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[Link] Families of drafted Russian soldiers accuse Putin of snubbing them
Read: 23/11/2022 www.theguardian.com
Two months after mobilising tens of thousands of Russian men, the Kremlin has said that Vladimir Putin will grant some of their mothers and wives an audience to quell fears over the mass call-up.
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[Link] 'Hooliganism': Russian court fines journalist after marathon grilling for three-second on-air protest
Read: 16/3/2022 www.abc.net.au
News editor Marina Ovsyannikova was ordered to pay 30,000 roubles ($390) for flouting protest legislation. It was not immediately clear if she could also face other, more serious charges. Her lawyer was not immediately reachable for comment.
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[Link] Yangon’s silenced streets: how a hotbed of anti-coup resistance was extinguished
Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
As Thitsar* walked through her neighbourhood one December morning, she was struck by its emptiness. The bamboo shacks that line the streets of Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial township on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, lay in tatters, overgrown with weeds.
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[Link] Hackers Disrupt Gas Stations in Iran and Deface Billboards to Blame Supreme Leader
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
It’s unclear who is behind the attack. But the methods and impact are reminiscent of a hack in July that paralyzed Iran’s train system.
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[Link] 'Squid Game' Halloween Costumes Are Missing the Point
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Squid Game costumes have seamlessly slotted into this year's selection of Halloween costumes, to the point that at least one school district has banned them. Given the show's popularity, this was inevitable. It's still a little weird.
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[Link] The Palestinian Authority’s crackdown on protest shows it will never serve its own people
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
On 24 June, Nizar Banat, a longtime activist and outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was reportedly arrested and beaten outside his cousin’s home in Hebron by the authority’s security forces – he died in custody shortly after.
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[Link] Pussy Riot Members Are on House Arrest and Can't Even Get Groceries
Read: 18/8/2021 www.vice.com
Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Russian punk rock group and performance collective Pussy Riot, speaks with gracefully articulated rage.
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