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Stanislau Shushkevich, the first leader of independent Belarus, a signatory of the agreement that effectively dissolved the Soviet Union, and a staunch foe of the autocratic leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has died at 87.

Turkmenistan is enforcing new restrictions on women, banning them from wearing certain cosmetics, riding in a car with men who are not relatives, or having plastic surgery. Many women have lost their jobs or paid fines after breaking the new rules, which some believe could lead to public protests.

Protesters in Armenia's capital scuffled with police on May 4 during another demonstration to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over his handling of negotiations with Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh region.

When Russian troops entered the village of Stariy Bykiv, they took Viktoria Vovk's son and son-in-law for "questioning," promising to release them later in the day. It was the last time she saw them alive.

Russian authorities have added one of the country's most well-known TV journalists and Kremlin critics to their wanted list amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent that has intensified since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine more than two months ago. 

The wife of jailed Kazakh opposition politician Zhanbolat Mamai has been fined after she was briefly detained and charged with violating the Central Asian nation's law on public gatherings.

Iranian authorities appear determined to suppress teachers’ protests that have hit dozens of cities across the country. The demonstrators have complained of “unprecedented” state pressure designed to stop the rallies.

Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny says he will be transferred to a notorious prison, where inmates are reported to have been tortured, once his latest custodial sentence takes effect.

A Kazakh court has replaced another activist's prison sentence with a parole-like penalty amid an outcry by human rights groups over political prisoners in the tightly controlled former Soviet republic.

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