New York, December 11, 2009—A Russian police officer who fatally shot an online publisher
in government custody in 2008 was convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced
to two years in a low-security prison settlement today, Reuters
and other news agencies reported. The family of the victim, Magomed
Yevloyev, told CPJ they would appeal the verdict because their own
investigation showed that the officer purposely shot the editor. New York, December 10, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Belarusian authorities to prosecute and convict the perpetrators who made death threats against
Those familiar with Mikhail Beketov’s ordeal describe his survival as nothing short of a miracle. The once fit, towering 51-year-old who campaigned on environmental issues and criticized his city government’s policies through the pages of his newspaper is now gone. But the former editor of Khimkinskaya Pravda, an independent publication that exposed the blunders of the Khimki administration headed by Mayor Vladimir Strelchenko, has a fierce desire to return to normal life, or at least some semblance of it. He has a long way to go and he needs our help.
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President Medvedev: On the day PEN American Center and the Committee to Protect Journalists join together for a public tribute to slain independent journalist and human rights defender Natalya Estemirova, we call on you to ensure that both her assassins and those who sent them to her doorstep are brought to justice.
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