Pressure is mounting for EU states to ease multiple-entry visas for human rights defenders from Belarus and Russia.
But with individual national capitals in charge of issuing the visas, the possibilities for a coordinated EU approach appears limited. The demand comes as Russian authorities continue to crackdown on people fighting for basic rights.
Among them is Olga Gnezdilova, a Russian lawyer and human-rights defender.
On Wednesday (25 January), she told EUobserver that p...
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