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Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. This report was written by Tom Grundy and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on April 10, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. A representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been denied entry to Hong Kong after she was detained, searched and questioned for six hours at the airport on April 10, 2024, according to the French media freedom NGO. Taipei-based Advocacy Officer Aleksandra Bielakowska was searched three times and questioned by immigration officials for six hours at the city’s...
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Fifteen-year-old Islam Khalilov led more than 100 people out of Crocus City Hall during the terrorist attack. Screenshot of YouTube video by BakuTV YouTube Channel. Fair use. Russia is mourning after the largest terrorist attack in years occurred in Moscow on the night of March 22, leaving over 143 people dead, according to the latest official figures. Experts predict that the xenophobia and racism that are rampant in Russia will become even more pronounced now, as the individuals detained for the terrorist act are allegedly Muslims related to the Islamic State. As the exiled independent Russi...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Nika Melia, the former chair of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, and Nika Gvaramia, the founder of the opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, have joined forces ahead of the parliamentary election scheduled for October 2024. The two officially unveiled their new political alliance, Akhali (meaning “new” in English), on March 11. According to Gvaramia, Akhali hopes to push “for changes in Georgia in new ways. Our fight, our belief in victory has a concrete name from now on and that name is Ahali [“new”]….full focus on the future…we are not evaluating...
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A session of Pakistan’s National Assembly is in progress. February 1, 2024. Image by Ramna Saeed. Used with permission. The 2024 General Elections have plunged Pakistan into political turmoil. Amidst protests alleging rigging, the official results surprised many. While independent candidates loyal to imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured the most seats (93 out of 253), they failed to win a majority. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP), along with several independent candidates, have formed a coalition government d...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva This article was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Armenia and Georgia following the news that Alexey Navalny, 47, well-known Russian opposition figure and Putin's long term critic died in prison under suspicious circumstances on February 16, 2024. In December 2020, Navalany was poisoned with what was later confirmed by German doctors to be a military-grade nerve agent from the Novichok family of chemical weapons. The opposition politician survived the poisoning...
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Screenshot of TV Rain video on X. Fair use. Today, on February 16, 2024, Alexey Navalny, Putin's long term critic and a prominent opposition figure, died in prison, under suspicious circumstances. Alexey Navalny once said in a documentary what he wanted the Russians to do in case of his death. Аексей Навальный отвечает на вопрос, что делать, если его убьют Отрывок из фильма «Навальный» Дэниела Рора, 2022 год pic.twitter.com/vseatGh4DD — Дождь (@tvrain) February 16, 2024 Alexei Navalny answers the question of what to do if he is killed. Excerpt from the film “Navalny” by Daniel Rohr, 2022 My me...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva This article was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. Not even a month after controversial former Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili returned to politics on December 30, 2023, there have already been at least two key replacements within the ruling government of the Georgian Dream party. On January 29, the current Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili abruptly announced his decision to step down. Three days later, on February 1, it was announced that Irakli Kobakhidze, who served as the chai...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Turkey finally got the greenlight to proceed with a long-awaited deal — the acquisition of F-16 fighter jets from the United States — after months of uncertainty. On January 26, the US approved the sale of 40 new F-16s worth USD 23 billion in total. The deal also includes the equipment to modernize Turkey's 79 existing F-16s. The news of the deal arrived one day after Turkey's parliament finally voted to approve Sweden's bid to join NATO. A day after Erdogan signed off on Sweden’s NATO accession, the State Department approves the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey (...
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Screengrab from Axiom's live footage of the launch on January 18, 2024 Three… two… one… ignition! Forty-four-year-old Alper Gezeravci is first ever Turkish astronaut to travel into space. Joining Swedish, Italian and Spanish astronauts aboard an AX-3 shuttle provided by the private Axiom Space company, the crew left Earth on January 18, at 4.49 p.m. Eastern Time. This is the company's third flight under a partnership with NASA. The mission, originally scheduled to lift off on January 17 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was postponed by 24 hours, to allow for additional systems chec...
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