Freed Columbia activist says Trump administration has failed

Freed Columbia activist says Trump administration has failed

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil has said the Trump administration failed to suppress pro-Palestinian voices, following his release from more than three months in immigration detention. “My existence is a message” to the Trump administration, he told the BBC after returning to New Jersey from a detention centre in Louisiana. “All these attempts to suppress … Read more

Belarus opposition chief’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky free of jail

Belarus opposition chief’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky free of jail

The husband of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been unexpectedly released from prison in Belarus, along with other political prisoners. Sergei Tikhanovsky has been moved to Lithuania and has been being reunited with his wife who lives in exile in the capital Vilnius. It is understood at least 10 prisoners have been released in … Read more