Glasnost Defence Foundation: Digest Nos. 569-570

7-14 May 2012 Glasnost Defence Foundation Story of the week Opposition actions in Moscow: Reporters habitually detained along with protesters Event of the week FH Global Press Freedom Report: Russia on par with Zimbabwe Russia 1. Police “know-how” for dealing with critically-minded journalists (Ryazan, Central Russia) 2. Prosecutor’s office starts checking up on reported threats against journalist’s family (Samara, Volga) 3. Accuracy of newspaper’s report on office-abusing bailiff confirmed four years after (Perm Region, Volga) 4. Regional ex-MP’s legal claim against newspaper turned down again (Khabarovsk, Far East) 5. Reciprocal moral damage claims by governor and human rights activist both turned down (Omsk, Siberia) Glasnost defence foundation Conflicts registered by GDF Monitoring Service on RF territory in April 2012 Our contributors 1. Erecting monument in memory of journalists who died on duty: Selective approach (Dagestan, North Caucasus) 2. Governor-elect encourages media to tell “whole, even if bitter, truth” (Omsk, Siberia) News from partners CPJ report names 10 most censored countries Kostroma prosecutor’s reply to GDF inquiry Read more