Tag: Political Prisoners

Brittney Griner Trial Likely to End in Conviction, Experts Say

More than four months after she was first detained, the W.N.B.A. star…

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Thousands Swept Up as Kremlin Clamps Down on War Criticism

Vladimir Efimov, a local politician on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far…

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Brittney Griner’s Supporters Have a New Strategy to Free Her: Make Noise

Her face is on hoodies. Her name is in hashtags. Her “B.G.”…

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How Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot Escaped From Russia

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Maria V. Alyokhina first came to the attention of…

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Anti-Putin Russians Are Leaving, With a Push From the Kremlin

When Karen Shainyan opened his Facebook page one recent day, it was…

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Questions Over Death of Ayman Hadhoud, an Egyptian Economist

CAIRO — Ayman Hadhoud, a well-known liberal economist in Egypt, was researching…

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Russia Releases Trevor Reed, Former U.S. Marine, in Prisoner Swap

Mr. Richardson said on CNN on Wednesday that he believed Mr. Biden…

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Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War

Marina Dubrova, an English teacher on the Russian island of Sakhalin in…

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Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia,…

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