Like its totalitarian antecedents, the Chinese regime is willing to break entire cultures in pursuit of artificial conformity.
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A Uighur protest. Credit: langkawi via Flickr
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May 14, 2019Entitled Freedoms under Threat: The Spread of Anti-NGO Measures in Africa, the latest report finds that 12 African countries have passed laws that improperly constrain NGOs in the last 15 years, while six more have anti-NGO measures pending.
The presidents of Benin, Senegal and Guinea are all tightening their grip on power in questionable ways. Credit: Presidence Benin/GPE-Heather Shuker/DoC.
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An image from the BJP Cyber Army page on Facebook (@bjpcyberarmy)
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May 1, 2019Government officials in Azerbaijan continue to threaten critical women journalists.
April 30, 2019International support for Venezuela's democratic transition of power must continue until Maduro cedes.
Credit: Kremlin.ru
April 23, 2019The Kremlin is attempting to rein in Russia’s disillusioned youth, but dissent will grow unless young people are granted an effective outlet to air their grievances to the state.