Pakistani lawmaker Ali Wazir, known for his criticism of the country's powerful military and intelligence establishment, has been released from jail after being detained for more than two years.
A new trial has begun for imprisoned Belarusian video blogger and opposition activist Syarhey Tsikhanouski on charges of "blatantly violating a penitentiary’s inner regulations."
Moldova closed it airspace temporarily on February 14 following a warning by President Maia Sandu that Russia was planning destabilizing actions by using agents provocateurs.
The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has acknowledged for the first time that he owns the Internet Research Agency a so-called "troll factory" in St. Petersburg specialized in creating fake social-media accounts and spreading disinformation and propaganda.
The Belarusian Interior Ministry has added two RFE/RL journalists to its list of extremists amid an ongoing crackdown on independent media, opposition politicians, rights activists, and democratic institutions.