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Democracies can either defend rights in the digital age, or drift into complicity as the architects of a new, global authoritarianism enabled by AI.
Iranian police deliberately fire at the protestors’ eyes. A deeply rooted act of repression that is older than the Islamic Republic itself.
The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their compatriots seek to topple the Islamic Republic.
Since late December, Iran has been rocked by unprecedented unrest, which is fuelled by the economic crisis and exacerbated by violent repression by the regime.
The countries, whose respective leaders recently won widely disputed elections, offer contrasting examples in how autocracies operate, evolve and change.
Thirteen Jewish leaders and artists were killed on the ‘Night of the Murdered Poets,’ one of the campaign’s most infamous examples of persecution.
Local conflict and development needs drive the demand for digital authoritarianism technologies.
President Samia Hassan is relying on repressive tactics to eliminate her most significant competitors from the 2025 presidential race.
Donald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the US. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism.
Large-scale protests occur few times in Indonesia aimed at parliament. But police use excessive force to disperse mass, killing a civilian.
Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.
Frelimo’s ability to repress political contestation in Mozambique is diminishing.
Dictatorial regimes are increasingly reaching across borders to crack down on dissent or punish critics.
The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.
As one of the last large, influential organizations outside the government, the church is being targeted in Daniel Ortega’s ongoing crackdown.
The Central Asian nation has long figured among the ‘worst of the worst’ in regards to political and human rights. A new report shines light on cases of activists being seized and then going missing.
When President Daniel Ortega returned to power in 2006, church figures supported him. Violent repression after the 2018 protests has soured the relationship and made clergy targets for intimidation.
Thousands of Kenyans were held in detention camps, and the British imperialist government tried to cover up brutal violations that occurred there.
Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
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