of Sri Lanka’s civil war demands international action to ensure protection of its civilians...

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Published on: 7 December 2009

Written by: Grigory Dikov All articles by Grigory Dikov

Landmark victories in defiance of the Russian government have made the European Court of Human Rights the most...

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