MOSCOW, July 16 (UPI) -- A prominent Russian human-rights activist was found fatally shot Wednesday after being kidnapped in Chechnya, authorities said.
MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Lev Ponomaryov, a prominent Russian human rights activist, said prosecutors charged him with extremism for accusing a prison official of torture.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour will visit Chechnya and meet with President Vladimir Putin on a week-long visit to Russia.
CAIRO, May 26 (UPI) -- Arab human rights groups Thursday called on Syria to release activist Mohammed Raadoun, who was seized for deploring poor human rights conditions.
MOSCOW, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Observing human rights in Chechnya is crucial to restoring order there, a leading Russian human rights activist told Interfax news agency.
BEIJING, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The life sentence given a democracy activist raises concern about political reform and human rights in China. Wang Bingzhang has U.S. permanent resident status.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Nov. 8 (UPI) --
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A prominent Uzbek poet, journalist and critic of the government has been arrested, a top Uzbek journalist said Wednesday.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Oct. 24 (UPI) --
