Narges Mohammadi is protesting the prison’s denial of hospital treatment for her heart condition, her family said.
Tag: Political Prisoners
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In Modi’s India, Truth Tellers Are Now Enemies of the State
The charges against the writer Arundhati Roy herald a dark era.
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Russia Detains Lawyers of Jailed Opposition Leader, Aleksei Navalny
Attorneys for the jailed opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny, had been helping him maintain a significant public presence, even from prison.
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After Taking Away Enemies’ Citizenship, Nicaragua Takes Their Homes
Nicaragua’s government has begun confiscating the homes of former political prisoners and dissidents forced into exile, just as the country did in the 1980s.
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A Chinese Journalist Gave #MeToo Victims a Voice. Now She’s on Trial.
Huang Xueqin, the journalist, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, have been accused of inciting subversion as the authorities expand a campaign to quash dissent.