The arrest of Yuri Kuznetsov signals a widening of the biggest government corruption scandal in years, two days after President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly removed Sergei Shoigu from the post of defense minister.
Rights advocates argue that David McBride’s conviction and sentencing before any alleged war criminal he helped expose reflect a lack of whistleblower protections in Australia.
Voters who had boycotted past elections in the disputed Himalayan region are expressing their displeasure over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2019 removal of its semi-autonomy.
Kuandyk Bishimbayev was found guilty of torture and murder in a widely watched trial that some saw as a litmus test of the president’s promise to strengthen women’s rights.
The curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, who was detained in Istanbul, said he had permits from the government to conduct his research.