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To commemorate the two-year anniversary of the government crackdown on peaceful post-election protests in Belarus, Freedom House held an open discussion featuring three prominent Belarusian human rights defenders (pictured on left): Zhanna Litvina, Natallia Pinchuk, and Tatsiana Reviaka.

Freedom House’s final monitoring report on the trial of Kazakhstani opposition activists Vladimir Kozlov and Akzhanat Aminov, and labor activist Serik Sapargali documents additional violations of the right to a fair trial. The defendants were convicted of inciting social hatred leading to violence on December 16, 2011, when law enforcement killed at least a dozen protesters in the western town of Zhanaozen.

Join Freedom House for a demonstration on December 12th at 6:00 p.m. outside of the Bahraini Government's National Day Celebration, to draw attention to the ongoing assault on democracy and human rights activists.

 

Mexico has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Since 2000, more than 82 journalists have been killed as a result of their work covering organized crime, drug trafficking and corruption.

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