The Fondasyon Je Klere (FJKL), a citizens' human rights organization, expresses its deep concern regarding the new decree on ...

To combat authoritarian interventions within Democratic societies, democracies must agree on a shared legal definition of ...

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate said on Thursday that the Israeli military and government continued throughout 2025 a systematic policy of targeting Palestinian journalists through arbitrary ...

A new study published this month in the journal Environmental Politics reveals that efforts to repress climate and environmental protest are growing worldwide through a combination of new legislation, ...

The magpies appear in the first scene of “Cannon,” in a darkened restaurant littered with broken furniture and plates. I count twenty-one birds, perched and staring. Two figures, the titular Cannon ...

Organizers from the Western Massachusetts People's Tribunal brought together about a dozen students Thursday afternoon to highlight what they view as repression by the UMass administration against ...

An international rights group has condemned Thailand for extraditing a Montagnard rights activist to Vietnam, warning he faces a serious risk of torture and other abuses in Vietnamese custody. Human ...

A leading Iranian rights activist and Nobel laureate said state suppression in the Islamic Republic is getting worse as the country faces multiple crises, including regional isolation and a ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that the Myanmar military junta’s planned elections could only worsen repression and instability rather than restore ...

Venezuela is entering one of its most repressive periods in years, rights monitors say, as President Nicolás Maduro faces mounting isolation and an expanding US military presence in the Caribbean.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In a recent post, I noted how Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Currently, Hunter is out of jail on bail. But he is expected to face charges in ...