State Repression : All

Peoples Dispatch
In 2020, Already 50 Social Leaders Assassinated in Colombia
20 Feb 2020
The massacre of Colombia’s social, peasant and Indigenous leaders continues unabated.
Peoples Dispatch
Guatemalan Indigenous leader Daniel Pascual denounces political persecution
14 Jan 2020
He has been accused of defamation, slander and injury by the son of an army general from the era of the military dictatorship
Peoples Dispatch
Five Activists Arrested in Police Raid in Swaziland Have Been Released
26 Dec 2019
According to police, the documents calling for democracy that were confiscated in the raids may be considered treasonous
Peoples Dispatch
José Murillo, Latest Victim of Colombian State Persecution
10 Dec 2019
The social leader and human rights defender was arrested on Saturday December 7 in the midst of a historic wave of protests in the country
Pavan Kulkarni
Over a Dozen Protesters Killed in Violent Eviction of Mass Sit-in in Sudan
03 Jun 2019
The Sudanese Professionals Association is deeming the events a “bloody massacre”, and has called for a “total civil disobedience”, and vowed “we will not retreat”.
Peoples Dispatch
Ola Bini Denied Bail Through Video Conference
30 May 2019
The Ecuadorian legal system continues to violate Bini’s most fundamental human rights in what is a clear case of political persecution
Ola Bini
Letter to the President of Ecuador
27 May 2019
Political prisoner Ola Bini, who was arrested on April 11 in Quito, Ecuador and put into preventative detention, writes a letter to Ecuadorean president Lenín Moreno from prison.
Peoples Dispatch
33 Zimbabwean Trade Unionists Arrested Ahead of Nation-wide Protests
15 Oct 2018
The police assaulted many union members before arresting the president and general secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
Zoe PC
Abahlali baseMjondolo Continues its Struggle in the Face of Brutal Repression
13 Oct 2018
5,000 members of the movement marched in Durban on Monday to denounce state repression. Many activists of the movement have been assassinated over the past few years.
Zoe PC
#SOSPublicUniversities: Colombian Students on Strike to Defend State Education
10 Oct 2018
Thousands of students across the country will be on strike today in defense of public universities and to demand that President Ivan Duque increase the budget of public universities