How East Africans countered colonial repression
In East Africa and the Great Lakes region, German colonial conquest spurred courageous resistance from many local East African groups…
Repression in Iran: ‘They took my clothes off and cut my hair’
Elaheh Ejbari, 22, was kidnapped in the street and held for four days after taking part in a protest in…
Repression in Iran: ‘Whoever targeted my eye knew exactly who I was’
Saman, a 31-year-old export consultant, fled from a Tehran hospital when Iranian security officers came to arrest him in October.…
North Korea tightens its repression over religious groups
Despite claims it permits freedom of religion, the regime in Pyongyang demands its citizens worship the ruling Kim family.
Russia: State repression stifles political opposition
Prominent Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison. He’s just one more person on a…
‘A period of repression’: Iran’s crackdown on filmmakers escalates
One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country's cinema, an industry that…