Protests and demonstrations

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities announced Sunday that over 50 individuals were detained after violent confrontations between police and demonstrators intending to disrupt a march attended by hundreds of far-right activists in the Austrian capital. The protests, which unfolded on Saturday, occurred as Austria's political landscape heats up ahead of the September parliamentary elections, where significant gains by far-right parties are widely anticipated. According to the Austrian Press Agency,

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian rights organization revealed on Thursday that at least 10 political prisoners have been released, following a commitment made this week by the nation's authoritarian leader to set seriously ill detainees free, all of whom were imprisoned in relation to mass protests nearly four years ago. Pavel Sapelko, a representative from the Viasna human rights group, informed The Associated Press that those who were released are not prominent individuals whose