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Russia: Silencing critics at Sochi

February 18, 2014May 10, 2024 Cecily Hilleary of VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

The arrests of several activists near Sochi have renewed attention on the ways in which dissent is suppressed in Russia. 

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The case of baby Maria: Understanding Europe’s Roma

October 26, 2013May 10, 2024 Cecily Hilleary of VOANews

For more than a week now much of the global media has been fixated on “baby Maria,” a young blond

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