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Aug. 8 2021, 1:03 pm
Associated Press: Belarus sees a year of fierce repression after disputed vote
Belarusian authorities long ago removed the makeshift memorial to a protester shot by police at the start of last year’s massive protests against the …
Associated Press
Aug. 7 2021, 4:28 pm
Associated Press: Belarus political prisoners, from teen to retiree (PHOTOS)
Human rights activists describe the political repression taking place in Belarus as its worst since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s purges during the …
Associated Press
Aug. 3 2021, 7:52 pm
Associated Press: Russia hands Navalny ally parole-like sentence over protests
MOSCOW — A court in Moscow on August 3 sentenced a close ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 1 1/2 years of parole-like …
Associated Press
Aug. 1 2021, 3:03 pm
Reuters: Thousands protest against COVID-19 health pass in France
PARIS – Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on July 31 against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide …
Reuters
July 30 2021, 8:18 pm
Reuters: In Russian city haunted by 1962 protest massacre, Navalny gains little traction
NOVOCHERKASSK, Russia – Spring in Novocherkassk, a small city in Russia’s south, is rich. Acacias bloom, the town thick with the smell of their …
Reuters
July 29 2021, 7:56 pm
RFE/RL: Moscow court rejects jailed former governor’s appeal against detention extension
A court in Moscow has rejected the appeal of Sergei Furgal, the former governor of the Far Eastern Khabarovsk Krai region, against the extension of …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
July 28 2021, 5:49 pm
RFE/RL: Date set for trial of Belarusian opposition figures
MINSK — August 4 has been set for as the start date for the trial of two leading Belarusian opposition figures, Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak, on …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
July 26 2021, 5:13 pm
Reuters: Foreign ministers of more than a dozen countries condemn mass arrests in Cuba
The foreign ministers of the United States and 20 other countries on Monday condemned mass arrests in Cuba and called for full restoration of Internet …
Reuters
July 25 2021, 12:58 pm
Washington Post: Belarus high-tech talents fleeing political crackdowns
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus’s version of Silicon Valley – which once had more than 1,000 jostling and ambitious start-ups — was the one bright spot in a …
Washington Post
July 25 2021, 11:17 am
BBC: Budapest Pride stands up for LGBT rights in Hungary
LGBT people and their supporters have marched through the capital city of Hungary to defend their rights. Read more here.
BBC
July 24 2021, 4:13 pm
RFE/RL: Thousands expected to protest anti-LGBT law in Budapest
Thousands of Hungarians are expected to join the annual Budapest Pride march in a show of support for the LGBT community and to protest against a law …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
July 24 2021, 10:22 am
BBC: Australian cities hit by anti-lockdown protests
Demonstrations have taken place in Australian cities against tight restrictions imposed to tackle a rise in Covid cases. Read more here.
BBC
July 22 2021, 7:53 pm
Reuters: US to impose sanctions on Cuban officials over crackdown on protests – sources
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration plans to announce U.S. sanctions on July 22 against several Cuban officials over their role in a crackdown on …
Reuters
July 21 2021, 10:06 am
OpenDemocracy: Lessons from the protests in Russia’s Far East, one year on
One year ago, mass protests started in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk – over the arrest of a popular regional governor, Sergey Furgal, on …
OpenDemocracy
July 19 2021, 5:41 pm
RFE/RL: More Belarusian activists sentenced to lengthy prison terms as crackdown intensifies
A court in Belarus has handed lengthy prison terms to 11 activists as authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s crackdown against pro-democracy …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
July 18 2021, 1:56 pm
Associated Press: In France, thousands protest against vaccination, COVID passes
PARIS — Over 100,000 people protested across France on July 17 against the government’s latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and curb …
Associated Press
July 14 2021, 4:56 pm
RFE/RL: Kyiv police use tear gas as retired law enforcement officers protest over pensions
Police in Kyiv have used tear gas in an attempt to disperse hundreds of retired law enforcement officers as they tried to storm parliament during a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
July 12 2021, 3:40 am
France 24: Cubans take part in rare anti-government protests
Thousands of Cubans took part in rare protests Sunday against the communist government, marching through a town chanting “Down with the dictatorship” …
France 24
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