CPJ Calls for Re-opening of Politkovskaya Trial

The Committee to Protect Journalists called for the re-opening of the trial for the death of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who was murdered in her apartment building in 2006. Politkovskaya is a 2002 recipient of an IWMF Courage in Journalism Award. The CPJ call came in Nov. 20 in response to news reports that a juror in the trial disputed the Moscow District  Court’s claim that the jury had asked for the closure of proceedings to the press. The ban was lifted by a judge and press is allowed to attend, according to a Nov. 25 update from CPJ. Read about the case on the CPJ Web site.