After the adoption of state laws banning propaganda of homosexuality amongst minors LGBT Defenders working in state educational institutions have been increasingly subjected to dismissal in Russia bec...
A Russian federal law banning “propaganda of homosexuality” was approved in its first reading in the State Duma on 25 January, with only one out of 390 deputies voting against it. The law imposes heft...
A very disturbing trend is going on at this moment in Russia. Just before the summer holidays, the Russian State Duma has adopted a number of bills, at a furious pace, restricting freedom of expressio...
14 August 2026 Independent journalists in Kazakhstan are facing increasing pressure ahead of the 23 August elections to the Kurultai, the new unicameral parliament introduced under the constitution an...
The Lundin Oil trial’s first witness of 2026 was Magnus Nordin, the company’s former Deputy Managing Director. After welcoming the witness to Stockholm District Court, Judge Tomas Zander noted Nordin&...
Ashley Heppenstall, a former CEO of Lundin Petroleum, testified over the course of three days in December 2025 regarding his role in Lundin Oil and Lundin Petroleum’s operations in Sudan between...
Timothy Sarney was the drilling and operations manager for Lundin Oil from the time the company commenced the Sudan project in 1997 until the company sold to Petronas in 2003. Sarney testified about a...
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is now entering its fifth year. Since 2022, emergency alarms, drone attacks, and constant wartime conditions have shaped the lives of millions of Ukrainians. Ye...
Ahead of a February 2 decision by Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court on whether to consider reopening the case of imprisoned journalist Makhabat Tajibek kyzy, eight international press freedom and human right...
Lawmakers in Kazakhstan should reject a draft law with amendments that would ban “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation,” seven international human rights groups said today. The groups are ...
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