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Repression rife in Cuba, 3 years after historic protests: dissidents
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 hour agoCuban dissidents and journalists said Thursday that repression was still rife in the country, as it...
Jailed human rights campaigner denounces mass repression across Russia before court hearing feed cut...
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 hours agoRussia had "distorted, perverted, and finally achieved the total destruction of justice and law in ...
UAE jails 43 activists for life after court finds them guilty of terrorism
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 hours agoThe trial was criticised by human rights groups who said it targeted political dissidents and...
The pacifist politician hoping to change Russia
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 14 hours agoHer bid to run against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a March election was rejected and she has since been branded a "foreign agent".Russian law...
Front-line nations sound alarm at NATO summit: Get tougher on Russia
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 19 hours agoUkraine and its most ardent supporters within NATO are airing frustrations that the bloc can do more...
Book Review: Gonzo journalist Barrett Brown’s memoir a piquant take on hacktivism’s rise
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 day agoIt is 2013 and Brown’s adventures have included helping Anonymous hacktivists publicly expose...
Dissident or fraud? Exiled Chinese businessman Guo's trial nears close
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 day agoNEW YORK (Reuters) -The fraud trial of Guo Wengui neared its end on Wednesday, as a prosecutor told...
More than 40 activists jailed for life in UAE for 'terror' offences
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agothe defendants of "creating a terrorist organisation". United Nations experts and human rights groups have severely criticised the mass trial. Human Rights ...
Russia declares newspaper The Moscow Times 'undesirable' amid crackdown on criticism
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 day agoThe Russian prosecutor general's office on Wednesday declared The Moscow Times, an online newspaper...
Dozens of people are sentenced to life in prison in the UAE in a mass trial criticized abroad
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoA mass trial of dissidents in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 43 people to life in prison on...