Bogus Terrorism Charges Against Russian Journalists

Expand Pictured (L) Svetlana Prokopyeva, Pskov, Russia; and (R) Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, Makhachkala, Russia. © 2019 Pavel Dmitriyev (L); 2019 Arsen Shabanov (R) The Russian government’s abuse of the country’s broad, harsh counterterrorism legislation is on shocking display as two journalists now face potential lengthy prison sentences on politically motivated charges. Last week, the authorities indicted freelance journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva on groundless charges of “justification of terrorism,” which is punished by up to seven years in prison. In an open letter published yesterday by several…

Read complete article

~	Al Ahly and Esperance highlight the dominance of North Africa in club football. Lessons for other African teams

~	Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal

~	South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases

~	Why the New Yorker blocked UK website readers from its Lucy Letby story – an expert explains

~	How a British military march became the distinctive sound of American graduations

~	UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared

~	World Should Rally to Halt Unfolding Atrocities in Darfur

~	It’s a mistake to dismiss Bridgerton as fluffy period drama

~	How newborn chicks are helping to settle a centuries-old debate about cognition and our senses

~	Extreme heatwaves in south and south-east Asia are a sign of things to come