Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk has called for the swift creation of a special tribunal to try...
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Myanmar military has imported weaponry worth $1bn since coup
Myanmar’s military has imported arms worth at least $1bn since seizing power in February 2021, despite “overwhelming...
NPR: Women across Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in open defiance of the regime
TEHRAN, Iran – You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on....
Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in jail
A court in Belarus has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison. He was convicted of...
Dmitry Muratov on Corruption and Ukraine
On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a conflict that has displaced millions of Ukrainians and...
Belarus jails senior staff at independent news site in crackdown on Lukashenko critics
Belarus has handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country’s largest independent news site, which was forced to...
Myanmar: Campaign of Terror
A ‘campaign of terror’ is how human rights groups are describing what’s happening in central Myanmar. In the Buddhist...
BBC: Myanmar Coup: The Soldiers Refusing to Fight
The Myanmar military is suffering defections from its forces and is finding it hard to recruit. In exclusive...
Indian scholars, activists criticize school hijab ban ruling
NEW DELHI (AP) — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in...
Democracies Waning: Where We Are
READ FULL REPORT Freedom House was established in 1941 by Democrat Eleanor Roosevelt, Republican Presidential...
Rights Group: Iran Executed 142 People in May
WASHINGTON (VOA) — Iran carried out 142 executions in May, marking the highest number of people put to death in one...
Iranian women and Selena Gomez express support for girls arrested in viral dancing video
Five Iranian girls who were arrested for a video of them dancing have publicly apologised, as Iranian women have...