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Photo from Shutterstock. Free Alexei Navalny! Свободу Алексею Навальному! You may have seen this phrase floating around coupled with pictures of protesters from all around Russia, including gatherings from Siberia’s inhospitable climates for the sake of political voice. Such political action may not seem like anything new to the typical American since the U.S. has a robust and seemingly ever-present history of political activism and protest because of the constitutional ability to speak, publish, assemble, and associate with one’s own beliefs and personal agenda. ...

Russian Authorities Put A Target On Journalists As Opposition Protests Continue February 01, 2021 17:02 GMT Share share Print On the eve of a second wave of national mass protests in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, Russian police detained Sergei Smirnov, editor in chief of the independent news outlet Mediazona, outside his Moscow home as he left to take a walk with his small son. In a widely shared video, the boy can be seen watching stoically, even smiling, as Smirnov asks the arresting officer in plainclothes to put on a mask against the coronavirus and telephones his w...

HRW Says Response To Protests Show How Rights Standards Have 'Plummeted' In Russia January 25, 2021 13:53 GMT Share share Print Human Rights Watch (HRW) says "extreme" police brutality and "mass" arbitrary detentions during weekend protests across Russia are further evidence of "how low human rights standards have plummeted" in the country. "Ultimately this repression of basic human rights only galvanizes people and deepens their [protesters'] grievances," Damelya Aitkhozhina, the Russia researcher at the New York-based watchdog, said in a statement on January 25, two days after thousands of...

The regional media fraternity is mourning the passing of colleague, George Alleyne.  The Guyanese-born journalist suddenly died at his home in Barbados on Friday, January 22. He was 61 years old.  A noted writer and editor, Alleyne spent over 40 years of his career working in Guyana, Canada, and the Cayman Islands, before finally settling in Barbados.  He served at the Guyana Chronicle until 1989 when he migrated to Canada. George covered politics, sports, and trade while at the Guyana Chronicle and published several articles for ethnic newspapers in Canada while there up to mid-1995. Alle...

Social Share Journalists across the Caribbean are mourning the death of colleague George Alleyne who died suddenly at his home on Friday. Alleyne, 61, who is Guyanese by birth, spent almost 40 years in the profession. The following tribute was paid by the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, with input from Bert Wilkinson and Julius Gittens. Ian George Alleyne started his journalistic career at the Government Information Service in the early 1980s. He then transferred to the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, the lone daily newspaper at the time. Recognising his talent and sharp intellect, m...