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The latest edition of the Human Rights Watch World Report outlines some stark differences between emerging Europe’s EU and non-EU members. Emerging Europe’s...
Human Rights Watch found that the Hungarian government repurposed data it had collected from people who signed up for the Covid-19 vaccine, applied for tax benefits, or...
As Ukraine prepares a push to retake the southern city of Kherson in its first major counteroffensive of the war, more evidence emerges of the horrors of life under...
Posts casting doubt on evidence of alleged war crimes in Bucha continue to be shared on social media despite independent investigations that demonstrate Russian war...
Turkmenistan’s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has ordered that the country’s most famous sight, the Darvaza gas crater, or Gates of Hell, be...
Protests against high LPG prices throughout Kazakhstan have become increasingly political, prompting a violent government crackdown. Russian forces – under the...
A humanitarian disaster looks increasingly likely on the EU’s border with Belarus. Several thousand people are currently stuck at the border between Belarus and...
The oldest human rights group in Belarus is facing closure as the country’s authorities step up their crackdown on civil society. The Belarusian Justice Ministry...
Human rights groups have condemned a new round of arrests in Belarus targeting civil society organisations. Belarusian authorities carried out a day of massive...
Authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted at least 135 people across the country with criminal investigations and prosecutions for alleged participation in banned...
The European Union, the United States and major international human rights groups have condemned Hungary after the country’s parliament approved a controversial...