Like Iran, governments worldwide rely on internet shutdowns to suppress populations, rig elections and collectively punish ...

By bnm Tehran bureau The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning Iran's brutal repression of protesters and calling for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be designated as a ...

The Pakistani state and its powerful military establishment have resorted to increasingly drastic measures to deter critics ...

Today on “Post Reports,” a look at what has happened to Iranians in the year since massive protests swept the country. We hear from family members impacted by the government’s harsh crackdown and how ...

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks via video call after Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, sitting president of the United ...

When it comes to financing our $37 trillion national debt, a dose of financial repression could be just what the doctor ordered. The Trump administration wants lower interest rates to make paying down ...

Joshua Kurlantzick is a senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Annabel Richter is a research associate for Southeast Asia and South Asia at CFR. In ...

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 ...