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12 PM ET: Alexey Navalny missing, Giuliani's defamation trial, Golden Globes & more

Dec 11, 2023
Alexey Navalny, jailed Russian opposition leader, goes missing. Giuliani's defamation trial begins. Golden Globes nominations announced. Harvard faculty supports university president amid calls for resignation.
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  • Alexei Navalny, a jailed Russian opposition leader, is currently missing and his lawyers have been unable to locate him in two different penal colonies.
  • Harvard University's president, Claudine Gay, is facing pressure to resign following her failure to explicitly condemn calls for genocide against Jews during a congressional hearing, and over 600 faculty members are supporting her to resist calls for her removal.

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Alexei Navalny's disappearance and imprisonment

Alexei Navalny, a jailed Russian opposition leader, is currently missing. His lawyers have attempted to locate him in two different penal colonies, but he was not found in either. Navalny has already faced harsh conditions, including solitary confinement, isolation, and hunger strikes. His lawyers assert that they do not know his current whereabouts. Navalny's arrest and imprisonment have been widely criticized as politically motivated.

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