5 June 2023 by Martin Dewhirst Martin Dewhirst reviews Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by Mark G. Pomar, Potomac Books, University…
Week-ending 3 December 2021 Amnesty International has turned to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples regarding the situation faced by a Yakut shaman who is being held…
Week-ending 30 April 2021 On 23 April 2021 the Russian authorities added the media outlets Meduza and PASMI to the list of 'foreign agent' media organisations under Russia's 'foreign agent'…
17 February 2021 Radio Liberty interviews Galina Arapova, director and chief lawyer of the Media Rights Centre, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rights award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…
Karina Moskalenko. Photo: Anna Artemeva / Novaya Gazeta 17 February 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] The European Court of Human Rights has demanded that Russia immediately release…
Week-ending 8 January 2021 Photo via RFE/RL Opposition activist Yevgeny Chupov, who fled Russia in 2019 fearing possible prosecution for his political activities, has received refugee status in Bulgaria. RFE/RL…
Week-ending 8 January 2021 Photo of Oleg Zykov: Wikipedia “By no means can policing functions and health-care functions be intermixed. As soon as they get mixed up, a sort of…