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Junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov, 23, Canada’s only 2016 Olympic boxer who was 85-13 as an amateur, has signed with
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Junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov, 23, Canada’s only 2016 Olympic boxer who was 85-13 as an amateur, has signed with manager Keith Connolly. …
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Photographing young Russian couples making out to protest anti-LBGTQ laws
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“If we want a better future for the new generations we need to stop being indifferent to what’s happening in our country,” says Saint Petersburg-based creative director Roman Gunt. The young creative a
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Russia
Glorious Photo Series Protests Russian Anti-LGBT Laws
Cool Hunting - Katie Olsen
Defiant, powerful and gloriously triumphant, Roman Gunt and Nick Gavrilov’s new photo series captures young couples kissing in front of various state institutions, landmarks and more—in support of Chechnya’s
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Forgotten Victims: The children of Islamic State.
Reuters - By Raya Jalabi
More than 1,000 foreign children of Islamic State fighters and their wives are caught in the wheels of Iraqi justice. Those as young as nine face prosecution.
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Opinion
The brutal leader of Chechnya goes after another monitor of his torture and abuse
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
REPORTING ON Ramzan Kadyrov, the brutal ruler of the Russian republic of Chechnya, is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Two women who sought to chronicle the human rights abuses of Mr. Kadyrov’s
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Human Rights
Trump-Pence Admin Refuses to Join Call for Chechnya Investigation
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HRC responded to the Trump-Pence administration’s refusal to join more than 30 countries in calling for a thorough investigation into the ongoing …
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Utrecht
Dutch tram shooting suspect's older brother 'has links to Turkish jihadi organisation and had trained and fought in Chechnya'
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An older brother of the suspected Dutch tram shooter has links to a Turkish jihadist movement and has fought in Chechnya, it has been claimed. Two …
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Drag Aid for Chechnya 2 is a drag-themed night which will take place in the Generator Hostel, Smithfield on Thursday March 28 at 8 pm. Think Live …
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Court in Chechnya banishes human rights activist to penal colony after marijuana conviction
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Oyub Titiev sentenced to four years in a penal colony after widely condemned trial.
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‘Blood feud’ against Chechen blogger is the culmination of a months-long, unusually frank conversation about a buried past
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Exiled blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov in a debate with Magomed Daudov, the speaker of Chechnya's parliament. YouTube screenshot, captured by Runet …
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UK condemns Russia for sentence on rights activist in Chechnya
Reuters - by Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt condemned the sentence handed out to a prominent human rights activist by a court in Chechnya, calling it "an awful example of Russia suppressing
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Chechnya: Human rights defender Oyub Titiev gets 4-year jail term
AlJazeera - Step Vaessen
Relatives and activists criticise the sentencing of the human rights activist who exposed extrajudicial killings, kidnappings and torture by Chechnya's government. A court in Chechnya has sentenced a rights
Ann Arbor, MI
Anthony Marra - The big questions
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It has been six years since Anthony Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomena startled readers across the country. It was a fundamentally different …
Human Rights
Chechen officials distance themselves from Oyub Titiev's sentence
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Alvi Karimov, the press secretary to the leader of Chechnya, and Djambulat Umarov, Chechen Minister for National Policy, declared the Oyub Titiev's …
Russia
An "Utter Scandal" in Russia: Daily Brief
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Outrage as human rights defender jailed in Chechnya, Russia; Thailand's elections won't be free and fair; why won't Egypt's government help find a …
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Court in Chechnya banishes human rights activist to penal colony
The Guardian - Andrew Roth in Shali
A court in Chechnya has sentenced a prominent human rights activist to four years in a penal colony after a widely condemned trial that culminated in the judge reading out the verdict for more than nine
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Rights activist gets 4-year sentence in Russia’s Chechnya
The Washington Post - By Nataliya Vasilyeva | AP
KURCHALOY, Russia — A court in Russia’s province of Chechnya on Monday sentenced a prominent rights activist to four years imprisonment on drug charges widely seen as an effort by authorities to stifle
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Muslim Rights Activist Sentenced to 4 Years in Russia on Disputed Drug Charge
The New York Times - By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday sentenced a Muslim human rights activist to four years in a penal colony on drug possession charges widely seen as manufactured to further a crackdown on dissent in Chechnya
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Russia human rights: Chechnya court jails Memorial activist
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A court in Russia's Chechnya republic has sentenced a prominent rights activist to four years in jail for possessing illegal drugs. Oyub Titiev, who heads the regional branch of rights group Memorial,
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AI condemns sentence to Oyub Titiev
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The trial of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", held in Chechnya, has demonstrated all the evils …
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Human Rights Activist
Russian Court Sentences Rights Activist to Four Years in Penal Colony
The Wall Street Journal. - Thomas Grove
Oyub Titiev investigated some of Chechnya’s most heinous rights abuses MOSCOW—A Russian court on Monday sentenced a human-rights activist who investigated some of Chechnya’s most heinous abuses to four
Utrecht
Turkish suspect of Utrecht shooting was ‘arrested over links to ISIL’: Report
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UTRECHT Dutch police released a picture of a Turkish-born man they are hunting over a shooting on a tram in Utrecht on March 18 that left at least …
Chechen Activist Oyub Titiyev Sentenced To Four Years In Prison
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A court in Chechnya sentenced human-rights activist Oyub Titiyev to four years in a penal colony after finding him guilty of possessing illegal …
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Human rights worker in Chechnya sentenced to 4 years in prison amid fears of further crackdown
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A court in Chechnya has sentenced a prominent human rights worker to four years prison in a case that has been widely condemned by international …
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US Threat to International Justice: Daily Brief
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US threat to international justice; Philippines withdraws from the International Criminal Court; Oyub Titiev's veredict happening today in Chechnya; …
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Russia: Rights Defender Sentenced to Four-Year Prison Term
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Update: After a reading of the verdict that took 9 hours, the judge in the Shali District Court convicted Oyub Titiev and sentenced him to 4 years in …
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Chechnya verdict could mark new purge of human rights activists
The Guardian - Andrew Roth in Moscow
A court in Chechnya will deliver a verdict in the trial of a prominent human rights worker on Monday that could mark a new purge of activists from the Russian republic. Oyub Titiev, the local head of human
Russia
Chechen Activist Titiyev Gets Four Years In Penal Colony On Drug Charges
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A court in Russia's Chechnya region has sentenced human rights activist Oyub Titiyev to four years in a penal colony after finding him guilty of …
Russia
The Week In Russia: Blue Balloons, Blood Feuds, And A Trial In Chechnya
rferl.org - Steve Gutterman
Editor's Note: To receive Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia each week via e-mail, subscribe by clicking here. The Kremlin shrugs at the top Chechen …
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Congress makes a move against Russia’s worst human rights abuser
The Washington Post - By Vladimir Kara-Murza
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that aims to bring at least a measure of accountability for the organizers of Russia’s most high-profile political assassination, the February