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Fleeing Chechen blogger detained in Poland

Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who fled Russia after receiving death threats from Kadyrov’s nephew, was detained in an immigration centre in Warsaw.

Hundreds demonstrate for drug decriminalisation in Georgia

The demonstration in Tbilisi came after activists accuse the authorities of needlessly delaying hearings for a draft law to decriminalise drug use.

Women’s activists rally against sexual violence in Tbilisi

Dozens of women’s rights activists gathered at the pedestrian underpasses under Tbilisi’s Heroes’ Square to urge women to ‘reclaim the night’.