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Anti-Putin protesters join hands to ring Moscow
More than 30,000 people encircled Moscow in a human chain along Sadovoe Kolco, a 10-mile long road surrounding the city yesterday. Protesters were...
Afghanistan: Radio journalist beheaded
An Afghan radio journalist was beheaded on Tuesday night in the southeast province of Paktika, Afghanistan. AFP quoted a local official as saying...
Feminist punk group protest against Putin in Moscow’s central cathedral
Pussy Riot is a feminist punk collective from Moscow. They hide their faces under coloured balaclavas, use nicknames to remain anonymous and perform...
Punk feminists Pussy Riot stage Putin protest in Moscow’s central cathedral
Pussy Riot is a feminist punk collective from Moscow. They hide their faces under coloured balaclavas, use nicknames to remain anonymous and perform...
Kyrgyzstan: News website blocked
Access to the website of independent news agency Ferghana was blocked this week by telecommunications company Kyrgyztelecom in response to a formal...
UK: Ryan Giggs legally named as footballer behind Imogen Thomas ‘affair’ injunction
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs has been named in court for the first time as the Premier League footballer with a high-profile privacy injunction...
Turkish newspaper’s offices attacked in Paris and Cologne
The Paris and Cologne offices of a Turkish newspaper were attacked by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) last week. Zaman...
Protesting toys left out in cold by Siberian authorities
Authorities in the Siberian city of Barnaul have refused to sanction a dolls' protest rally, claiming toys are not equal to people and so cannot...
Russia: Expelled French journalist allowed to return
Russia's head of Federal Migration has said that the decision to expel prominent French journalist and author Anne Nivat earlier this week was...