Russia is using unconventional methods to expand its influence, evade containment, and destabilize and disrupt its adversaries, including a rebranding of the private Wagner mercenary group that is making progress in forwarding the Kremlin's Africa policy, according to a new report.
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Lawyers say the last vestiges of judicial independence and defense advocacy have been destroyed since the brutal crackdown on dissent by Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka following pro-democracy protests in 2020.
The UN has found Belarus violated international human rights law by imprisoning Ihar Losik, concluding that the arrest and detention of the RFE/RL journalist were "based solely on his journalistic activity and his exercise of the freedoms of expression and of association.”