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Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial" (International Memorial) sits in a courtroom prior to a session in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Orlov, the co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, is on trial on charges of "discrediting" the Russian military in his criticism of Russia's campaign in Ukraine and could face up to five years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian authorities seek to impose fine on human rights advocate for criticizing the war in Ukraine

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

A late-19th century photo provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows Francis Amasa Walker, the third president of MIT. Walker helped usher the struggling school into national prominence, but the former Civil War general and former head of the U.S. office of Indian Affairs also authored &quot;The Indian Question,&quot; a treatise on Native Americans that helped cement the young nation's system of forcibly removing tribes from their native lands to live on far flung, remote reservations. Native American students and their supporters want the university to rename Walker Memorial, a classical-style building named in his honor. (MIT via AP)

MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

Oleg Orlov, a member of the Russian human rights group Memorial, talks to the media in his office in Moscow on Thursday, March 21, 2013, as prosecutors search for documents pertaining to all of the organization's activities. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia searches hundreds of rights groups, NGOs

By Max Seddon - Associated Press