Cuban dissident artist arrives in US after 5 years in prison

Hungary's president signs amendment ending his own term

Constitutional manipulation by Orban allies to remove a dissenting figure demonstrates authoritarian control mechanisms and institutional… [more]

Hungary's president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal

Documents state pressure forcing removal of a loyalist president, revealing authoritarian control mechanisms and institutional… [more]

Segregation in Israel: Separate streets for men and women?

State-sanctioned gender segregation in public spaces represents authoritarian governance limiting fundamental freedoms and establishing… [more]

Cuban dissident artist arrives in US after 5 years in prison

Documents state repression of dissent and artistic freedom through arbitrary detention of activist during mass protests, exemplifying… [more]

Hungary's president signs amendment ending his own term

Constitutional manipulation by Orban allies to remove a dissenting figure demonstrates authoritarian control mechanisms and institutional… [more]

Hungary's president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal

Documents state pressure forcing removal of a loyalist president, revealing authoritarian control mechanisms and institutional… [more]

Segregation in Israel: Separate streets for men and women?

State-sanctioned gender segregation in public spaces represents authoritarian governance limiting fundamental freedoms and establishing… [more]

Trump’s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak

Documents how deliberate public health cuts and workforce reductions undermine disease surveillance and outbreak response, exemplifying… [more]

Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You

Period tracking apps represent mass surveillance of intimate bodily data with documented privacy violations and potential for… [more]

The United States of Betrayal

Documents patterns of U.S. military interventionism, political coercion, and installation of compliant regimes, reflecting authoritarian… [more]

Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills

Documents extreme wealth inequality and corporate malfeasance at a public utility company, where executives receive massive pay increases… [more]

Indian activist on hunger strike for 20 days forcibly taken to hospital

State forcibly hospitalized a hunger-striking activist engaged in political protest, representing both suppression of dissent and… [more]

Mexican journalist Josué Martínez shot dead in Puebla, fourth killed in over a month

Serial killing of journalists represents systematic censorship through violence and elimination of independent news sources, reflecting… [more]

‘I Can’t Feed My Children’

Documents a severe hunger crisis affecting 17 million people in Afghanistan, exemplifying extreme inequality and economic collapse where… [more]

One anti-war critic fined, another held as Russia clamps down on dissent

Documents state persecution of political opponents and anti-war critics through arbitrary fines, electoral exclusion, and… [more]

What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke

Documents escalating climate collapse with mass wildfires creating hazardous air quality across North America, demonstrating environmental… [more]

Marking International Justice Day

Article documents how authoritarian governance (Duterte's drug war killings) evades justice while global institutions face attack,… [more]

ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’

ICE's $25M contract with Thomson Reuters subsidiary for data broker surveillance targeting unaccompanied minors represents a critical… [more]

Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices

Documents a surveillance technology company's deployment of networked microphones for mass audio monitoring of public spaces under the… [more]

Behind the Blog: Infinite Bowl Machine

Article discusses AI-generated nonconsensual images on social media, representing algorithmic misuse and AI exploitation of individuals… [more]

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Hits Bridges and a Port in Country’s South, Iranian Media Says

Reports of U.S. military strikes on Iranian infrastructure with discrepancies between official claims and independent reporting raise… [more]

ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’

ICE acquiring comprehensive personal data including SSNs, ethnicity, and geolocation from Thomson Reuters for mass surveillance of… [more]

Portugal: Blanket ban on face coverings threatens several human rights

A blanket ban on face coverings represents authoritarian governance that violates bodily autonomy, religious freedom, and freedom of… [more]

Cuban Dissident Is Missing A Week After Prison Release

A dissident artist's unexplained disappearance into state custody after prison release exemplifies authoritarian governance through… [more]

Hundreds of Rohingya Feared Drowned at Sea

Documents systematic persecution and forced displacement of Rohingya minority by Myanmar state, resulting in mass casualties during… [more]

Conspiracy Theorists Think Trump’s Speech Paves the Path to the Insurrection Act

Article documents how election deniers interpret Trump's rhetoric as justification for invoking the Insurrection Act—a tool for suspending… [more]

China’s Xi Jinping launches new AI alliance: What is it?

China's use of international AI alliances to shape global regulations represents a form of algorithmic sovereignty and geopolitical… [more]