Demonstrates authoritarian collapse and mob-driven governance as vigilante groups enforce unofficial deadlines, forcing mass displacement of migrants—illustrating state abdication of rule of law and enabling of ethnic violence.
Thousands of people from other African countries have left South Africa ahead of Tuesday's deadline set by anti-migrant groups.
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Russian state suppression of war information through euphemisms, withheld shelter designations, and silencing public discourse exemplifies… [more]
Documents state-level political repression and symbolic erasure of marginalized communities by an authoritarian-leaning government,… [more]