When it comes to financing our $37 trillion national debt, a dose of financial repression could be just what the doctor ordered. The Trump administration wants lower interest rates to make paying down ...
Democratic governments have spent the past decade debating how authoritarianism erodes freedom within the borders of a particular country. Far less attention has been paid to how authoritarianism now ...
The rise of transnational repression—ranging from digital threats, family intimidation, and spyware to abductions, assassinations, illegal deportations, and Interpol abuse—has demonstrated that ...
The World Uyghur Congress has once again raised alarm over transnational repression targeting Uyghur communities across the ...
One September morning in Washington, D.C., a car exploded, killing a former Chilean ambassador to the United States, Orlando Letelier, and his assistant Ronni Moffitt. It was no accident. Operatives ...
Today on “Post Reports,” a look at what has happened to Iranians in the year since massive protests swept the country. We hear from family members impacted by the government’s harsh crackdown and how ...
Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated and dismembered in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul five years ago this month. That was an explosive example of “transnational ...
Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks via video call after Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, sitting president of the United ...
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. China is using a toolkit of methods to silence critics in the U.S. and worldwide that is damaging the sovereignty of ...
A wave of repression by President Nicolás Maduro’s administration in Venezuela has paralyzed opposition candidates in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential elections. On January 26, Venezuela’s Supreme ...
In a recent post, I noted how Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian hub of transnational repression. Across mainland Southeast Asia, transnational repression—of political activists, ...