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After ‘Baby Reindeer,’ Richard Gadd Confronts Male Sexual Repression

New York Times 21 Mar 2026
The writer and actor found unexpected success by sharing his trauma. Now he’s exploring male pain in a new way ... .
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Life in Iran, Amid Repression and War

New Yorker 20 Mar 2026
From the daily newsletter. a civilian in Tehran chronicles a country trapped between bombardment and repression ... .
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Oil for repression: How Venezuela spent billions on a Cuban-backed security state

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 19 Mar 2026
Venezuela’s vast oil wealth did more than sustain an ally in Havana. It helped finance a far-reaching intelligence and security apparatus — one tied to allegations of torture, political persecution and social control, according to a new report ... .
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China’s Repression Still Haunts Uyghur Exiles

Human Rights Watch 19 Mar 2026
Living under the Chinese government’s repression forced me to develop survival skills early on ... Beijing’s transnational repression may prevent me from ever safely speaking to anyone I grew up with—even if my father is freed one day.
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Georgia: Authorities must repeal new amendments on the Law “On Grants” and other repressive legislation criminalising human rights work (OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture)

Public Technologies 19 Mar 2026
As by the Observatory, over the past two years, the Georgian authorities have adopted and expanded a series of repressive laws that the work of civil society organisations, independent media and human ...
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‘There Is a Cost to Telling the Truth.’But Georgia Fort Is Undeterred

Scheerpost 19 Mar 2026
... were arrested by federal officials after covering a protest, and overnight, became national symbols of the fight to preserve free speech and a free press in the increasingly repressive age of Trump.
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Israel Ramps Up Strikes on Iran’s Leadership, Repression Apparatus

The Algemeiner 18 Mar 2026
Appointed in 2021, Khatib led Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, a central pillar of the regime’s repression apparatus, overseeing espionage, covert operations, and intelligence activities ...
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Total repression and air strikes bring unrelenting dread for Iranians

BBC News 18 Mar 2026
Tehran residents tell the BBC they're caught between US-Israeli bombing and an Iranian regime trying to reassert its power ... .
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Academic Claims Police Silenced After Break-Ins Tied to CCP Interference Research

The Epoch Times 18 Mar 2026
In 2017, Brady released her paper, “Magic Weapons ... 14, 2018) with her laptop stolen ... ....
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Iran puts Trumpism to the test

Egypt Independent 18 Mar 2026
Trump is betting his tolerance for risk pays off ... But it will be hard for him to claim a win if the conflict ends with the Strait of Hormuz jammed, the world economy held hostage and Iranians facing even harsher repression under a recalibrated regime.
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Beijing May Exploit New Law to Increase Repression, Intimidate Taiwan: Analysts

The Epoch Times 17 Mar 2026
... Two Sessions annual political meeting, to assimilate ethnic minorities, intimidate Taiwan, and escalate transnational repression against exiled dissidents.
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Modi regime intensifies transnational repression against Sikh diaspora, UN told

Kashmir Media Service 17 Mar 2026
According to Kashmir Media Service, titled “Countering Indian Transnational Repression ... UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk underscored the need for “zero tolerance” toward such transnational repression.
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