Repression can be thought of as "motivated forgetting:" the active but unconscious forgetting of unacceptable drives, emotions, ideas, or memories. Unsurprisingly, repression is often confused with ...

Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated and dismembered in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul five years ago this month. That was an explosive example of “transnational ...

"The past five years have shown that media can be destroyed financially and legally, driven into exile, labelled ‘extremist.’ But no one has yet been born who can make the independent press be silent” ...

Rally "for a free Russia without repression and despotism" Moscow, June 10 2018. Credit: Don Simon via Wikimedia Commons. CC0. From Bull Connor’s dogs and fire hoses attacking U.S. civil rights ...

The journalist relocated to Georgia in December 2023 due to crackdowns on media freedom in Azerbaijan. Sadygov was deported on 5 April following his arrest at his home in Tbilisi the previous night on ...

The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has highlighted the case of Tibetan monk Dhargye, calling it a stark example of alleged religious repression and lack of judicial transparency in Tibet under ...

Last spring, campuses across the country became flashpoints of anti-war resistance, as thousands of students mobilized in a powerful demonstration of moral conscience and collective action. Their ...

FOR activists, journalists, and dissidents fleeing their home countries, safety is increasingly hard to find. They are targeted for their work even when on foreign soil. This insidious reach of ...