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Freedom Alert

In Memoriam: Yuri Schmidt

Jan 15 2013 - 6:35pm

Freedom House celebrates the life and career of renowned Russian human-rights lawyer and advocate Yuri Schmidt (1937-2013).

Issues: 
Civil Society, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia
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Freedom House Condemns Arrest of Zimbabwean Civil Society Leader

Jan 15 2013 - 10:17am

Freedom House strongly condemns the recent arrest of prominent Zimbabwean civil society leader, Okay Machisa. The arrest reflects a troubling trend of increased harassment by state security forces against civil society working in the country and further calls into question the country’s ability to hold free, fair, and peaceful elections in the coming year.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Democratic Governance, Elections, Freedom of Association, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vietnam Continues Crackdown on Free Speech with Conviction of 14 Activists

Jan 9 2013 - 10:34am

Freedom House condemns the conviction of 14 human rights defenders in Vietnam and calls for their immediate release and for the release of other jailed free speech advocates. Their conviction is the latest in an intensified attack by the government on those seeking to exercise their right to free speech, and their trial was one of the largest ever trials of human rights defenders in the country.

Issues: 
Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Religious Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific
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South Sudanese Authorities Must Release Detained Journalists

Jan 7 2013 - 5:23pm

Freedom House condemns the arrest and calls for the immediate release of Louis Pasquale, director-general of the state broadcasting service in Western Bahr el Ghazal state of South Sudan, and director of state television, Ashab Khamis.

Issues: 
Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Sub-Saharan Africa
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