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Bangkok Court Adds Royal-Insult Term, Lifting Arnon Nampa’s Prison Time to 31 Years 9 Months

Rights groups say courts are stacking penalties under Thailand’s lese majeste law against figures from the 2020 protest movement.

Paris Prosecutor Seeks Four-Year Sentence, Permanent France Ban for Mahdieh Esfandiari

Uganda Elections Marred by Internet Blackout and Hours-Long Voting Delays

Jimmy Kimmel Uses UK Christmas Broadcast to Denounce Trump’s 'Rising Tyranny'

Russian Military Court Convicts Exiled Journalist Anna Zueva in Absentia, Sentences Her to Six Years

Myanmar Junta Targets 229 Under New Election Law Ahead of Dec. 28 Vote

Martina Navratilova Denounces Trump’s Second Term in New Home of the Brave Ad

Moscow Court Convicts Ilya Yashin in Absentia for Foreign-Agent Violations, Sentences Him to 1 Year 10 Months

Tunisia Releases Critic Sonia Dahmani After 18 Months in Prison

Sami Hamdi Returns to U.K. After ICE Detention and Voluntary Departure

British Journalist Sami Hamdi to Leave U.S. Voluntarily After ICE Detention

Georgia Says It Fined OSCE Chair Elina Valtonen Over Tbilisi Protest

Aleema Khan Challenges Nov. 26 Protest Case As Reports Diverge on ATC Actions

Nonprofits Mobilize, Big Law Issues Warnings After Trump’s NSPM-7 on Political Violence

Pentagon Imposes Prepublication Approval for Military Reporting, Threatens Loss of Press Credentials

Italian Prosecutors Open Forensic Probe of Phones in Paragon Spyware Case

Russia Hands Navalny Ally 18-Year Sentence In Absentia

Hong Kong Files New Security Charge Against Activist Joshua Wong

Swedish Journalist Joakim Medin Released from Turkish Detention

Turkey Blocks Jailed Opposition Leader Ekrem Imamoglu's X Account