RFERL Media Bias

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Jailed Iranian Rapper Says He Was Torture And Forced To Confess In Prison

Jailed Iranian dissident rapper Saman Yasin, who was detained during the nationwide protests in Iran last year, says he has endured mock executions, beatings, and other forms of torture while in prison on a charge to which he was forced to admit guilt.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Canada Adds 29 Russian Companies, Rosatom Subsidiaries, To Its Sanctions List

Canadian authorities have updated their sanctions list to include another 29 Russian companies. The restrictions were imposed against several banks and financial institutions, as well as research centers and some other design and construction organizations. The updated sanctions list also targets subsidiaries of Rosatom, including companies that are a part of Russia’s nuclear weapons complex and the export agency that sells atomic technology abroad. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Idel Realities click here.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Taliban Halts Some 100 Afghan Women From Flying To UAE On University Scholarships

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The founding chairman of the Dubai-based Al Habtoor Group says Taliban authorities have stopped around 100 women from traveling to the United Arab Emirates, where he planned to sponsor their university education.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Prosecutors Seek Three-Year Sentence For Siberian Woman Accused Of Assaulting Officers

Prosecutors asked a court on August 24 in Russia's Siberian region of Buryatia to sentence 61-year-old Natalya Filonova to three years in prison on a charge of assaulting police.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Memorial Rights Group In Yekaterinburg Fined For Failure To Properly Report Activities

A court in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg on August 24 fined the local branch of the Memorial human rights group 350,000 rubles ($3,700) for "failure to properly report its activities as a foreign agent."

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Noted Activist In Russia's Bashkortostan, Ramila Saitova, Goes On Trial Over Anti-War Video

A court in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, on August 24 began the trial of noted activist Ramila Saitova, who was arrested in May over her online posts against Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Almaty Police Briefly Detain Two Activists Of Unregistered Democratic Party

Almaty police detained, without explanation, two activists of the unregistered opposition Democratic Party who came to a meeting with city Mayor Erbolat Dosaev on August 24.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

One Patient Dies, Five Injured In Fire At Kosovo's University Clinic In Pristina

One patient died and five were injured in a fire that broke out in one of the emergency and intensive psychiatric ward rooms at the University Clinical Center Kosovo in Pristina on August 23.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Satellite Images Show Wagner Camp In Belarus Being Dismantled

Images obtained by RFE/RL show that a suspected tent camp thought to be occupied by troops from Russia's Wagner mercenary group near the Belarusian village of Tsel is being dismantled.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Six Ukrainians Caught For Days In Neutral Zone Between Russia And Georgia

Six Ukrainians who were forcibly removed from Kherson by the Russian military are trapped in a buffer zone between Russia and Georgia.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

St. Petersburg Police Detain Woman Who Fled Chechnya Over Domestic Violence

Police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg have detained and reportedly sent back a woman who had fled her native North Caucasus region of Chechnya because of fears for her safety, the SK SOS human rights group said, adding that Seda Suleimanova may face an "honor killing" upon her return.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023

Norway To Reportedly Donate F-16 Fighter Jets To Ukraine

Norway has decided to donate F-16 combat aircraft to Ukraine, Norwegian broadcaster TV2 reported opn August 24, citing unnamed sources.

RFERL     Aug 24, 2023