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2 days ago
Azerbaijan has been further emboldened to crack down on opposition since hosting the UN climate summit COP29, says the son of a dissident now under house arrest.
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7 hours ago
Hours before the climate summit in Baku was supposed to conclude on Friday evening, the COP29 presidency tabled a series of new draft negotiating texts — with a top-line figure of $1.3 trillion in climate finance investment. 
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11 hours ago
With a snap Belarus presidential election in January, six-term strongman Aleksandr Lukashenko must have realised that continuing isolation by the West and excessive dependence on Moscow have become a threat to his power inside Belarus.
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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

1 month ago
The drainpipe in Brussels where a far-right MEP fled a gay orgy still attracts tourists, who take pics to remember what Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán really represents.
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Handshake of death: EU embrace of Kagame helping silence dissidents in Belgium

23 days ago
Every time EU leaders shake hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, they embolden him to commit crimes against dissidents in Belgium, making themselves morally liable.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

1 month ago
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
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