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Hundreds, if not thousands, of Romanian escapees were killed making bids for freedom across the Danube into Yugoslavia. Now, more than 30 years after the fall of communism, Romania is finally investigating, and shedding light on thousands of the deaths.
A woman died a week after being detained in the Azov Sea town of Skadovsk, which has been under Russian occupation since shortly after Moscow's February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Relatives and activists suspect it is one of many crimes committed by Russian forces and collaborators.
A 16-year-old boy was among the dozens of people killed during a crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan Province on September 30. In an interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, the teen's brother said he was shot dead after attending Friday Prayers.
Iranian protesters get creative; universities turn into a major battleground between authorities and protesters; and Iranian missiles threaten to boost Russia's deadly air campaign in Ukraine.
With a decree detailing how the KGB can access private information, Belarus's leader is handing the state intrusive new tools to suppress dissent. “If surveillance through Internet resources sounded like a potential threat before, it’s now clear how they’re going to do it,” a monitoring group says.