Ukraine
Freed Ukrainian POW: Russia's push for amnesty 'cannot be accepted'
Ukrainian journalist and one of the country's most prominent human rights activists, Maksym Butkevych, spent more than two years in Russian captivity. He told Euronews Moscow is deliberately trying to avoid inevitable responsibility.
Culture news
Human Rights Watch reject donations from Saudi festival comedians
The two-week entertainment event has been criticised due to the Saudi government's alleged human rights abuses. Several comedians who attended have offered to donate part of their performance fees from the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Here's everything you need to know.
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World News
Freed Belarus prisoners: Opposition leader refuses forced exile
The 52 prisoners freed last Thursday in a US-brokered deal with Belarus were sent to Vilnius, Lithuania. Among those freed was Mikalai Statkevich, a prominent opposition leader who refused to leave Belarus and is now missing.
Europe News
Belarus continues crackdown on political dissent, rights group says
Mass arrests and convictions of government critics in Belarus have continued since 2020, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was handed a sixth term in office in an election that the opposition and the West denounced as rigged.
Brussels, My Love?
EU extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees
On the week the EU marks 40 years of free movement under the Schengen Area, EU ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss migration. This week’s episode of “Brussels, My Love?” looks at how more and more EU member states are moving away from the idea of a united EU front on migration and asylum.
