After spending five years in jail, Russian political prisoner Azat Miftakhov was meant to go free on September 4. Instead the mathematician and anarchist faces new charges that could keep him locked up for a further two to five years, reports Federico Fuentes.
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Protesters gathered at Parliament House to demand the Labor government apply diplomatic pressure to the British and United States governments to drop the political case against Julian Assange. Kerry Smith reports.
Groups involved in the international campaign to free Abdullah Öcalan from a Turkish prison discussed plans to involve more community organisations. Peter Boyle reports.
On October 7, three Bulgarian judges from the Supreme Court of Cassation decided they would need up to two months to review the Sofia Court of Appeal’s decision to grant Australian citizen Jock Palfreeman parole on September 19.