• OPINION
    Anatomy of Repression in Contemporary Iran

    By Francesco Mereu, Analyst KEDISA The relatively recent arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala at the hands of the Iranian Government shocked international public opinion, shedding light on the dire situation of human rights abuses in Iran. The absence of formal charges brought against her, coupled with the heinous conditions of her incarceration at the […]

  • WORLD
    Outrage mounts at Belarus’s use of air piracy in aid of repression

    WESTERN STATESMEN have been competing with each other to express their horror and fury at what was tantamount to an act of piracy perpetrated by Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, on May 23rd. Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, said America “strongly condemns” the “shocking act”, in which Mr Lukashenko forced a Ryanair passenger plane to […]