News by Countries

October

• 21.10.2008 Monk who helped make Tibet documentary says he was tortured while in prison

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that Jigme Gyatso, a Buddhist monk who was arrested for helping to make a documentary about Tibet, was released last week but the organisation is outraged that he was tortured during the seven months he was held.

September

• 26.09.2008 U.S. Senate adopts resolution on Latvia, Russia

  The U.S. Senate has unanimously agreed to a resolution honoring Latvia on the 90th anniversary of its declaration of independence and calling on the president to ask Russia to acknowledge that the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states was illegal.

• 05.09.2008 Cuba to try anti-Castro punk rocker Gorki Aguila

  The Cuban rocker whose biting profanity-laced lyrics against the Castro government has previously gotten him in trouble is now in detention and expected to face trial Friday, according to human-rights groups in Havana.

August

• 17.08.2008 Protests still unwelcome in Beijing

• 10.08.2008 Western words fall on deaf Russian ears

July

• 27.07.2008 Moscow Patriarchate calls on the Russian Government

• 26.07.2008 The edge of madness

• 26.07.2008 Russia slams Bush for linking Nazi and Soviet evils

• 25.07.2008 Moscow accuses Ukraine of disrespect for Russian Church

• 25.07.2008 Cuban Activist at UN Condemns Systematic Torture, Seeks Support for Political Prisoners

• 23.07.2008 Could Josef Stalin be made a saint?

• 21.07.2008 South Ossetia accuses Georgia of hostage-taking

• 19.07.2008 Russians remember murdered tsar

• 18.07.2008 A War The West Must Stop

• 17.07.2008 Who’s captive now?

• 13.07.2008 China 'is fuelling war in Darfur'

• 11.07.2008 U.S. toy shop sells Vladimir Lenin lollipops online

• 09.07.2008 OSCE passes resolution on 1932-33 famine in Ukraine

• 04.07.2008 Harsh Repression Against Cuban Civic Opposition Movement

June

• 30.06.2008 Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court

• 30.06.2008 Girls death leads thousands in China to riot

• 22.06.2008 Statement by Cuban Exile Organizations on European Union Sanctions Decision

• 22.06.2008 Cuban Human Rights Activists Arrested Mere Hours after European Sanctions Lifted

• 20.06.2008 European Union to lift sanctions on Cuba

• 17.06.2008 Lithuanian ban on Soviet symbols

• 15.06.2008 Baltic states remember victims of Soviet mass deportations

• 11.06.2008 Olympic torch arrives in Tibetan areas amid tight security

• 11.06.2008 Declaration on European Conscience and Communism issued in Prague

• 09.06.2008 China to keep grip on society as challenges loom

• 09.06.2008 Recording of Imre Nagy's show trial made publicly available

• 05.06.2008 German spying scandals reawaken dark memories

• 05.06.2008 Gorbachev Calls for Repression Museum

• 04.06.2008 As quake draws focus, China keeps Tibet under thumb

• 04.06.2008 China urged to carry over quake openness to Tiananmen

• 04.06.2008 Gorbachev: Lenin should be moved from Red Square

May

• 29.05.2008 Slovakia to investigate communist-era border killings

• 26.05.2008 Ethiopia's 'Red Emperor' sentenced to death

• 25.05.2008 N.Korea's human rights abuses must be documented

• 15.05.2008 Film Profile: Simo od Crne Gore / Simo of Montenegro

• 15.05.2008 Post-communist Mongolia's struggle

• 08.05.2008 Defector's story of ordeal in NKorea camp to be filmed

• 05.05.2008 Dalai Lama has committed 'monstrous crimes': China's state press

• 04.05.2008 Dalai Lama envoys prepare for China talks

• 03.05.2008 China condemns Dalai Lama ahead of planned talks

• 02.05.2008 Chinese Uighur exile urges Olympic boycott over 'genocide'

• 01.05.2008 Amnesty fears for Vietnam Olympic torch protesters

April

• 30.04.2008 Nepal Maoists threaten to go it alone in new government

• 29.04.2008 Tibet govt-in-exile says 203 dead in Tibetan unrest

• 28.04.2008 Slovak nationalists want to abolish historical archives institute

• 28.04.2008 Secret hospital lies dormant beneath Budapest

• 23.04.2008 Khmer Rouge leader appears in Cambodia genocide court

• 21.04.2008 Latvia will force Europe to recognize communism' crimes

• 21.04.2008 Cambodia to open US-funded Khmer Rouge genocide museum

• 18.04.2008 In Cuba, speculation on possible travel freedom shockwave

• 14.04.2008 The 'voice' of Prague Spring recalls '68 broken hopes

• 11.04.2008 Stasi informant loses court privacy battle

• 07.04.2008 ANALYSIS-China faces long-term risks from tough Tibet stance

• 07.04.2008 Moldova & breakaway Transdniestr to talk again

• 04.04.2008 Bulgaria Confirms Cold War Border Shootings of Germans

• 01.04.2008 Cambodia: The High Cost of Closure

March

• 16.03.2008 War crimes trial of Milosevic-era intelligence chief to start Monday

• 14.03.2008 New book sheds light on infamous Stasi prison

• 09.03.2008 Chinese ex-prisoner now global literary star

• 07.03.2008 Dark Days in Armenia

• 06.03.2008 A Dangerous Situation

• 05.03.2008 Foreign Ministry State Secretary presents Latvia's donation to the Global Virtual Museum on Communism

• 04.03.2008 Analysis: Farc hostages are left high & dry after killing raid

February

• 28.02.2008 Raul Castro's election shows Cuban 'solidarity' : Hanoi

• 13.02.2008 One in six Bulgarian post-communist ministers had collaborated

• 12.02.2008 Cuban student denies arrest after government criticism

• 10.02.2008 Student who questioned The president of the Cuban National Assembly is Arrested

• 08.02.2008 Khmer Rouge victim confronts regime leader in court

• 07.02.2008 Videos hint at public discontent in Cuba

• 01.02.2008 Estonia to probe Soviet-era abuses

January

• 30.01.2008 Forensic experts to probe Nepal burial site

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