LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election. Farage said he’ll run in the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea in his eighth attempt to win a seat […]
For nearly 40 years, Irish broadcaster Charlie Bird, who has died aged 74, brought stories from around the world to TV screens across the country. One of the best-known faces in Irish journalism for several decades, he was a roving reporter at RTÉ in the truest sense, with his work taking him from his hometown […]
For nearly 40 years, Irish broadcaster Charlie Bird, who has died aged 74, brought stories from around the world to TV screens across the country. One of the best-known faces in Irish journalism for several decades, he was a roving reporter at RTÉ in the truest sense, with his work taking him from his hometown […]
Plans to hold a funeral for Alexei Navalny on Thursday have been thwarted because it would clash with an address by President Vladimir Putin, according to the former opposition activist’s foundation. Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, said in a statement Wednesday that the team had struggled to find a venue for the […]
STORY: “The verdict showed that my article was accurate and true,” Orlov, 70, said as he was led away in handcuffs after being sentenced. He was applauded by supporters in the Moscow courtroom, including representatives from Western embassies. Memorial, founded in 1989, has defended freedom of speech and documented human rights abuses from the time […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian prosecutor requested a prison term of two years and 11 months on Monday for veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov, who is on trial for discrediting Russia’s armed forces, the Memorial human rights organisation said. Orlov, 70, has served for more than two decades as one of the leaders of […]
The Russian Justice Ministry designated Oleg Orlov, one of the leaders of the Memorial human rights group, a “foreign agent,” the ministry announced on Feb. 2. The designation requires people and entities who allegedly receive “support” from abroad to place a disclaimer in all of their publishing and mandates strict financial reporting. It is broadly […]
The former subpostmaster who has led the campaign for justice in the UK’s Post Office Horizon scandal said he will reject an offer of compensation from the UK government. Alan Bates, whose two-decade fight inspired the ITV series Mr Bates vs The Post Office, told The Daily Telegraph the offer was “offensive” and “cruel”. The […]