Authoritarian Governance

India: Ethnic Bengalis Unlawfully Expelled

State authorities forcibly expelling ethnic minorities without due process and stranding families at borders exemplifies authoritarian abuse of emergency state power and systematic persecution.

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India: Ethnic Bengalis Unlawfully Expelled
Authoritarian Governance

India: Ethnic Bengalis Unlawfully Expelled

State authorities forcibly expelling ethnic minorities without due process and stranding families at borders exemplifies authoritarian… [more]

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Research is Not a Crime
Authoritarian Governance

Research is Not a Crime

Documents authoritarian suppression of independent political analysis and research, with arbitrary detention of a researcher on espionage… [more]

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Ecuador: Prosecutor Shot and Killed
Authoritarian Governance

Ecuador: Prosecutor Shot and Killed

Systematic assassination of prosecutors reflects authoritarian breakdown and state failure to protect judicial independence, suggesting… [more]

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U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising
War & Militarization

U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising

Dystopian relevant: demonstrates state casualty concealment, undercounting of military casualties, and civilian mass deaths in extended… [more]

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