MORE than 4,300 people were detained at anti-war protests across 53 cities in Russia over the weekend in a continued crackdown on calls for peace.
Some 1,700 people were detained in the capital alone on Sunday, according to the interior ministry.
In the last 11 days, more than 10,000 people have been detained at protests and rallies since the invasion of Ukraine, according to rights group OVD-Info.
The civilian toll climbs past 1,000 as women, children and families are struck in their homes, schools and public spaces – a stark illustration of the human cost of war. AZAR SEPEHR emphasises that the future of Iran is solely determinable by the people of that country and them alone
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES


