Over 7,300 inspections of NGOs planned this year - Justice Ministry
The Justice Ministry will conduct over 7,300 planned inspections of NGOs in 2013, according to a report posted on the ministry's website.
Wikileaks releases 1.7 million diplomatic cables from the 1970s
Wikileaks has released 1.7 million new US diplomatic records, including cables, intelligence reports, and congressional correspondence dated between 1973 and 1976.
Mark Knopfler axes Russian shows, cites NGO raids
Celebrated British rock guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler on Thursday canceled concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, citing a wave of spot checks by Russian authorities on prominent rights groups and other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Bullying Goths and punks to be treated as a hate crime in Manchester
The UK's Greater Manchester Police Force has begun to treat crimes committed against individuals belonging to Goth, Emo, punk rock, metal, and other such alternative subcultures as hate crimes, according to an official statement released Thursday.
Russia violated rights of lawyer commenting on prison guards - ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia violated the free expression rights of renowned Russian attorney Genri Reznik in light of his defamation conviction over commentary involving the treatment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s attorney by Moscow pre-trial detention center guards.
ECHR: Russia did not violate Novaya Gazeta's freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia did not violate the freedom of expression rights of widely circulated Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and journalist Georgiy Borodyanskiy, who were convicted of libel over a 2006 story on the regional governor of Omsk.
French court orders Twitter to produce information on racist, anti-Semitic users
A Paris court ordered Twitter Thursday to produce any information that may facilitate the identification of users that tweeted illegal content, according to a press release issued by France’s Union of Jewish Students (UEJF), the organization spearheading efforts to rid Twitter of hate speech.
Banned treetop protester sparks Washington free speech row
A free speech battle is brewing in Washington after a local judge banished from the US capital an anti-abortion protester who scaled a tree and shouted repeatedly during US President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony this week.