In Minsk, a human rights activist and journalist Yekaterina Yanshin was detained for 15 days. Catherine collaborated with the Center for Human Rights Protection "Memorial". The human rights defenders themselves report the detention. Ekaterina Yanshina social networks Catherine arrived in Minsk as an independent observer in the “Vasny” case. On January 5, she was detained immediately after the meeting from the court bailiffs, and, as suggested in the Memorial, the KGB officers.

The Belarusian Human Rights Center “Viasna” summed up the results of political repression in Belarus in 2022. In total, in 2022, Belarusian courts convicted at least 1,242 people on political grounds, including 942 men and 300 women.

In Rostov-on-Don, three people were detained on suspicion of intending to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office, reports 161.ru. According to the publication, a criminal case has been opened under the article of hooliganism. . According to Baza, on the night of January 3, FSB officers detained 21-year-old Akhmed R., a student at the Rostov College of Mechanical Engineering Technologies, Ilya K., and a student at Southern University, Ivan B.

Cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt found more than 211 million unique email addresses associated with Twitter accounts in the public domain. The leaked database also contains user names, account creation dates, and number of subscribers. Found 211,524,284 unique email addresses, looks to be pretty much what it's been described as — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) January 5, 2023 Hackers can use this database to reveal the real identities of anonymous Twitter users.

The driver of the Uber transportation service went out to protest on the streets of New York on January 5. Earlier, the company refused to increase their salaries despite the decision of the New York Taxi and Taxi Limusines Commission. Taxi driver protest against the decision of the company The Guardian The driver of the Uber participated in a 24-hour strike, which began on Thursday in response to Uber's decision to sue TLC for the company's order to increase salaries.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres dissolved the mission to investigate the circumstances of the explosion that occurred in July in colony No. 120 in the village of Yelenovka near Donetsk. Guterres said that members of the investigation team could not travel to the site of the explosion. Press Secretary of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric clarified that the reason for the dissolution of the mission was the lack of security guarantees.

The trade union of Novosibirsk State University filed a statement of disagreement with the new amendments to the internal regulations of the university. According to the published changes, students are prohibited from participating in unauthorized actions and avoiding military registration at the place of study. The amendments also stipulate a ban on providing false documents to receive financial support, academic leave and deferment from conscription.

Aikhal Ammosov (Igor Ivanov), an activist from Yakutia who was previously considered missing, published a story on his Instagram. In it, he wrote that he was “fine” and “safe.” On December 13, Ammosov did not appear at the city court hearing and stopped communicating. His friends and relatives stated that they did not know about his whereabouts.

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the closure of the French Research Institute in Tehran in response to a Charlie Hebdo cartoon competition about Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. On December 9, the editors of Charlie Hebdo magazine published a caricature competition of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on social networks.

The South Carolina Supreme Court in the US struck down a state law that prohibited abortion after a fetal heartbeat was detected. This usually happens at 5-6 weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court declared the previous law an "unreasonable restriction on a woman's right to privacy" and unconstitutional. Abortion will now be legal in South Carolina until around the 20th week of pregnancy.