According to information before IPI, on 3 October, a court in Azerbaijan sentenced Sakit Zahidov, also known as Mirza Sakit, a satirical journalist with the opposition daily Azadlig, to three years in prison on drug possession charges. Human rights organisations said the trial was marred with irregularities. Zahidov, an outspoken critic of President Ilham Aliyev, […]

H.E. Vladimir Voronin President of the Republic of Moldova Chisinau, Moldova Fax: +373 22 245 089 H.E. Vasile Tarlev Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Chisinau, Moldova Fax: +373 22 237 771 H.E. Vitalie Parlog Minister of Justice of the Republic of Moldova Chisinau, Moldova Fax. +373 22 234 797 Vienna, 19 October 2006 […]

According to information before the International Press Institute (IPI), Anna Politkovskaya, a well-known Russian investigative journalist and political commentator, was found shot dead in the lift of her apartment building in Moscow on 7 October 2006. She worked as a reporter for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and was reportedly finishing a story on the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is becoming increasingly alarmed at the use of phrases calling for the prevention of the “defamation of religions” in a series of documents issued by the United Nations (UN). The phrase “defamation of religions” has its origins in a draft resolution brought before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights […]