All posts tagged "opposition"
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5InternationalTurkey detains journalists and replaces elected mayor amid crackdown on opposition
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities have detained a prominent investigative journalist and four of his colleagues and replaced an elected pro- Kurdish...
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6WorldBelarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated...
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6WorldBelarus opposition and western leaders denounce stage-managed Lukashenko victory | Belarus
Western leaders and the Belarusian opposition have denounced Alexander Lukashenko’s victory in Sunday’s stage-managed election, which will extend his ruthless three-decade grip...
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8InternationalBelarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated...
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9WorldMicheál Martin elected Irish prime minister after chaotic opposition showdown – POLITICO
“I welcome the fact that the government has now finally acknowledged that there has to be a differentiation between government and opposition,...
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14WorldBelarusian opposition denounces Lukashenko and Sunday’s election
Sarah Rainsford BBC Eastern Europe correspondent European Pressphoto Agency In 2020 hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets to protest....
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13WorldSlovak PM Fico accuses opposition of trying to topple him Ukraine-style
Rob Cameron Prague correspondent Reuters Slovakia’s prime minister was in hospital for several weeks after he was shot and wounded last May...
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31WorldMyanmar airstrike on detention camp kills dozens, armed opposition group says | Myanmar
A Myanmar junta airstrike has killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state,...
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22FeaturedRussia jails lawyers who acted for late opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Three lawyers who acted for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been given jail terms of up to five-and-a-half years on...
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33International3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court
PETUSHKI, Russia — Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were jailed Friday in Russia as part...
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28InternationalGuinea’s main opposition parties call for withdrawal from junta-led legislative body
CONAKRY, Guinea — The main opposition coalition in Guinea has called for its members to withdraw from the country’s legislative body after...
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16FeaturedLawyer for Ugandan opposition politician ‘arrested and tortured’ | Global development
A human rights lawyer involved in a case featuring a prominent Ugandan opposition leader has been tortured after he was arrested and...
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37FeaturedGeorgian opposition leader beaten up and blames governing party members
Reuters Giorgi Gakharia suffered a broken nose and concussion, his doctor said Former Georgian Prime Minister and opposition party leader Giorgia Gakharia...
