#political-repression

#political-repression

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.

This deportation is a political act-an attempt to intimidate an entire movement. By stripping us of our freedom of movement, Germany intensifies its repression of pro-Palestinian voices.

"The detention of Khalil reveals a dire conflict over academic freedom and the broader implications of political repression targeting dissenting voices in the educational sphere."

Today I will be asked whether I plead guilty. Well, I am the one making the accusation here! I accuse the stinking corpse of a regime and the ruling Putin clique of preparing, unleashing, and waging an aggressive war, of committing war crimes in Ukraine, of political terror in Russia, and of the moral corruption of my people.