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share Print An Iranian diplomats 20-year prison sentence in Belgium for plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris has been confirmed after he dropped plans to appeal. The confirmation of the sentence came after Vienna-based diplomat Assadolah Assadi dropped his appeal, his lawyers said on May 5. Assadi was found guilty on February 4 of attempted terrorism after a plot to bomb a rally of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an exiled opposition group, near Paris in June 20...

Lawyers have filed a criminal complaint in Germany on behalf of 10 Belarusians alleging that authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka has committed crimes against humanity.

Reporters Without Borders Slams Russias Foreign Agent Listing For Meduza May 05, 2021 14:21 GMT Share share Print The media-freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says the Russian governments "draconian and defamatory" decision to list the Meduza website as a "foreign agent" may force one of the countrys most popular independent news sites to shut down. The listing is "a massive blow to media pluralism in Russia," the Paris-based RSF said in a May 5 statement. "We call on the Russian Ju...

Misik and two other young defendants, Ivan Vorobyevsky and Igor Basharimov, are charged with vandalizing government buildings. In a gesture of support for those they consider political prisoners, they hung banners on a railing outside a Moscow district court on August 8, 2020, and then splattered red paint on a security booth outside the Prosecutor-Generals Office building. Prosecutors claim they caused 3,500 rubles ($47) in damages. Defense attorneys say that the documents provided by prosecut...

Uzbek Prosecutor Seeks 11 Years In Prison For Blogger Critical Of Government May 05, 2021 13:12 GMT Share share Print XALQOBOD, Uzbekistan -- A prosecutor in Uzbekistans southern Surxondaryo region has asked a court to sentence blogger Otabek Sattoriy to 11 years in prison in a high-profile extortion and slander case that has drawn harsh criticism from domestic and international human rights groups. The prosecutor said in a statement at the Muzrabot district court during closing arguments on Ma...

Russian Lawmakers Initiate Thinly Veiled Bill Aimed At Keeping Navalny Associates From Participating In Elections May 05, 2021 09:24 GMT Share share Print A group of Russian lawmakers has proposed legislation that would bar individuals involved in the activities of a public or religious group, or any organization that has been recognized by a court as "extremist or terrorist," from taking part in parliamentary elections. The draft bill, put forward just ahead of September elections to the parli...

share Print Despite a lack of material evidence, and no established intention of harm, a trio of Russian 14-year-olds are facing lengthy prison sentences after being charged with "training for terrorist activities" in a case that initially alleged the schoolboys were planning to destroy a virtual Federal Security Services (FSB) building they created in the popular computer game Minecraft. The case, which has attracted widespread attention due to the age of the accused and the notion that childs...

Case Against RFE/RL Correspondent Over COVID Reporting Dismissed By Russian Court May 04, 2021 12:50 GMT share Print ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- A Russian court has dismissed a case against an RFE/RL correspondent who was charged with the distribution of "false information about the coronavirus" over an article she wrote about a lack of ventilators for COVID-19 patients. The lawyer for Tatyana Voltskaya, Leonid Krikun, told RFE/RL that the Gatchino City Court in the northwestern Leningrad region ...

Russian journalist Eduard Shmonin believes he was targeted by investigators for his exposé on massive oil theft in western Siberia. He's now facing up to 11 years in prison in a verdict expected next week. 

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