Europe rights court condemns Russia for suppressing Ukraine war dissent
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia had imposed "systemic and widespread pattern of reporting restrictions" over the war, following cases brought by independent Russian media the newspaper Novaya Gazeta and TV channel Dozhd as well as individual applicants.
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