Journalist Natalia Radzina, who was beaten and imprisoned following last year’s disputed election, explains why she fled Belarus seeking political asylum
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Timothy Garton-Ash writing in today’s Guardian makes a characteristically robust defence of free speech in the wake of Anders Breivik’s massacre in Norway, in which he addresses the ever-present call for online censorship whenever an extremist is found to have been motivated, even in the slightest sense, by findings on the web. (more…)
The controversial Dutch politician has avoided punishment for expressing his views on Islam. But his trials are far from over, writes Sander Zurhake
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As Belarus’s Central Bank devalues the ruble, the European Union has expanded sanctions and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) invokes human rights mechanism. Mike Harris reports
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