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Tag: Dissident

Posted inOpinion

Iran goes abroad to stop protests at home

by Faisal Al Yafai December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

The hanging of Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam continues to make waves among Iranian exiles in the United States and Europe. Part of the reason is the sheer audacity of the plot: Zam apparently was lured from exile in France, where he lived under police protection, to Iraq, from where he was kidnapped and smuggled to […]

Posted inMiddle East

Prominent Egyptian dissident detained

by AT Contributor September 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Photo: RTHK
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Middle East, World

Chinese dissident’s widow Liu Xia leaves Beijing for Berlin

by Alice Sze July 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Chairman of the Nobel Committee Thorbjoern Jagland looks down at the reserved vacant chair of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo (portrait at left), in Oslo, December 10, 2010. Photo: AFP
Posted inChina

Norway, China normalise ties after Nobel Peace Prize row

by Reuters December 19, 2016February 18, 2020

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