Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko sentenced to prison as rights activists say is politically motivated
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Russia Urged to Let Doctors See Hunger-Striker Oleg Sentsov
Sentsov, a pro-Ukrainian activist and documentary director, was detained in Crimea in 2014 after Russia annexed it
Anti-Putin Journalist Shot and Killed in Ukrainian Capital
Police in the capital of Ukraine say a Russian journalist has been shot and killed at his Kyiv apartment
Moscow Court Orders Navalny Jailed Again Over Protests
A Moscow court has ordered Russia’s most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny to serve 30 days in prison
The Democracy Fighters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
I finally understand how, when the Spanish Civil War ignited, a group of young Americans— inexperienced militaristically but politically aware— chose to fight the ideologically-destructive fascism. Their fight was one for democracy worldwide.
Transatlantic Election Commission Founded to Focus on Hacking
An international commission has formed to try to end meddling in elections in Western democratic nations
Germany Offers Widow of Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Asylum
Germany said Thursday it would welcome the widow of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo
Massive Armenian Protests as Political Talks Called Off
From Voice of America: Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Armenia’s capital on Wednesday after planned talks between an opposition leader and the country’s acting prime minister were canceled. The meeting was meant to discuss steps for a political transition following Monday’s resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetian, a Sargsyan […]
Dog Sleds Rush in Ballots as Greenland Voting Polls Close
The country last voted in 2014, when the Social Democrat Siumut party won more than a third of votes
Are Illiberal European Democracies on the March?
euroskeptic populists won elections in Hungary and Italy, and as the EU confronts Poland’s right-wing government