After eight months in custody in Nigeria, an American working for the cryptocurrency firm Binance is coming home, ailing but alive, in a case that had strained U.S. ties with one of Africa’s most influential countries. Tigran Gambaryan, a compliance officer for Binance, had been held on money-laundering charges as …
Read More »José Rubén Zamora Will Leave Prison After Nearly Two Years
After spending more than 810 days in a cramped cell with little more than his books to keep him company, one of Guatemala’s most renowned journalists was released to house detention on Saturday night as he waits to find out whether he will be granted a new trial. The decision …
Read More »Nicholas Daniloff, 89, Dies; Reporter’s Arrest in Moscow Ignited a Firestorm
Nicholas Daniloff, an American news correspondent whose 1986 arrest in Moscow on trumped-up espionage charges ignited a political firestorm in the United States and an international crisis in the latter stages of the Cold War, died on Thursday at an assisted living facility in Cambridge, Mass. He was 89. His …
Read More »After Her Arrest, a Young Activist Holds Onto Her ‘Why’
This article is from a special report on the Athens Democracy Forum, which gathered experts last week in the Greek capital to discuss global issues. A year ago, during the 2023 Democracy Forum in Athens, Namatai Kwekweza was awarded the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy prize for her pro-democracy and feminist …
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