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A United Nations report by Marianna Kacarova warns that federal and Chechen authorities have been using a range of tools...
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Relatives of Kyrgyz citizens detained in Iraq on charges linked to the Islamic State are renewing appeals for repatriati...
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An İzmir court has rejected an appeal seeking the conditional release of Mehmet Sait Yıldırım, ruling that the priso...
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A new report by the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) covering mid‑March to mid‑August 2026 finds th...
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From his cell in Edirne Prison, former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş sent a handwritten message wishing success to S...
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Denis Kulanin, a Russian citizen who was pardoned by President Mikheil Kavelashvili after serving time for actions durin...
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Iran and Oman have discussed a phased plan that would create a temporary joint shipping corridor and a joint mine-cleara...
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A Kazakh-language novelist and satirist from China’s Xinjiang region, Женис Ырысканулы, has been held s...
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A Russian appeals court on August 14 upheld a 12-year prison term for Ufa journalist Olga Komleva, who was convicted of...
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On August 17, 2026, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan fully acquitted activist Mirlanbek Maratbek uulu of allegations that...
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The European Union's 2025 annual report on human rights and democracy concluded that Uzbekistan experienced a broad roll...
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Two men convicted in the "Baymak case" were released from a Perm penal colony at the end of July after serving their sen...
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Minsk City Court has handed down an in absentia four-year sentence to Belarusian musician Siarhei Mikhalok, finding that...
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Human rights organisation Memorial reports that Zarema Musaev, a 56-year-old Chechen opposition activist linked to the Y...
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A Crimean Tatar political prisoner serving an 18-year sentence in a Russian colony has developed new medical problems in...
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An English teacher who has been openly critical of Azerbaijan’s ruling family told a Baku court that he has been held...
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Residents of Novosibirsk collected 50,000 rubles to welcome 70-year-old Таһир Арсланов after his release fr...
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At its annual session in The Hague the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution describing Belarus under Alexand...
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Kadyrbek Atambaev, detained since November 2025 and a leader of the Social Democrats party, has written from custody acc...
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a one-on-one and expanded meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilh...
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June 30 has marked a series of widely varied events over more than a century, from the opening of tram services in Viteb...
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Niyara Ersmambetova, a Crimean Tatar woman convicted of treason and sentenced to 15 years in annexed Crimea, has launche...
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An anti-government activist from the western Georgian city of Zugdidi, Shalva Esartia, has been released after entering...
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After an influential Pakistani announcement that a US–Iran memorandum was close to completion, hopes of a near-term ag...
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Mеerim Uzakbaeva, daughter of former agriculture minister and ex-ambassador Emilbek Uzakbaev, has declared a hunger str...
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In a moving personal tribute, an older comrade recalls the life, activism and companionship of Dilan — a younger woman...
