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Russia restricts diplomats, journalists, and politicians from the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein from obtaining a visa by a simplified procedure.
2022-04-4

The Swiss government announces that indoor restaurants will be reopened and people will no longer be required to work from home beginning May 31 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline.
2021-05-26

Approximately 200,000 Muslims protest in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against the Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy. This is the second mass protest in a month against the minority Christian governor.
2016-12-2

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, previously the only United States military prisoner held captive in Afghanistan, is released in exchange for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.
2014-05-31

China tightens control of monasteries and on main roads in Tibet following deadly protests in the region.
2012-01-31

Details of U.S. collaboration with at least 10 foreign intelligence agencies emerge, with Chinese, Tunisian, Moroccan, Russian, Saudi, Tajik, Jordanian, Algerian, Yemeni and Kuwaiti delegations assisting the U.S. with interrogations at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and China and Russia vowing to prosecute and punish any repatriated Uighurs or Uzbeks.
2011-04-25

Wikileaks releases 250,000 messages sent by U.S. embassies, including messages discussing corruption, criticisms of the UK, Guantánamo Bay prison camp, a Chinese cyber attack, the relationship between Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi, and a possible unified Korea.
2010-11-28

China sentences an Uyghur journalist who spoke to foreign media after riots in Xinjiang last year to 15 years imprisonment.
2010-07-23

A Uyghur man is sentenced to 16 months imprisonment for spying on a Uyghur community in Sweden and passing information to China.
2010-03-9