FromtheGround: Europe

CPJ:Russia charges three suspects over 2010 attack on reporter Oleg Kashin

Committee to Protect Journalists — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 21:59:15 +0000

New York, September 9, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the announcement that authorities have detained three suspects in the November 2010 attack that severely injured Russian reporter Oleg Kashin. CPJ urges Russian investigators to further investigate the case and bring all those responsible to justice.

CPJ:Turkey deports Dutch reporter Frederike Geerdink

Committee to Protect Journalists — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:36:02 +0000

New York, September 9, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores today's decision by the Turkish authorities to deport freelance journalist Frederike Geerdink, who had been held in state custody since September 6, 2015 in Yüksekova, southeastern Turkey, according to reports. Geerdink's lawyer, Davut Uzunköprü, told CPJ he would be appealing the decision.

CPJ:In Turkey, VICE News journalist behind bars, freelance journalist detained

Committee to Protect Journalists — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:34:26 +0000

New York, September 8, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the ongoing detention of a VICE News journalist and the detention on Sunday of a Dutch freelance reporter.

CPJ:Turkey frees 2 VICE News reporters but third remains in custody

Committee to Protect Journalists — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:32:15 +0000

New York, September 3, 2015--A Turkish court early today ordered the release of VICE News' British journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, according to their outlet. A third journalist, Mohammed Ismael Rasool, an Iraqi who is based in Turkey, is still in custody and is being questioned by Turkish authorities, according to news reports. The three were arrested on Thursday and have been charged with "aiding a terrorist organization." Hanrahan and Pendlebury are allowed to leave the country, but the charges against the three have not been dropped, news reports said.

CPJ:Turkish authorities raid independent media company

Committee to Protect Journalists — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 20:57:11 +0000

New York, September 2, 2015--Turkish police on Tuesday raided the offices of a media group, in what one editor called an attempt to silence opposition media ahead of November parliamentary elections, according to news reports. The move follows terrorism charges leveled against VICE News journalists who have been detained while reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeastern part of the country.

CPJ:Turkey should drop terrorism charges against detained VICE crew

Committee to Protect Journalists — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:52:34 +0000

CPJ:CPJ condemns 7.5-year prison term for Khadija Ismayilova

Committee to Protect Journalists — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:32:01 +0000

New York, September 1, 2015--The Baku Court of Serious Crimes today convicted Khadija Ismayilova, one of Azerbaijan's most prominent investigative reporters, of illegal business, tax evasion, abuse of power, and embezzlement, and sentenced her to seven and a half years in prison, according to local press reports. The court dropped the charge of incitement to suicide, the reports said. A state prosecutor had requested a nine-year sentence during a closed hearing. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the verdict and sentence and calls on Azerbaijan to scrap them on appeal.

CPJ:CPJ calls for the release of VICE News reporters, fixer, in Diyarbakir, Turkey

Committee to Protect Journalists — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:14:48 +0000

New York, August 28, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir to release British journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury immediately. The journalists were on assignment with the U.S.-based global news channel VICE News when they, along with their fixer, were detained by police in Baglar district on Thursday, news reports said.

CPJ:Azerbaijani prosecutor requests nine-year jail term for Khadija Ismayilova

Committee to Protect Journalists — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:56:06 +0000

New York, August 21, 2015--A state prosecutor today called for Azerbaijani investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova to be sentenced to nine years in prison, according to pro-government news agency Trend. The request was made during a hearing in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes that was closed to independent journalists and rights activists, the regional press reported. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the trial and calls on Azerbaijan to drop all charges against Ismayilova.

CPJ:In Azerbaijan, independent journalist dies after being beaten in Baku

Committee to Protect Journalists — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:26:16 +0000

New York, August 10, 2015--An independent reporter in Azerbaijan died early Sunday after being beaten viciously the day before in Baku, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Azerbaijan to conduct an efficient and transparent investigation into the attack on Rasim Aliyev, determine the motive, and ensure all of the perpetrators are brought to justice.

CPJ:Blog: Germany scores against the surveillance state

Jean-Paul Martoz/CPJ EU Correspondent — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:24:16 +0000

It all went very fast. On Tuesday morning August 4, Germany’s chief federal prosecutor, Harald Range, was ordered by Justice Minister Heiko Maas to withdraw an independent expert from the investigation of two journalists from Netzpolitik. The investigator had concluded that leaked documents quoted by the news website amounted to a disclosure of a state secret, one of the required criteria to pursue a treason case. The prosecutor protested: “To meddle with an internal review on the basis that the results might be inopportune is an intolerable interference with the independence of the judiciary .” A few hours later on Tuesday evening Maas asked for the prosecutor to be granted early retirement. In plain words, Harald Range was sacked.

CPJ:Baku court bars press and family from Khadija Ismayilova trial

Committee to Protect Journalists — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:55:45 +0000

New York, August 7, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijani authorities to ensure due process in the trial against award-winning investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova. When Ismayilova appeared at Baku Court on Grave Crimes for the first substantive hearing in her case today, journalists, international observers, and the reporter's family were barred from entering the courtroom, according to press reports.

CPJ:Eighteen Turkish journalists face jail terms on terrorism allegations

Committee to Protect Journalists — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:50:40 +0000

Istanbul, August 6, 2015--Eighteen editors from nine outlets in Turkey have been accused of terrorism in connection with publishing a photograph, according to Turkish and international news reports.

CPJ:Germany investigating news website, journalists for treason

Committee to Protect Journalists — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:33:29 +0000

New York, July 31, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by the allegations of treason against two journalists affiliated with the critical German news website Netzpolitik. German authorities on Thursday opened an investigation into the website's bloggers, Markus Beckedahl and Andre Meister, as well as an unidentified third party, accusing them of treason, according to news reports. In February and April, Netzpolitik had reported on plans to expand Germany's domestic surveillance of online communications, news reports said.

CPJ:Freelance reporter arrested in Turkmenistan

Committee to Protect Journalists — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:24:01 +0000

New York, July 30, 2015--Authorities in Turkmenistan should release Saparmamed Nepeskuliyev, a freelance journalist who has been in police custody since July 7 on bogus charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

CPJ:Blog: International coalition marks anniversary of crackdown on rights in Azerbaijan

Nina Ognianova/CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:29:15 +0000

A year after the Azerbaijani government launched an unprecedented crackdown on human rights including press freedom, the situation in the country continues to deteriorate, the Sports for Rights coalition said today. The coalition of international organizations, including CPJ, released a statement today to mark the anniversary of what is widely described as the worst government campaign against critics that Baku has ever carried out.

CPJ:Turkish authorities block access to news websites

Committee to Protect Journalists — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:24:56 +0000

New York, July 28, 2015--Turkish authorities blocked access to at least eight news websites in Turkey on Saturday amid what the government called a counter-terrorism operation, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to restore access to the websites so that Turkish citizens can access news of public interest.

CPJ:Blog: New hurdles for Hungary's press as Orbán restricts FOI requests

Attila Mong/CPJ Guest Blogger — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:42:03 +0000

"This is the best thing that has ever happened in Hungary." Katalin Erdélyi, a freedom of information activist, was referring to a ground-breaking website launched in Hungary in 2012. "I was glad because I realized the potential and how it will help me get all the information I longed for," she told me. The website, KiMitTud (WhoKnowsWhat, in English) is a simple online tool that helps average citizens file information requests to public bodies, and to view and comment on other people's requests. "I alone filed around 500 requests since the launch," Erdélyi said.

CPJ:CPJ welcomes sentence of murder mastermind in Russia

Committee to Protect Journalists — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:14:56 +0000

New York, July 24, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the sentencing to life in prison today of a Russian nationalist leader in connection with the 2009 fatal attack on human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in which Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasiya Baburova was also killed. The Moscow City Court ruled that Ilya Goryachev, a leader of the extremist Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists, was the mastermind behind the murder, according to news reports. The verdict was issued on July 15 while the court announced the sentence today.

CPJ:CPJ calls on Azerbaijan to free jailed journalist Khadija Ismayilova

Committee to Protect Journalists — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:09:05 +0000

New York, July 23, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist who has been imprisoned since December on charges of embezzlement, tax evasion, and abuse of power, among others. Ismayilova's trial is scheduled to be held on Friday in Baku, according to news reports. If convicted, she faces up to 19 years in prison. CPJ and other international press freedom groups believe the charges against Ismayilova are in retaliation for her coverage of corruption in the Azerbaijani government.

HRW:Peter Bouckaert

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:38:54 +0000

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Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch's emergencies director and an expert in humanitarian crises, is responsible for coordinating the organization's response to major wars and other human rights crises. A Belgian-born Stanford Law School graduate, specializing in the laws of war, Bouckaert is a veteran of fact-finding missions to Lebanon, Kosovo, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Macedonia, Indonesia, Uganda, and Sierra Leone, among others. Most recently, Mr. Bouckaert has been in the Central African Republic, where he has conducted investigations into ethnic cleansing and war crimes committed during the current civil war.

Mr. Bouckaert is featured in the 2014 documentary film "E-Team," which was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, he was in Libya, where he investigated the use of landmines, the execution of prisoners and arbitrary arrests of African migrant workers. He has testified about war crimes before the United States Senate, the Council of Europe, and at the Yugoslav Tribunal (ICTY) in the Hague, and has written opinion pieces for papers around the world. His work has been profiled in Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, The Stanford Lawyer, and The Santa Barbara Independent Newspaper.

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HRW:Arvind Ganesan

Mon, 25 May 2015 17:03:56 +0000

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Arvind Ganesan is the director of Human Rights Watch’s Business and Human Rights Division. He leads the organization’s work to expose human rights abuses linked to business and other economic activity, hold institutions accountable, and develop standards to prevent future abuses. This work has included research and advocacy on awide range of issues includingthe extractive industries; public and private security providers; international financial institutions; freedom of expression and information through the internet; labor rights; supply chain monitoring and due diligence regimes; corruption; sanctions; and predatory practices against the poor. Ganesan’s work has covered countries such as Angola, Azerbaijan, Burma, China, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, India, Indonesia, the United States, and Nigeria. His recent research has focused on predatory lending practices and governance issues on Native American reservations in the United States. He has written numerous reports, op-eds, and other articles and is widely cited by the media.

Ganesan has also worked to develop industry standards to ensure companies and other institutions respect human rights. He is a founder of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights for the oil, gas, and mining industries and is a founding member of the Global Network Initiative (GNI) for the internet and telecommunications industries, where he also serves on the board. Ganesan has helped to develop standards for international financial institutions such as the World Bank, and regularly engages governments in an effort to develop mandatory rules or strengthen existing standards such as the Kimberley Process. He serves on the board of EGJustice, a nongovernmental organization that promotes good governance in Equatorial Guinea, and is a member of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)’s steering committee.

Before joining Human Rights Watch, Ganesan worked as a medical researcher. He attended the University of Oklahoma.

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HRW:Azerbaïdjan : Eurovision et "liberté" des médias

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:25:23 +0000

Language French

L'Azerbaïdjan s'apprête à accueillir le concours Eurovision de la Chanson. Mais dans ce pays, chanter une chanson "incorrecte" peut vous valoir d'être arrêté et passé à tabac par la police.