by admin | Apr 13, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor. It was the latest in a yearslong crackdown on...
by admin | Jan 30, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] BANGKOK: A visiting dissident rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine and whose members were arrested last week in Thailand might face deportation to Russia, according to human rights advocates and fans on Monday.Five of the seven musicians...
by admin | Dec 11, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader, has disappeared from prison and his whereabouts are unknown, his allies said Monday.Navalny was supposed to appear in court via video link on Monday ahead of a transfer to a “special security”...
by admin | Nov 11, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] A noted Belarusian dissident author said Friday that his father has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for reposting an article from an opposition website.BELARUS ARRESTS DISSIDENT AUTHOR’S FATHER ON ‘UNCLEAR GROUNDS’Alexander Filipenko was...
by admin | Nov 10, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] A prominent Belarusian dissident author who lives abroad said Thursday that his father was arrested on unclear grounds after police broke into his parents’ apartment.The seven police officers, armed with automatic weapons, also took electronics and data...