Dissident

French police open investigation into alleged plot to kill Russian dissident

Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy faces defamation trial in France

Western powers call for investigation into Belarus plane diversion

EU summons Belarus envoy over 'coercive' plane landing

Chinese foreign minister in Europe talks trade, rejects human rights criticism

Hundreds arrested in Moscow protest against police impunity, corruption

China human rights lawyer sentenced to four and a half years

Chinese sentence for Taiwanese activist strains cross-Straits relations

China releases dissident Liu Xiaobo to die in freedom

Vietnam revokes citizenship of French dual-national dissident

Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov remains in French jail 'for own safety'

French court to decide on freeing Kazakh dissident banker Ablyazov

Ai Weiwei accuses Chinese police of persecution

Artist Ai Weiwei released on bail after three months in jail

Sakharov's widow Bonner dies in the US

Dissidents want rapid transfer of power in Yemen

Cuba to release dissident

Aung San Suu Kyi to meet UN official in Myanmar

Iranian dissidents win the hearts of French mayors

Freed Cuban dissident vows to continue democracy fight

China furious while world salutes Nobel winner Liu

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize

Democracy campaigners form new party in Myanmar