OSCE, Dushanbe, 30 Oct 2009 – Delegates from Tajik media elected the country’s first media self-regulation body today at a meeting in Dushanbe supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. The delegates, representing two-thirds of all media outlets in Tajikistan, elected a nine-member Tajik Media Council.

UAA, Washington, 29 Oct 2009 – The Uyghur American Association (UAA) condemns the convictions and prison sentences of 19 men in the city of Ghulja, in East Turkestan, on charges of “endangering state security”, in connection with the unrest that swept the regional capital of Urumchi on July 5, 2009.

CJTeam, Yerevan, 27 Oct 2009 – Today, the courthouse of Shengavit community, chaired by Judge of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities Mnatsakan Martirosyan, continued the trial, begun on October 20, against the chief editor of opposition newspaper “Haykakan Zhamanak” (“Armenian Times”) Nicol Pashinyan.

Uznews, Tashkent, 24 Oct 2009 – The Real Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan (RUJU) and the Uznews.net news service have appealed to German leaders to achieve the release of journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov before the abolition of the EU sanctions imposed on Uzbekistan for the Andijan massacre in May 2005.

UAA, Washington, 14 Oct 2009 – Following an unannounced trial on October 12, the Intermediate People’s Court of Urumchi sentenced Uyghur defendants Abdukerim Abduwayit, Gheni Yusup, Abdulla Mettohti, Adil Rozi, Nureli Wuxiu’er (Hoshur) and Alim Metyusup to death on charges of murder and other crimes they were alleged to have committed during July 5 unrest [...]

UAA, Washington, 05 Oct 2009 – Sixty years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), more than six decades have passed since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

UAA, Washington, 01 Oct 2009 – While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) observed the 60th anniversary of its rise to power through a massive parade in Beijing, Uyghurs thousands of miles away in East Turkestan were left mourning the brutal crackdown that has been ongoing in the region since unrest first swept the regional capital [...]