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HRW: Lebanon steps up repression of Syrians
Shafaqna English- Lebanese authorities have detained, tortured and deported Syrians in recent months, including activists who face persecution upon their return to Syria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported. The rights organisation documented the deportation of a Syrian army defector and an opposition activist by the Lebanese Army and General Security
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The Guardian view on the women of Iran: still resisting repression
The regime wants to crush resistance. But those it rules continue to push back against its brutalityThe protests that exploded across Iran following Mahsa Amini’s death in custody in September 2022 were a turning point. The young Iranian-Kurdish woman had been detained by the “morality police” for “improper hijab”. Not only did young women take to the streets and cast off their scarves in fury, but parents and grandparents came too. The protests were strikingly socially diverse. Critically, men...
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Why are US campuses facing an orgy of state repression in the ‘land of the free’?
The right has painted nonviolent protests against the war on Gaza as hotbeds of ‘woke’ terrorism. It’s a pretext for repressionAcross the world people have been shocked by social media footage of heavily armed law enforcement officers arresting peacefully protesting students and professors at university campuses around the United States. The so-called “land of the free and home of the brave” looks neither free nor brave – except for the brave protesters who continue to stand up to state and...