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The 2022 annual human rights report, published by the US State Department on Monday, blames the censorship of media, bans on political parties and extrajudicial executions in Ukraine on the Russian “invasion.” Kiev’s crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is not mentioned at all.  The report notes that businessman Denis …

Independent experts will review the bombshell Amnesty International report accusing the Ukrainian armed forces of violating humanitarian law, following backlash from Kiev, in an effort to understand “what went wrong” with the preparation of the document. In a statement released by its German section on Friday, the human rights watchdog …

Politicians including Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, have called for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games because of questions around China’s human rights records, including claims that have been supported by human rights groups over the incarceration of Muslims in the Xinjiang province …

On Thursday morning, the embassy’s Twitter account called out the US State Department spokesman. “[Ned Price] keeps criticizing Russia for assumed human rights violations. Meanwhile, it is high time the US drew its attention to the internal situation,” the tweet said, including a link to an article posted on the …

This goes against America’s self-declared image of itself as a “global leader” in the protection of rights and freedoms around the world, Moscow said. In a lengthy report published on Thursday, Russia accused the US of “continuing to grossly violate human rights both inside and outside the country,” including through …

The Southern Military District deployed the interceptors on Wednesday morning as the trio of foreign aircraft appeared on their radars, the National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said in a statement.  The two interceptors “identified the air targets as a group of French Air Force planes that consisted of a KC-135 …

Klobuchar proposed a competition and antitrust law enforcement reform act that would make major changes to antitrust law, granting enforcement agencies more powers to impose larger fines, and shifting the burden of proof over mergers onto companies. RT’s Boom Bust host Brent Jabbour discusses the new legislation with his co-host, …

Twitter confirmed on Monday night that Lindell had been permanently suspended for running afoul of rules barring users from “manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes.”  The founder of the Minnesota-based bedding manufacturer has faced blowback over his public statements following riots at the Capitol on January 6. …

In a statement to CNN on Sunday, Twitter confirmed that it had locked the outspoken lawmaker out of her personal account for 12 hours, citing “multiple violations” of its “civic integrity policy.” Greene apparently fell victim to the recently updated Twitter policy, which envisions a system of strikes for pushing …

Armenia’s Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said that Baku launched an offensive into Nagorno-Karabakh five minutes after the ceasefire had been entered into. She later added that Azerbaijani forces were shelling the town of Hadrut. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, in the meantime, reported that “despite the ceasefire agreement” Armenia has launched …