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California State Senate Governmental Organization Committee approves 'SB 509 Bill': Here is why it is dangerous

On Wednesday, the US-based Hindu American Foundation opposed the SB 509 Bill, which has been approved by the California State Senate Governmental Organization Committee. Breaking | California State Senate Governmental …

Op India

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4 days, 8 hours ago

Mahmoud Khalil Rebukes Columbia For Targeting Dissent With 'Repression Playbook'

LOADING ERROR LOADING Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil rebuked what he called the school’s “repression playbook” that has opened the gates for higher education and the federal government to target …

Huff Post

Support Student Palestine Palestinian

1 week, 3 days ago

U.S. sanctions Chinese officials, citing repression in Hong Kong and Tibet

The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions Monday on Chinese officials, citing a continuing political crackdown in Hong Kong—and efforts to extend that repression to people in the U.S.—and restrictions on …

Live Mint

China Sanctions Trump Hong Kong

1 week, 6 days ago

Why framing RAW in Pannu murder plot is absurd

Western narratives insist that the plan to murder Khalistan terrorist Gurupatwant Singh Pannun was a RAW plot. Yadav also allows Gupta to establish direct contact with UC–a connection CS makes …

Firstpost

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Trending 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Baloch insurgency: How Pakistan sleepwalks into its disintegration

The gravity of the ongoing Baloch insurgency ascertains Pakistan’s implosion. The latter’s deliberate deafness to Baloch anxiety, suffering, humiliation, human rights violations, forced disappearances, unlawful captivity, and poverty, and its …

Firstpost

China Military Pakistan State

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Bhima Koregaon and the Battle for Social Justice: Ambedkarite Resistance, Caste Violence, and State Repression in India

Published : Mar 24, 2025 20:10 IST - 6 MINS READ Hannah Arendt’s canonical exhortation for the persecuted Jew that “.if one is attacked as a Jew, one must defend …

The Hindu

India Justice Violence Dalits

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nicaraguan government is cementing total control of the state and violating rights, UN experts warn

MEXICO CITY — The Nicaraguan government has dismantled the last remaining checks and balances and was “systematically executing a strategy to cement total control of the country through severe human …

Associated Press

Experts Total Control Ortega Murillo

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jamia Protest: Repression of Minority Institutions and Muslim Representation in India

Published : Feb 19, 2025 19:53 IST - 6 MINS READ Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended 17 students for protesting on the campus. For instance, when the students of Jamia …

The Hindu

India Students University Cultural

1 month, 4 weeks ago

They fled repression in Venezuela. They may migrate again due to the US foreign aid freeze

Cali, Colombia CNN — The sewing machines and computers sit collecting dust in the dark. “It is curious that a solution to many problems — including those related to migration …

CNN

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2 months, 1 week ago

Luca Guadagnino and Drew Starkey interview: On the compression and repression of desire in ‘Queer’

Luca Guadagnino has built a career on the kind of smouldering, aching desire that often self-destructs in the hands of beautiful people. Guadagnino, who has previously described himself as someone …

The Hindu

Love Film Queer Lee

Trending 2 months, 2 weeks ago

International Criminal Court prosecutor requests Taliban arrest warrants over repression of women and girls

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The Independent

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3 months ago

Venezuela: Maduro takes oath as president for the third time, to stay in power till 2031

The opposition accuses Maduro, 62, of stealing the election of July 28 last year, and the United States, European Union and several Latin American countries have recognized opposition candidate Edmundo …

Firstpost

Opposition Venezuela President Gonzalez

3 months ago

‘Much more persecution’: Venezuela braces for Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration

On Friday, Maduro is set to start a third term. “The regime is going to do everything they can to ensure that Maduro can be re-inaugurated and that he can …

Al Jazeera

Human Rights Political Prison Rights

3 months ago

A disturbing pattern of repression is emerging in Europe

Authoritarianism is creeping into Europe under the guise of cracking down on pro-Palestinian activism. These proposals – which they had likely had up their sleeves for a long time – …

Al Jazeera

Law Europe Dutch Resolution

3 months, 1 week ago

Complacency alert: The recent shortfall in deposits is a wake-up call for Indian banks

Since 1998, there have been at least six occasions when deposit growth trailed credit growth. In the previous five instances, the deposit-credit growth alignment was a result of both a …

Live Mint

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Trending 3 months, 1 week ago

Belarus’ strongman leader pardons 20 more prisoners, but rights groups say repression continues

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners, a statement on the president’s website said Saturday. In all, 207 …

Associated Press

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Trauma, attachment styles and repression are buzzwords that teem in online discourse: Professor Peter Choate

CHENNAI: Trauma, attachment styles, repression — these buzzwords teem in online discourse, inexplicably altering our ideas of how we view ourselves and the world. As the globe tackles the issues …

New Indian Express

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

My Favourite Cake is a moving film about later-in-life love, set in the brutal repression of Iran

It's impossible to write about bittersweet Iranian rom-com My Favourite Cake without referencing the repression its two co-directors, Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, faced in the making of it. Fast …

ABC

Film Life Iran Cake

4 months ago

Venezuela’s opposition signals flexible timeline toward long-sought government transition

MADRID — Venezuela’s political opposition on Tuesday signaled a shift toward a flexible timeline for a government transition that it had long insisted would come next month when the new …

Associated Press

Election Opposition Venezuela González

4 months ago

Venezuela’s opposition signals flexible timeline toward long-sought government transition

MADRID — Venezuela’s political opposition on Tuesday signaled a shift toward a flexible timeline for a government transition that it had long insisted would come next month when the new …

Associated Press

Election Opposition Venezuela González

4 months ago

Belarus’ authoritarian ruler pardons 29 political prisoners amid claims of ongoing repression

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, pardoned 29 political prisoners Monday amid what human rights groups describe as renewed oppression in the country. The mass pardons come amid …

Associated Press

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4 months ago

Syrians are justifiably rejoicing after decades of repression. Here are the three ways Syria can go

The end of Assad rule means many things, but particularly the long-overdue destruction of "the kingdom of silence", the paranoid security state that Hafez al-Assad built and his son Bashar …

ABC

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4 months ago

Police in Georgia turn increasingly brutal as mass protests over ending EU talks enter second week

TBILISI, Georgia — Mass protests in Georgia fueled by the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union entered a second week on Thursday, with police cracking …

Associated Press

Georgia Europe Protests Opposition

4 months, 1 week ago

Book Review | Compelling but one-sided critique of state repression

The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky once said, “The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” In How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? The …

Deccan Chronicle

Political Indian Political Prisoners Book