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It is a sad irony: While the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia itself is relapsing to some of its Soviet ways. In fact, for journalists, Russia is a more dangerous place now than it was during the Cold War.
Continue reading Anatomy of Injustice: Preface by Kati Marton »
Secrecy, indifference, conflicts mar investigations into journalist deaths. Moscow has a responsibility to uphold the rule of law. Its international partners have an obligation, too.
Guilty verdicts in the killing of Igor Domnikov show that persistence can lead to justice. But critics say the case, successful as it has been, remains far from complete.
The prosecution did outstanding work in the Domnikov case, but it stopped far too short, a human rights lawyer says. The problem is systemic.
Continue reading Anatomy of Injustice: A Measure of Justice »
Excerpts from the work of journalists slain in Russia since 2000
Continue reading Anatomy of Injustice: Appendix I »
Nina Ognianova, CPJ's Europe and Central Asia program coordinator, provided testimony to the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on the pressing issue of impunity in journalist murders in Russia. The commission held a hearing this week on Russia 's human rights record. A transcript of the testimony follows:
Continue reading CPJ testimony focuses on Russian impunity »
New York, June 25, 2009--Russia's Supreme Court today overturned the acquittals
of three men accused of involvement in the October 2006
murder of Novaya Gazeta reporter Anna Politkovskaya. A spokesman for
the court said there were procedural violations during the trial, according to
press reports.
Continue reading Supreme Court orders retrial in Politkovskaya murder »
Continue reading In summit, Obama should address Russian impunity »
In a November 2007 interview, just before receiving CPJ's International Press Freedom Award, Dmitry Muratov, the editor of the embattled Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, recalled the loss of three colleagues to work-related murders in six years. "We have suffered war-like casualties," Muratov said.
Continue reading Murder pushes Novaya Gazeta to request guns »
