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Georgia makes six delayed arrests after rallies against foreign agents bill, interior ministry says
Georgian authorities have arrested six people for assaulting police officers and causing damage at protests in recent weeks against...
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Georgian police clear protesters against foreign agent bill
Riot police in Georgia waded into demonstrators and cleared them from around part of the ex-Soviet state's parliament on...
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Georgia’s parliament presses forward with ‘foreign agent’ bill despite protests
The speaker of Georgia's parliament said that lawmakers would debate the first reading of a bill on "foreign agents"...
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Thai court accepts case seeking to disband opposition Move Forward Party
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it had accepted a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward...
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Kyrgyzstan adopts law targeting foreign-funded NGOs
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Tuesday signed into law a bill tightening state control over foreign-funded non-governmental organisations (NGOs),...
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Egypt’s Sisi: Authoritarian leader with penchant for bridges
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been criticised as a despot for crushing opposition lingering from a brief period...
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Russian activists abroad pin hopes on Yulia Navalnaya
Like many other young Russians, Anastasia Panchenko's political awakening came courtesy of Alexei Navalny. Left reeling by his sudden...
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Putin’s anti-war challenger faces likely exclusion from election
Russian anti-war presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin said on Monday that a working group of Russia's Central Election Commission had...
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Russia makes first convictions for ‘LGBT extremism’ following ban
Two Russian courts have meted out the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the "international LGBT...
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Hong Kong court convicts four for rioting after 2019 legislature storming
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found four people guilty of rioting after the legislature of the financial centrewas...
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EXPLAINER-Why Hong Kong wants new national security laws
Hong Kong's government announced on Tuesday that it hopes to swiftly pass new national security laws. A public consultation...
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Hong Kong leader starts push for new security laws, says city “can’t afford to wait”
Hong Kong's leader confirmed on Tuesday his intention to pass tighter national security laws soon to build on sweeping...
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Venezuela court upholds ban on leading opposition presidential candidate Machado
Venezuela's Supreme Justice Tribunal on Friday upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office,...
