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Three years of NGO restrictions in Georgia: civil society diminished but not extinguished

Since 2024 successive laws and administrative measures have battered Georgia’s independent civil society, forcing many...

Clémence Desjardins | Sep 21, 2026

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U.S. Clears Potential Sale of 48 F-35 Fighters to Saudi Arabia as UN, WHO and U.S. Courts Report Divergent Security and Rights Developments

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of 48 F-35 combat aircraft to Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at...

Vanessa Bergmann | Sep 18, 2026

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“Criminal imitation”: Why Russia stages Duma elections in occupied Crimea and how they endanger residents

Russia has scheduled State Duma voting for 18–20 September on its own territory and on Ukrainian lands it occupies, in...

Alexander Walter | Sep 18, 2026

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Labor migrants in Russia made over 1 million online purchases worth 1.2 billion rubles in first eight months of 2026

An analysis of anonymized transactions shows a 116% year-on-year rise in online purchases by labor migrants in Russia be...

Clémence Desjardins | Sep 14, 2026

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Right-wing AfD Tops Saxony-Anhalt Vote in Exit Poll; Faces Choice of Coalition Despite Strong Lead

An exit poll on Sept. 6 put the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) on 44.4% in the Saxony-Anhalt regional...

Alexander Walter | Sep 7, 2026

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Pakistan Confirms Three Citizens Killed in Red Sea Attack as Yemen Coastguard Reports Multiple Deaths; Regional Tensions Over Strategic Waterways Escalate

Pakistan’s foreign ministry confirmed that three Pakistani citizens were killed and one wounded in an attack on a comm...

Christopher Manley | Aug 12, 2026

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Self-styled 'Government of Tatarstan in Exile' Marks Captive Nations Week; Activist Holds Solo Picket at UN Headquarters

A group calling itself the 'Government of Tatarstan in Exile' organized an event on July 25 as part of Captive Nations W...

Christopher Manley | Jul 28, 2026

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How Ukrainian Forces Keep the Skies Over Kramatorsk Clear as the Frontline Advances, and How the City Lives Under Constant Attack

A video report from Настоящее время, produced by Радіо Свобода, documents life in Kramatorsk a...

Christopher Manley | Jul 18, 2026