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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny wins 2021 Sakharov Prize The jailed Russian opposition leader has been awarded the European Parliament’s rights prize for his efforts to challenge President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Die Welt (20.10.2021) –...
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Yemen’s Houthis accused of committing ‘genocide’ with blockade on key district Cutting off humanitarian aid and halting movement of its 37,000 people, rebels aim to take power in the energy-rich city of Marib and complete their control of the country’s north ...
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RUSSIA: Freedom of religion or belief Special bimonthly FORB digest (01-15.10.2021) 13.10.2021 – Searches at homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses were again carried out in the Khabarovsk territory. At least two believers were detained Link to full text in Russian:...
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A Ukrainian blogger under threat of extradition in the EU By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers Recently, Anatoliy Sharij, a Ukrainian blogger living in an EU country for several years, was accused by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)...
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Joint Statement: METU Pride human rights defenders must be acquitted at upcoming trial On 8 October at 10:00 GMT+3, 19 LGBTI+ human rights defenders will return to court for what is expected to be the final hearing in the unfair trial they faced for organising and...
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Zelensky’s Ukraine, Where The Pandora Papers Hit Hardest The global probe of offshore accounts around the world strike at the heart of Kiev’s current government and power structure of a ruling class that rose to power on the promise of fighting corruption,...