Tag: dissident
Germany closes three Iranian consulates after execution of dissident Jamshid Sharmahd
Germany has decided to close the three Iranian consulates on its soil in reaction to the execution by Tehran of Iranian dissident naturalized German Jamshid Sharmahd, the German Foreign Minister…
on hunger strike since early October, dissident Xu Zhiyong in danger of death
Human rights organizations are concerned about the fate of lawyer Xu Zhiyong, known for his fight against corruption by Chinese leaders. Deprived of contact with his family and constantly monitored…
Germany and EU outraged over execution of Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd
Iran executed Jamshid Sharmahd on Monday October 28. This Iranian dissident of German origin was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for his alleged involvement in an attack on…
Former President Bozizé responds to the creation of a dissident branch of the CPC rebel group
Continuation of the saga of divisions between Central African rebel groups: a week earlier, several leaders around the head of the Unit for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), Ali Darassa,…
Dissident Oleg Orlov, sentenced to 30 months in prison, compares Russian justice to Nazi Germany
At 71 and behind bars, the great figure of Russian dissidence Oleg Orlov appeared in court by videoconference on Thursday for his opposition to the conflict in Ukraine. Despite the…
opposition increasingly mistreated, dissident Oleg Orlov sentenced to two and a half years in prison
Russian power continues to stifle all voices that criticize the offensive in Ukraine. Dissident Oleg Orlov has just been sentenced to two and a half years in prison to be…
Reuters announced: Dissident Alexei Navalny, who exposed Putin’s corruption and abuse file and was his strongest rival, is dead!
Russian Federal Prison Service announced that detained Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was being held in a prison in the Polar Region in northern…
Dissident Oleg Orlov classified as “foreign agent”
Human rights defender Oleg Orlov, co-founder of the NGO Memorial, was placed this Friday, February 2 by Moscow on the blacklist of “foreign agents”. 1 min According to the Russian…
death of Lev Rubinstein, poet and dissident, critic of the Kremlin
He was a figure of Soviet dissidence and a critic of the Kremlin, the Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, died this Sunday, January 14, at the age of 76, six days…
Bogota and a Farc dissident agree on a ceasefire
The Colombian government and the main faction of the dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) announced this Saturday, September 2, that they had agreed to resume a bilateral ceasefire.…