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In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, prominent Iranian religious scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi accused hard-liners in the Islamic republic of using violence against civilians to ensure all orders are followed "without question" and said those who oppose the government should not face bloodshed.

Human rights media reported on November 5 that Sunni prisoner Qasem Abatebeh has been executed after serving nearly 14 years in a prison in the Iranian city of Karaj, west of Tehran.

Ramy Essam, whose protest song in Tahrir Square deemed him

A year after the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie, the work of Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum is needed more than ever.

The municipality of Michałowo in Poland has been honoured with the Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award for the help it has provided refugees at the border with Belarus. The award, which was created to promote the legacy built up by Paweł Adamowicz during his 20 years as mayor of Gdańsk, was announced at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk on 13 January and will be presented to the Mayor of Michałowo Marek Nazarko at the plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 8...

I felt the power of the rush of readers who ran to the stage when Salman Rushdie was attacked.

Germany's Börsenverein and Frankfurter Buchmesse 'condemn Erdogan's swap deal,' calling on Sweden and Finland 'to stand their ground.'

The IPA warns against making publisher Ragip Zarakolu a pawn in the Swedish-Finnish-Turkish NATO talks.

Last week, the City of Reykjavik was introduced as UNESCO City of Literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011 where Iceland was the Guest of Honour.

The EUs support for a rural revival, delivering cohesion policy, the European Green Deal and the Conference on the Future of Europe will be central themes at the upcoming plenary of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR). The two-day plenary, which will be held remotely and streamed live, will be addressed by five European […]