Belarus

Nils Muiznieks, Maksim Polovinko, and Margaret Satterthwaite join the show to discuss the repression lawyers face in Belarus.

Belarusian lawyers face severe threats under a near-total State-controlled legal system with hundreds disbarred or exiled simply for doing their jobs.

Such measures not only gut civil society as incubators of citizen involvement and connection with government, they spill beyond borders.

Internal repression -- more than 1,400 political prisoners -- extends outward, too, as dictator Alexander Lukashenka's threatens US and EU security with hybrid ops and nuclear…

The Alliance made significant progress in some areas, but has lots of work to do going forward to meet the challenges on its doorstep.

In Russia and other repressive countries, the situation is often dire for the lawyers trying to defend political prisoners.

After handling many prominent cases, one involving Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza illustrates the dire threats and the need for support.

"Initial assessments may be clouded by wishful thinking about Putin’s odds in Ukraine or his chances of political survival at home."

What international law has to say about other States’ assistance to Russia’s war efforts

(This article is also available in English here. Переклад статті здійснений завдяки Юлії Серединській та Мар’яні Антонович.)…

(Ця стаття також доступна українською мовою тут. This article is also available in Ukrainian here.) It is welcome news that the U.K. Government…

Наш аналіз підкреслює, що можливість судити російських високопосадовців за злочин агресії буде…