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Russian dissident remains in prison on trumped-up charges

Ukraine

Vladimir Kara-Murza is one of the most well-known opposition politicians in Russia. Like Alexei Navalny, and dozens of other opposition politicians in Russia, Kara-Murza is in prison. Right now, he is awaiting his day in court after being accused of high treason. He is one of hundreds of documented political prisoners in Russia.

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza lays flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia

‘I know that he will not stop fighting,’ wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says

Conflict & Justice
A nurse talks with police.

Mass arrests in Zimbabwe over coronavirus regulation violations

A man with "POLICE ICE" protective vest leads a man in handcuffs down street, with another officer with "POLICE FEDERAL AGENT" on vest on the right

As immigration arrests rise, advocates warn immigrants to know their rights when agents show up

Justice
Prisoners flash the MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha street gang hand sign from inside a jail cell at a police station in San Salvador.

The ‘alien threat’ street gang MS-13 was actually made in the USA

Conflict
The town of Riace is seen in the southern Italian region of Calabria, Nov. 22, 2013.

Anti-mafia blitz in Italy and Germany nets nearly 170 arrests

Justice

Police and investigators told a news conference that most of the arrests, which totaled 169 by early afternoon, were carried out in the southern Italian region of Calabria, the base of the ‘Ndrangheta crime group. More could be apprehended, they said.