Introduction of death penalty as emergency response to environmental disaster represents authoritarian expansion of state power and extreme punishment disproportionate to crime, exemplifying how crises enable normalization of oppressive measures.
It is estimated more than 200 people have died in blazes in the north-east of the country over the summer.
Forced withdrawal of Palestinian political representation from elections exemplifies authoritarian suppression of minority political… [more]
Court-ordered disqualification of a politician from elections represents state-enforced suppression of political opposition and democratic… [more]
Documents state-sanctioned execution brutality and abuse of emergency/governmental power to inflict cruel punishment, exemplifying… [more]