Lik family Kevin Lik was taken to a German hospital for check-ups after his release Clutching a toothbrush and toothpaste, Kevin Lik waited for six hours in the main office of penal colony 14, near Arkhangelsk in Russia’s far north-west. It was late in the evening of Sunday 28 July, and the 19-year-old says he … Read more
BBC/Aamir Peerzada Nisar lost his family in the attack on the banks of this river Warning: This article contains details some readers may find distressing. Fayaz and his wife believed they were moments from safety when the bombs began to fall: “We were getting on the boat one after another – that’s when they started … Read more
Stuart Antrobus/BBC Manuel Guerrero Aviña has given his first interview since his arrest A British-Mexican man convicted of drug offences in Qatar after being detained there for six months has told BBC News he “never thought I’d return home”. In his first interview since leaving the country, Manuel Guerrero Aviña, who says he was targeted … Read more