Belarus
Updated Section  (August 15, 2011)

       Arrest of Ales Bialacki
       Lukashenka Regime Arrests Ales Bialacki, Leader of Viasna Human Rights Center (August 4 / August 5, 2011)
       Bialacki Charaged with "Tax Evasion" (August 8, 2011)
       Citizens Express Solidarity With Ales (August 10, 2011)

      Appeals to Action: "We Are All Ales"
       Statement of Viasna Human Rights Center / "We Are All Ales" (August 5, 2011)
       Sign Personal Guarantee! (Eng/Rus) (August 5, 2011)
       Amnesty International Urgent Action (August 5 2011)
       Amnesty International to Government: Free Ales Bialacki (August 11, 2011)

       Why Are EU Members Helping Dictatorships?
       Polish Foreign Ministry Admits to Handing Activist's Bank Information to Belarus (August 11, 2011)
       Lithuanian Authorities Provide Privileged Banking Information on Belarus Democrats (August 5, 2011)
       FIDH Appeals to Lithuanian President Over Government Complicity in Bialacki Arrest (August 12, 2011)
       New Sanctions Against Belarus by U.S. (August 15, 2011)
         
       Viasna Human Rights Center (Current News and Events)
       Viasna Human Rights Center: Weekly Review of Post-Election Situation (June 6, 2011)
        Belarus News and Documents
 
Cuba
        New Item:  Wikileaks: Cardinal Pressed to Close Magazine (June 26, 2011)
        Some Workers in Private Sector Try to Unionize (May 16,  2011)
        May Day Brings Wave of Repression (May 1, 2011)
        Punk Rock Group Porno Para Ricardo Take Aim at Military (May 1, 2011)
        Cuban Dissidents Aim Towards Unity (Miami Herald, April 17, 2011)
        Farinas, Journalists, and Labor Activists Arrested (April 7, 2011)
        Yoanni Sanchez Accused of Being Part of "Cyberwar" (Guardian: March 22, 2011)
        List of 46 Activists Detained on Anniversary of Tamayo's Death (February 23, 2011)
        Cuba Frees Two Dissidents Without Immediate Forced Exile (February 5, 2011)
        Two Imprisoned Dissidents Start Hunger Strike (AFP, February 3, 2011)
        Cuba Comes First: An Opposition Response to the Upcoming Party Congress (Summary) (Full Statement)
        Blogs: Generation Y by Yoani Sánchez and Crossing the Barbed Wire by Luis Felipe Rojas
        Democracy for Cuba Web Site and Program
        Cuba News and Documents

Azerbaijan
       New Item:  European Court Orders Azerbaijan to Recompense 4 Opposition Members Arrested in 2003 (July 27, 2011)
       New Item:  Fatullayev, Recently Released From Years in Prison, Starts Human Rights Foundation (July 26, 2011)
       New Item:  Appeal to Hillary Clinton on Her Impending Visit to Azerbaijan (June 30, 2011)
       New Item:  Appeal to the Presidents of the U.S. and Council of Europe for Youth Political Prisoners (June 15, 2011)
       EU High Representative Ashdown Criticizes High Sentences for Youth Bloggers (May 20, 2011)
       IRFS Appeal to the President of the European Parliament (IRFS, May 19, 2011)
       IRFS Appeal to the President of the U.S. on the Nearing of World Press Freedom Day (April 29, 2011)     
       The Baku Oil and Local Communities:  A History, edited by Leila Alieva (CNIS)
       Azerbaijan News and Documents

Central Asia
       Central Asia: News and Documents

Georgia
       Georgia News and Documents: "Crisis of Democracy Unabated"

Articles, Documents & Special Items
       The Worst of the Madness by Anne Applebaum (NY Review of Books,  November 11, 2010)
       An Opposition Demand Russia's President Can Like by Alexander Podrabinek (RFE/RL: October 15, 2010)
       Centers for Pluralism Program      
       IDEE Article, Document, and Publication Archives

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