While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within ...

During the recent assault on Gaza, thousands of activists witnessed their posts deleted or their accounts restricted simply for documenting Israeli occupation crimes or expressing solidarity with the ...

IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE CUBAN REGIME: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order imposing new sanctions on the Cuban regime, protecting U.S. national security. COUNTERING CUBA’S ...

Section 1. Policy. The policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba, as described in Executive Order 14380, continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its ...

Immunofluorescence image showing GPX4 (red cells), NRAS (green cells) and NRAS/GPX4 (yellow cells) in mouse. [Mariantonietta D’Ambrosio, MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences] Scientists headed by a team ...

Transnational repression — the practice of autocratic governments reaching outside their borders to harass and silence opponents — remained a global scourge in 2025, with a dark new twist: more ...

IPI is joined by undersigned MFRR partners, and other media freedom, journalist and freedom of expression organisations in condemning the arrest and deportation of Afgan Sadygov, founder of ...

Iran announced the execution of two political prisoners on March 31, a day after the death penalty was also carried out on two others, in a sign that the clerical authorities are stepping up a ...

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Cuba’s ruler, Raúl Castro (front left), and the country’s handpicked president, Miguel Díaz-Canel (front right), during a tribute ceremony for 32 Cuban officers who were protecting Venezuelan ...

A new report finds women activists across the region facing anxiety, threats, detention, and online harassment, and calls for stronger protections and access to mental health support. This statement ...

An image posted by the regime-affiliated ISNA shows the aftermath of airstrikes in western Tehran on the evening of March 3. On March 2 and 3, the United States and Israel continued their sweeping ...