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Associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny jailed for nine years
Associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny jailed for nine years
An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent.

Fri, 29 Dec, 2023

Vladimir Kara-Murza
Jailed British-Russian Kremlin critic sent to Siberian ‘punishment cell’
An imprisoned Russian opposition figure who has dual British nationality has been transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and placed in a tiny “punishment cell”, his lawyer has said.

Sun, 24 Sep, 2023

Moscow court rejects Kremlin critic’s appeal over prison term
Moscow court rejects Kremlin critic’s appeal over prison term
A Moscow court has dismissed a prominent Russian opposition figure’s appeal against his eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence for criticising Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

Wed, 19 Apr, 2023

Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed for 25 years for treason
Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed for 25 years for treason
He has rejected the charges against him as political and likened the judicial proceedings against him to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023

Rahul Gandhi
Indian opposition leader will avoid prison during appeals
An Indian court has suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals against a criminal conviction for mocking the Prime Minister’s surname that saw him expelled from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his ...

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

Opposition disrupts Indian parliament after Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion
Opposition disrupts Indian parliament after Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion
Members of opposition parties have disrupted India’s parliament and protested in the capital, New Delhi, after Rahul Gandhi was expelled from the legislature last week.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Terry Prone: Politicians must always be tuned in, especially to their own words
Terry Prone: Politicians must always be tuned in, especially to their own words
The thing about Eoin Ó Broin, and indeed all of Sinn FĂ©in, is that they have done a superb job of opposition

Mon, 23 Jan, 2023

Final Leaders Debate of General Election 2020, Dublin, Ireland
Government reshuffle: Opposition parties critical of 'cosmetic change'
As polls continue to show Sinn FĂ©in as the most popular party, Ms McDonald launched a scathing criticism of the Government during the special Dail sitting to elect Mr Varadkar as taoiseach for a second time.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2022

Russia Opposition
Russian opposition figure jailed for eight and a half years
The sentence handed to Ilya Yashin, one of the few Kremlin critics to have stayed in Russia, offered the latest indication of an intensified crackdown on dissent by Russian authorities.

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

Insurance industry talks
Budget 2022 shows Government is ‘out of touch’, says Sinn FĂ©in
Sinn FĂ©in has accused the Government of being “out of ideas” as Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe unveiled the Budget for 2022.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021

CC COVID BRIEFING
Opposition gives 'cautious welcome' to reopening plan 
'It is a day of hope and expectation, but one that is also tinged with sadness'

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

Nicaragua Sanctions
Nicaragua’s police raid offices of opposition newspaper
Nicaraguan police raided the offices of opposition newspaper La Prensa. The National Police said in a statement the raid was part of an investigation into “customs fraud and money laundering”.

Sat, 14 Aug, 2021

Belarus Politics
Belarus sentences former presidential contender to 14 years
Mr Babariko has remained in jail since his arrest and rejected the corruption charges against him as politically driven

Tue, 06 Jul, 2021

Belgium Belarus Opposition Interview
Belarus opposition leader says Lukashenko’s government ‘frightened’
Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has said the arrest of a dissident journalist after a Ryanair plane was diverted to Minsk was a panicked miscalculation by the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko.

Wed, 23 Jun, 2021

Nicaragua Opposition
Five more opposition leaders held as Nicaraguan president continues crackdown
The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrested five opposition leaders during a major weekend round-up, in what appears to be widespread detentions of anyone who might challenge his rule.

Mon, 14 Jun, 2021

Nicaragua Opposition
Two more possible presidential candidates arrested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s National Police arrested two more potential challengers to President Daniel Ortega, the third and fourth opposition pre-candidates for the November 7 elections detained in the past week.

Wed, 09 Jun, 2021

Belarus Political Prisoners
Belarus leader signs law increasing prison terms for protesters
Belarus’ authoritarian president signed a law that threatens demonstrators with years in prison, the latest move in a relentless crackdown on protests against his rule.

Tue, 08 Jun, 2021

Russia Opposition
Russian opposition activist sent to jail amid crackdown on dissent
A Russian court has sent a prominent opposition activist to jail pending a probe, as authorities continue to crack down on dissent ahead of September’s parliamentary election.

Wed, 02 Jun, 2021

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Time for a zero-Covid strategy, urge opposition parties
PBP wants mandatory quarantine for travellers, fines for employers unwilling to let staff work from home, and a hard lockdown across the State

Tue, 19 Jan, 2021

Insurance industry talks
Opposition hammers Budget 2021 on housing and social welfare
Sinn FĂ©in's finance spokesman Pearse Doherty said that the Government has left people "vulnerable" while signing off a super junior Minister's a pay rise of more than €17,000

Tue, 13 Oct, 2020

Opposition to post office closures grows as appeals lodged
Opposition to post office closures grows as appeals lodged

Conradh na Gaeilge considers appealing decisions

Thu, 30 Aug, 2018

Opposition TDs feel 'like bold school children outside principal’s office' queuing for Dáil speaking rights
Opposition TDs feel 'like bold school children outside principal’s office' queuing for Dáil speaking rights

Opposition TDs have complained they are being treated “like bold school children outside the principal’s office” in having to queue to get speaking rights in the Dáil.

Wed, 25 Apr, 2018

80% of County Councils vote against the location of the new Children's hospital
80% of County Councils vote against the location of the new Children's hospital

Opposition to the site of the new National Children's Hospital is mounting.

Wed, 04 May, 2016

Opposition to Cork-US route 'inaccurate and insulting' says mayor
Opposition to Cork-US route 'inaccurate and insulting' says mayor

Irish aviation, political, and business leaders have branded as “false and misleading” claims made by four US congressmen who have introduced legislation designed to block the first transatlantic flights from Cork Airport, writes Eoin English.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2016

Giving South East and Midlands a share in recovery will prove a challenge for opposition
Giving South East and Midlands a share in recovery will prove a challenge for opposition

For opposition parties these continue to be challenging times.

Fri, 20 Nov, 2015

Kosovo opposition's violent protests condemned
Kosovo opposition's violent protests condemned

The international community has strongly condemned the Kosovo opposition’s “continued use of violence to achieve political goals”.

Thu, 19 Nov, 2015

BUDGET 2016: Opposition: Better-off were favoured
BUDGET 2016: Opposition: Better-off were favoured
The main opposition parties have claimed the pre-election budget is “the final roll of the dice from a delusional Government intent on taking the short cut to popularity with a plan Charlie McCreevy would be proud of”.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2015

United in opposition to pylon plan
United in opposition to pylon plan

THE villages and townlands of Dungourney, Clonmult, Lisgoold and Leamlara lie about 13km north of Midleton in East Cork.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2014

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