Authoritarian Governance
The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election
Article documents authoritarian threats to Brazilian democracy including a failed military coup, attempted assassination of political… [more]
Authoritarian Governance
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Authoritarian Governance
Sudan: El Fasher civilians suffer unlawful killings, detention and torture one year after city’s capture by the RSF – new testimony
Documents systematic unlawful detention, torture, extrajudicial killings, and authoritarian control by armed forces against civilian… [more]
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Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last
Documents real tensions between NYC municipal leadership and federal/local enforcement agencies regarding ICE operations, extrajudicial… [more]
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Tajik Activist Given Lengthy Prison Sentence
Activist deported from Germany to Tajikistan and sentenced to 17 years on politically motivated charges exemplifies authoritarian… [more]
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Yemen: Huthis must open Ta’iz roads immediately as thousands of civilians’ lives are at risk
Documents authoritarian control by de facto authorities using blockade of vital infrastructure and humanitarian aid as a tool of political… [more]
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Uganda: Ensure Justice for Killing of Rwandan Dissident
Documents alleged extrajudicial killing of political dissident by state actors, exemplifying authoritarian suppression of dissent and… [more]
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Burkina Faso Restores Death Penalty
Unelected military junta restores capital punishment for broadly-defined political crimes (treason, terrorism, espionage) after 34-year… [more]
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Cops Warned to Look for ‘Suspicious Behavior’ From People Opposing Flock at City Council Meetings
Government fusion centers directing police to monitor and suppress political dissent at public meetings represents state-level… [more]
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Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison
A woman faces years in prison for computer fraud committed in her name by a scammer, while the responsible corporation (CashApp) refuses… [more]
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Sri Lanka: New counterterrorism bill risks perpetuating past abuses
Proposed Sri Lankan counterterrorism bill enables arbitrary state power through ambiguous definitions allowing criminalization of dissent,… [more]
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‘They try to break us’: Pro-Palestine activists in Czech custody
Documents alleged state crackdown on political activists exercising dissent and solidarity, raising concerns about suppression of protest… [more]
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“Zanuta Never leaves my thoughts”: Abu Suleiman’s story of displacement and struggle
Documents systematic forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities by state authorities, exemplifying authoritarian… [more]
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Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal.
Documents state weaponization of federal agencies for ethnic and political targeting, including extrajudicial killings abroad and… [more]
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Palestinians Hope Israeli Election Will Oust Netanyahu
Article documents authoritarian governance creating conditions described as 'close to unbearable' for Palestinians, including systematic… [more]
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Europe is in trouble, and it is blaming Muslims
Documents institutionalized discrimination and state-level scapegoating of a religious minority group through parliamentary action,… [more]
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Vietnam: Independent Trade Unions Suppressed
Documents systematic state suppression of worker organizing rights and criminal prosecution of labor activists, exemplifying authoritarian… [more]
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Modi Seeks to Calm Allies by Shackling Gen Z Protests
Government attempts to delegitimize grassroots Gen Z protests through propaganda while security forces detain demonstrators, exemplifying… [more]
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Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong
Documents systemic abuse of state power through unjustified police violence against a Black child, lack of investigative transparency, and… [more]
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CPJ calls for release of dissident Russian journalist Vladimir Driagin
A dissident journalist fleeing authoritarianism is subjected to prolonged arbitrary detention by U.S. immigration authorities despite… [more]
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DHS Said They Searched Man Who Wiped GrapheneOS Phone for Child Abuse Material. They Lied
Reveals systematic abuse of state power: DHS falsely claims child abuse material to justify targeting privacy-conscious activist,… [more]