Belarusian authorities have arrested seven journalists who worked for an independent regional news outlet, the latest move in ...

A Belarusian journalist has been handed a prison sentence for critical reports chronicling a sweeping crackdown on dissent ...

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 20,000 people have been detained for anti-war views. As Moscow cracks down on political dissent, families of teenage prisoners are deeply fearful of ...

On a cold November morning, Irina Turbina packs bags and books for her son, 16-year-old Arseny. It might be her last chance ...

Nations failed to agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, as oil suppliers including Saudi Arabia and Russia blocked attempts to limit production ...

Alexei Gorinov, the first person jailed under Russia's war censorship laws, receives an additional three-year sentence on charges of justifying terrorism. Despite his conviction, Gorinov condemns ...

Talantov, 63, labeled Russian military actions as 'extreme Nazi practices' on Facebook, according to reports from Mediazona. The charges against Talantov reflect a broader repression pattern against ...

Russian politicians say that Russians must be ... as acts such as expressing a non-violent opinion or peaceful dissent against the war are protected by international human rights law," Mariana ...

Russia, which has waged a massive crackdown on dissent, regularly sentences people accused of spying for Ukraine in closed-door trials. Zhuravel was arrested after a video was posted online ...

A soldier of 24th Mechanized Brigade fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on November 18 [Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an updated nuclear doctrine on Tuesday, which fundamentally changed Moscow's strategy for nuclear deterrence. According to the revised doctrine, any ...

Lukashenko allowed Russia to use his country's territory to ... Belarusian authorities have intensified their crackdown on dissent ahead of a January presidential election in which Lukashenko ...