Aleksei Navalny: new film about jailed dissident who dared to defy the power of Putin: One of the last lines jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny speaks in the eponymous new CNN documentary is a quote usually attributed to the 18th-century philosopher Edmund Burke: “The triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” …
South Africa in the news: Exiled Rwandan dissident gunned down in Mozambique: A Rwandan dissident has been shot dead in Mozambique, where he had settled as a refugee after being ousted from his home country in 1994, police said on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen intercepted …: “South Africa” – BingNews Sawea, EWSETA sign MoU in support …
Belarus kidnapping: what international law says about capture of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich: Here’s what we know: the Ryanair aircraft carrying dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was scheduled to fly from Athens in Greece to Vilnius in Lithuania on May 23. While in Belarusian airspace, the pilot was ordered to divert from its course and …
Roman Protasevich: dissident Belarus journalist whose defiance enraged Europe’s last dictator: Roman Protasevich doesn’t look like much of a threat to Europe’s last dictator. A fresh-faced 26-year-old, he has never been elected to public office nor has he stood as a candidate. What this blogger and co-recipient of the European parliament’s Sakharov prize for freedom …
Alexei Navalny: protesters defy state crackdown to support hunger-striking Russian dissident: Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the streets of Russia’s cities to support the dissident politician Alexei Navalny, who is currently on hunger strike in a prison hospital. The fact that those numbers were down on the crowds who massed to protest …
South Africa in the news: A mixed homecoming for Zimbabwe’s most famous dissident: Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire, holds his country’s flag whilst singing the national anthem before addressing supporters at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Mawarire is living in exile in South …: “South Africa” – BingNews …