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2 weeks ago

"We Are Not Victims. We Are Fighters": Russian Political Prisoners, Including Left Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, Demand Freedom

The plea from inside a Russian prison by 11 political prisoners emphasizes the need for a ceasefire or peace agreement with the mass release of political prisoners and Ukrainian hostages.
Social justice
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Europe urged to raise plight of Iran's political prisoners in any future talks

Iranian human rights groups demand that Tehran's political prisoner mistreatment be addressed in European relations discussions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

China's human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown

China's control over the legal profession has tightened, severely hindering human rights defense work.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Words of War review Maxine Peake leads line as murdered Putin-critic journalist Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya's courageous journalism remains significant today despite the film's clichéd portrayal of her story.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Trump's lawlessness is emboldening El Salvador's brutal regime | Noah Bullock and Amrit Singh

The Salvadorian government is increasingly suppressing dissent under President Bukele, exemplified by the detention of human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez Alfaro without due process.
Arts
fromHigh Country News
3 months ago

The poetic contradictions of the Borderlands - High Country News

Tejada's poetry collection 'Carbonate of Copper' explores U.S.-Mexico border complexities, highlighting migration struggles and solidarity amidst ecological crisis.
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fromThe Nation
3 months ago

The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele's "Joke"

The meeting revealed a troubling trend of U.S.-El Salvador relations, with potential implications for global repression and governance issues.
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 months ago

Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad

Syria has faced decades of repression and memory erasure under Assad's regime, which instilled fear and historical amnesia among its people.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Trump's imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe | Nesrine Malik

The imperial boomerang effect illustrates how repressive tactics deployed abroad ultimately return to affect citizens at home.
Left-wing politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

In Nicaragua, Ortega and Murillo now have their legion of 76,800 paramilitaries

Nicaraguan paramilitaries have been legalized, intensifying the repression under the Ortega-Murillo regime, as described by an unwilling participant.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months ago

The wounds of the 1944 deportation still fester in Chechnya and beyond

Filling the silence surrounding the deportation has been a long struggle; with history’s revisitation, younger generations are now learning about the trauma of their ancestors.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Mental health
fromTruthout
5 months ago

After an Ex-IDF Soldier's Threats, Anti-Palestinian Racism Left Me Unprotected

The author critiques the suppression of discussion surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in academic settings.
Europe news
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

A ritual for a dictator': Lukashenko critics decry Belarus election

Lukashenko's presidential election in Belarus is essentially a formality that maintains his long-standing grip on power.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 months ago

USC: The university of lockdown

USC's President Carol Folt acknowledges a failure to engage with student protests, aiming to de-escalate tensions, despite the university's increasing repression of dissenting voices.
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