#Belarus The Nobel Prize laureate Ales Bialatski's health has deteriorated badly. He urgently needs medicine denied to him by the regime. He must also see a doctor immediately.

🧵David E. Hoffman (David E. Hoffman) was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.

His series highlighted a new generation of political prisoners, explored how dictators learn from each other — and mapped how democracy might be won. wapo.st/4b9kyP8

Cuban authorities sentence young mother to 15 years in prison for live streaming protest - Miami Herald apple.news/AY6AyIv65RnWBm…

We don't need special occasions to remember our political prisoners. For 421 days, I’ve had no news about my husband, Siarhei. Maria Kalesnikava, 443 days. Maksim Znak, 449 days. Mikalai Statkevich, 448 days. Please speak out loudly about them & support them in every way you can.

The first Chinese scientist to publish a genomic sequence of the Covid-19 virus, in defiance of government orders, has been staging a sit-in protest after claiming he was locked out of his laboratory. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Fidel Castro’s Victory Tour: New Evidence from Russian Archives nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

Journalism is not a crime.

Another fascinating new briefing book looks at the State Department's latest FRUS volume and what it reveals about nuclear targeting and continuity of govt plans under President Jimmy Carter (and what the Pentagon made them withhold). nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

Annals of Russian repression: A Muscovite who gave some anti-war comments to Radio Free Europe in 2022 is now facing 5 and a half years in prison for making them

A huge relief, Dr. Gubad released to house arrest and medical treatment.

This is a huge gain for VOA — Abramowitz is a journalist of high caliber and understands the challenges of global information.

This will be a seminal work. Alexei was a voracious reader — and a writer. It will stand with Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn.

Today missing my friend and colleague Matthew Aid, historian and guide to archives. washingtonpost.com/local/obituari…

An important scoop from Catherine Belton about how Russian trolls target U.S. support for Ukraine—based on the Kremlin’s own documents. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…