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

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

Kevin Lick, a 19-year-old dual Russian-German citizen, knows the price of dissent in modern Russia all too well. Arrested at 17, a year after the war in Ukraine began, he was sentenced to serve ...

The depth and fault lines in the Sino-Russian partnership can be analysed from three angles.

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 ...

A British expat has been arrested in Georgia as part of the pro-Russian government’s desperate ... who ‘specialised in sowing public dissent’ and stoking protests. But the slightly built ...

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 ...

Iranian cartoonist and activist Atena Farghadani, jailed in Iran's infamous Evin prison to serve a six-year sentence over her ...

The five decades of Baath rule in Syria ended on Sunday as Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus, sending ...