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Yabloko Deputy Leader Sentenced to Seven Years for Telegram Posts

Rights groups say the verdict signals a broader effort to silence anti‑war critics ahead of September’s State Duma elections.

MP High Court Quashes FIR Against Teacher Over Urdu Poem WhatsApp Status

Munich Court Acquits AfD MEP Petr Bystron in 'Hitler Salute' Photomontage Case

Bombay High Court Quashes 2010 FIR Against Bharti Singh and Shekhar Suman Over TV Joke

LDP Backs Flag‑Damage Offense Judged by Acts, Not Intent

Algerian Court Sentences Novelist Kamel Daoud to Three Years Over ‘Houris’

Rights Groups Press Kazakhstan to End Journalist Prosecutions and Scrap 'False Information' Law

Moscow Court Sentences German Satirist to 8.5 Years in Absentia Over Putin Float

Moscow Court Sentences German Satirist Jacques Tilly to 8½ Years in Absentia

Michoacán Fires Two Educators Over Student Dance Depicting Violence

Germany Probes Historian Over Hitler–Putin Satire as Munich Drops Fleischhauer Case

High Court Upholds Acquittal in London Koran-Burning Case, Rejects CPS Appeal

Brazil Appeals Court Acquits Comedian Léo Lins in 2–1 Vote

Rome Judge Dismisses Case Against 29 Over Acca Larentia Roman Salutes

Brandenburg Court Fines AfD Lawmaker Over Poster Deemed Nazi Salute

Moscow Court Delays Case Against German Satirist Jacques Tilly to February 26

Hamburg Court Drops Qur'an-Burning Case After Charity Deal

Swiss Complaint Targets Charlie Hebdo Over Crans-Montana Fire Cartoon

Police Open Inquiry After Marcão do Povo Files Criminal Complaint Against Ludmilla

Moscow Opens Criminal Case Against German Satirist Jacques Tilly Over Putin-Themed Carnival Floats