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EU Annual Review Finds Backsliding on Rights in Uzbekistan and Shrinking Freedoms Across Central Asia

The European Union's 2025 annual report on human rights and democracy concluded that Uzbekistan experienced a broad roll...

Vanessa Bergmann | Aug 12, 2026

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Hundreds in Warsaw bid farewell to Belarusian writer Sviatlana Kurs (Eva Vezhnavec); urn to be returned to Belarus for burial

Hundreds of people attended a Belarusian-language funeral mass in Warsaw and a subsequent public farewell at the Museum...

Clémence Desjardins | Jul 26, 2026

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EU Commissioner Marta Kos Condemns Smear Campaigns Against Serbian Civil Society, Calls for Respect and Protection of Free Speech

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said representatives of Serbian civil society have been subjected to sme...

Blake Marriott | Jul 23, 2026