Document #1242025

RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)

Supreme Court orders release of opposition journalist

http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17568

ecoi.net description:
Bachkortostan: Editor of opposition newspaper Provintsialnye Vesti, Viktor Shmakov, released from custody after supreme court had ruled that his arrest was illegal; he had been accused of inciting terrorist activities through the media; journalist put temporarily under housearrest
Country:
Russian Federation
Source:
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)
Published:
18 May 2006
Original link:
http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17568
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Document ID:
1242025 (former ID 49327)

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