27 November 2009

Stories from 27 November 2009

Russia: Tatarstan Blogger Sentenced to Almost 2 Years in Penal Colony

  27 November 2009

On Nov. 26, the Kirov district court of Kazan, which is the capital of the Republic of Tartastan, convicted Irek Murtazin, a 45-year-old journalist and blogger, of defamation and incitement to hatred, reports Gazeta.ru [RUS]. The court sentenced Murtazin to one year and nine months of imprisonment in a penal...

China: Human rights webmaster sentenced to three years

  27 November 2009

Huang Qi, founder of Tianwang Center for Missing Persons (later renamed as Tianwang Human Rights Center), was sentenced to three year imprisonment on November 23 in Chengdu Wuhou district court for “illegal possession of state secrets” in connection with material published on his website. According to BBC's report, Huang's wife...

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