#political-repression

#political-repression

In 2015, a scrappy group of Hong Kong film-makers imagined what their semi-autonomous city could look like under the increasing influence of the Chinese Communist party (CCP). Any resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental, reads the first scene in the opening credits. But decade on, many of the predictions made in Ten Years have, in some form, come to pass.

The peasantry, working classes, middle classes, and nationalist movements sought fundamental change to issues such as land redistribution, workers' rights, and political representation. Although the tsar survived the first Russian Revolution of 1905, his failure to realise his promises of reform led to a second revolution in March 1917 and the obligation to abdicate. A third revolution in November 1917,

Police officers from the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo detained him on both occasions for political reasons, specifically for being the legal advisor to the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference, a collegiate body made up of several Catholic bishops hated by the co-presidential couple. His family did not know where he had been taken, and they were in a state of anxiety for 12 days, until Saturday, August 30, when they received a fateful call:

The government is increasingly using mental health justifications, such as civil commitment laws, to detain individuals-especially the homeless and dissenters-without due process, replacing legal standards with subjective psychiatric evaluations.

Ekrem Imamoglu has been sentenced to a year and eight months in prison for insulting Istanbul's chief prosecutor, Akin Gurlek, amid ongoing political tensions.

Thakeli's video questioning Premier Matekane's job promises resonated with the youth, leading to his arrest for sedition and a police warning against mentioning the PM again.

The jailing means that nearly all of the country's major pro-European opposition figures have now been imprisoned. The crackdown has increased accusations against the ruling Georgian Dream party that it is trampling on democracy amid ongoing protests in the wake of last year's disputed elections.

Panahi's new film, 'It Was Just an Accident,' serves as a gripping exploration of morality and survival, deeply rooted in his personal experiences in Iran.

The harassment I faced returning to the US as a Palestinian-American makes it clear the US government is afraid of me. I am no stranger to political repression and censorship.

The operation against Joe Tay involves a mock 'wanted' poster and coordinated online content targeting his candidacy, expected to intimidate voters and silence dissent.

The International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi condemned the ongoing repression against the Ennahdha party leader, emphasizing the unjust nature of his imprisonment.

"We are all led to solidarity by a complicated array of emotional, political, material and coincidental experiences. What really matters in the end is what we conclude from all these influences."

Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish PhD student, was arrested for co-authoring an op-ed describing the situation in Gaza as genocide, sparking debates over academic freedom.

No actor has to comment on political developments. But as Turkey is currently at a turning point, I think this expectation is understandable,