Rights group calls for UN action on Uzbekistan
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its national review…
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Exiled Russian comic unsure about return amid blasphemy charges after insulting Putin
Russia standup comic Aleksandr Dolgopolov, 25, (pictured) fled for Israel in January after his jokes about Christianity and President Vladimir…
Activists take on Russian facial-recognition cameras
Russia’s use of facial-recognition technology is being challenged by an activist in court. Alyona Popova says the cameras pose a…
Iranian singer and government critic arrested in Turkey
Iranian singer Amir Tataloo, who has a large following on social media and is an outspoken critic of the regime…
Europe defies Trump on Iran sanctions
The leaders of Germany, France and Britain have backed the 2015 Iran nuclear pact, defying an order from Donald Trump…
Greek migrant camps facing ‘catastrophe’: envoy
Migrant camps in Greece are facing “catastrophe” and an “explosion”, according to a European-wide human rights envoy. Greece is again…
EU legal bid to block slave-tainted Uzbek cotton
A legal challenge over cotton imports from Uzbekistan could stop slave-made goods entering the European Union. The legal action says…
‘Anarchists’ cut wrists in Russian court
Two Russian suspects accused of co-founding an anarchist group to overthrow the government of President Vladimir Putin have cut their…
Russia labels Alexei Navalny’s group ‘foreign agent’
Russian has labelled the organisation run by opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a “foreign agent”. Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which…
Russian actor freed after public backlash
A Russian court has ordered the release of an actor whose prison sentence for dislocating a security officer’s shoulder at…
Russia rejects ex-US marine’s plea for release
A former US marine suspected of espionage in Russia has held up a sign inside his defendants’ cage saying “kangaroo court”….
Uzbek ‘torture’ jail closes
Uzbekistan’s notorious Jaslyk prison, where thousands of alleged Islamists and opposition figures were held after government trials based on torture-induced…
Russia to probe pro-democracy protesters
Russian investigators said they were launching an investigation into “mass unrest”, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in…
Ukraine charges official with acid murder
Ukrainian prosecutors say they have charged a senior regional government employee with organising a deadly acid attack on a vocal…
Soviet rights dissident dies 91
Russian human rights campaigner and Soviet dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva (pictured) has died aged 91. Russia’s human rights council chief Mikhail…
EU trade body probes Rohingya ‘genocide’
Brussels is investigating Myanmar’s alleged Rohingya Muslim genocide as it rules on whether to remove trade preferences granted to impoverished…