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Russia’s Supreme Court Brands Memorial ‘Extremist’

A closed, one-hearing process now makes Memorial’s human-rights work a crime punishable by long prison terms.

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PEN America Launches U.S. Safety Program for At-Risk Authors

Russia’s Supreme Court Labels Nobel-Winning Memorial ‘Extremist’

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Japan Says Citizen Detained in Iran Is Freed on Bail

Iran Executes Another Protester as Wartime Death Sentences Accelerate

Iran Executes 18-Year-Old Protester as Watchdogs Warn More Imminent Killings

Iran Detains Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh as Narges Mohammadi’s Health Worsens in Custody

Min Aung Hlaing Installed as Myanmar’s President After Disputed Parliamentary Vote

UN Warns of Sharp Clampdown on Free Speech Across Middle East After Strikes on Iran

German Court Rejects Mainz’s Final Appeal in El Ghazi Case

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Iran Executes Two Men Over Alleged MEK Links

Chinese Dissident Artist Gao Zhen Tried in Secret Over Satirical Mao Works

Bob Costas Backs IOC Rule Limiting Women’s Olympic Events to Biological Females

Lukashenko and Kim Sign Friendship Treaty in Pyongyang

Nine Dead, 45 Missing After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Djibouti

UN Chief Demands Release of 118 Detained Staff as Yemen Cases Mount

Meta Oversight Board Urges Caution on Global Community Notes Rollout

Report Finds North Korean Workers in Russia Trapped in Forced Labor in Violation of U.N. Bans