Systematic police closures of cafes targeting young people under the guise of enforcing veiling laws represents state control of public assembly and enforcement of compulsory religious/cultural conformity on civilian populations.
Iranians at a cafe in Tehran in April.
Documents systematic state-enabled violence against civilian populations, fitting classic authoritarian repression patterns involving… [more]
Documents systemic immigration detention and deportation campaigns targeting specific ethnic groups, with evidence of deliberate… [more]
Blocking access to courts during an election petition deadline constitutes authoritarian suppression of legal recourse and democratic… [more]