Egypt’s Decade of Dictatorship and Repression: A Struggle for Democracy
Over the past decade, Egypt has seen the collapse of its brief democratic experiment and a return to authoritarian rule under the leadership of Abdel…
Saied’s low turnout win in Tunisia election sparks repression concerns | Elections News
Tunisians are reckoning with what preliminary results suggest will be a landslide victory for incumbent Kais Saied in the presidential election despite a markedly low…
As Venezuela’s election nears, opposition figures face Maduro’s repression | Elections News
Maracaibo, Venezuela – The journey from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to the coastal city of Maracaibo should only take about nine hours. For Maria…
Tunisian lawyers launch one-day strike over police repression | Protests News
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the Tunisian capital after a lawyer was allegedly tortured by police. Lawyers in the north African…
Ramadan repression in the West Bank | TV Shows
Violent repression in the West Bank is making a bad situation unbearable. With the global media’s attention trained on Gaza since October 7, things have…
Repression, isolation getting worse in North Korea, rights watchdog says
A Human Rights Watch report released Thursday said North Korea has grown more repressive and isolated since the COVID-19 pandemic. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI…
Biden will need more than tough talk at APEC to move Xi Jinping
Human rights and democracy advocates have rightly urged President Biden to use his meeting with Xi Jinping in the Bay Area on Wednesday to address…
The global repression tactics of Rwanda
A Human Rights Watch report recently released detailing the systematic use of violence, legal coercion, and intimidation by Rwandan authorities and their associates to stifle…
Autocrats shift gears by exporting repression of freedoms
Increasingly, muzzling political freedoms beyond national borders is part of an autocrat’s toolkit. Men like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the presidents of…
Beijing’s Continued Repression of Religious Minorities
In the past years, the Arctic has been drawing attention for the economic, strategic, and geopolitical implications that are deriving from its exposure to increasing…
‘Pattern of repression’: US Democrats call to suspend Peru aid | Human Rights News
Democrats in the US House of Representatives issue a letter denouncing Peru’s deadly crackdown against protesters. A group of Democrats in the United States House…