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…
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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…
Uzbekistan opens up with reforms
Reforms continue in Uzbekistan as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev tries to reduce the former Soviet state’s isolation through a diplomatic charm…
Activists slam ‘inaccurate’ face-spotting software
Facial-recognition software should be dropped by European police services amid concerns it is “almost entirely inaccurate”, activists claim. A UK…
Spanish strikes battle machista culture
Spain’s first national “feminist strike” has seen millions take to the streets and services disrupted. The unprecedented national strike was…
EU agrees Philippine aid despite rights record
The EU is set to provide the Philippines with €3.8 million for its drug rehabilitation programme, despite a troubled relationship…
Uzbek-Russian journalist flees to Germany
Uzbek-Russian journalist who uses the pen name Ali Feruz, who for months faced the prospect of deportation from Russia to…
20 bodies found off Morocco
Moroccan rescue services recovered the bodies of about 20 migrants from the Mediterranean, the authorities in the Spanish enclave of…
Uzbek security chief sacked
Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (pictured), has consolidated his power by sacking Tashkent’s repressive security chief, Rustam Inoyatov, head of the…
EU to restore Thai ties after coup
The EU has announced that it will resume political contacts “at all levels” with Thailand, more than three years after…