BELARUS
Anti-Russia Blogger Stands Trial in Belarus
Andrei Makhovsky, REUTERS
A Belarussian court started on Friday a closed trial of a blogger known for his fierce criticism of Russia. He has been accused of inciting hatred and distributing pornography in a case activists say is politically motivated. Human rights campaigners say he is being targeted for criticizing Russian foreign policy, its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, and role in the east Ukrainian separatist conflict.
CHINA
China’s Last Tiananmen Prisoner Set to Be Freed, But Frail
Isolda Morillo, THE WASHINGTON POST
China’s last-known prisoner held in relation to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests will reportedly be released …read more
Source: Victims of Communism