Withdrawal of asylum protections to coerce military-age men into combat service represents state-engineered forced conscription and authoritarian pressure on vulnerable populations, qualifying as governance abuse despite wartime context.
The European Commission has suggested withdrawing protection status for military-age Ukrainian males. A number of EU countries support the move — and so does Kyiv.
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Documents a case of authoritarian abuse where government agents wrongfully arrested and injured a US citizen, exemplifying state… [more]
Arbitrary detention of four journalists on fabricated theft charges (later disproven) exemplifies authoritarian abuse of state power to… [more]