Even before Vance’s addition to the Republican ticket, the internal Democratic struggle over whether age and infirmity should preclude President Biden from serving another term had been causing jitters in Europe, although allied leaders have carefully refrained from...
"The resolution expresses grave concern regarding the deteriorating human rights situation in Russia – including severe restrictions on freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly," the U.S. State Department said. The resolution was led by 26 European Union member states and cosponsored by the Unit...
“With this decision today, we deliver on the commitment of G-7 Leaders at their summit in Elmau to prevent Russia from profiting from its war of aggression against Ukraine, to support stability in global energy markets and to minimise negative economic spillovers of Russia’s war of aggression...
The sinister, Orwellian reality of a society in which the expression of majority opinion is being turned into a crime has already been witnessed across Europe. Even more disturbing, social media operators such as Facebook and Twitter appear to be collaborating with governments in the suppression ...
"Arresting individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or a peaceful assembly constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty," U.N. rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. She said the agency understood that "more than 1,800 protesters were reported...
I am glad that there is a growing opposition to Putin’s regime in Russia itself. The list of eminent Russian intellectuals against aggression in Ukraine is much longer than those confused libertarians who support “Russian national interests” (Mises and Hayek would detest such an expression). ...
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken attends the Freedom of Expression Roundtable, in New York, U.S., September 19, 2022. Craig Ruttle | Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it is "imperative" that Russia allow the deal that reopened key Ukrainian ports to continue. ...
“Arresting individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or of peaceful assembly constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty,” she said. “We call on the authorities to ensure the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained for exercising these rights.” ...
"Arresting individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of expression or a peaceful assembly constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty," U.N. rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. She said the agency understood that "more than 1,800 protesters were reported...
Yet the stitched panelling of a vyshyvanka extends beyond the garment itself. For many Ukrainians, each star or flower design is a symbolic expression of their right to self-determination. “I think that vyshyvanka is a very vivid symbol that speaks for itself. Wearing vyshyvanka is very...