Demonstrates authoritarian electoral control through barring opposition parties and suppressing antiwar political expression while maintaining facade of elections.
Nikolai Rybakov during an appeal of his party’s disqualification before the Russian Supreme Court on Monday.
Forced withdrawal of Palestinian political representation from elections exemplifies authoritarian suppression of minority political… [more]
Court-ordered disqualification of a politician from elections represents state-enforced suppression of political opposition and democratic… [more]
Documents state-sanctioned execution brutality and abuse of emergency/governmental power to inflict cruel punishment, exemplifying… [more]