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| ↑ Protesters take shelter behind shields as they clash with riot police officers during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021 |
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| Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing, the first time her lawyers had seen her since she was detained in the Feb. 1 military coup. Supporters meanwhile marched in defiance of a crackdown after the bloodiest day so far in the aftermath of the coup.
China, under growing global pressure over its treatment of a Muslim minority in its far west, is mounting an unprecedented and aggressive campaign to push back, including explicit attacks on women who have made claims of abuse.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a penal colony outside Moscow to serve his prison sentence, weeks after he returned to Russia after being poisoned. Ruslan Vakhapov, a local activist of the prisoners’ rights group Jailed Russia, described conditions in the colony as particularly severe.
The fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be punished after a U.S. intelligence report found he had approved the killing.
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