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Dissident

Venezuela protests | Rosana Alvarez Mullner/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Venezuela

In Venezuela, Digital Freedom Is a Threat to Dictators

Now more than ever, people’s freedom lies in their ability to communicate and access information with privacy and security.

Jorge Jraissati | 8.21.2024 10:30 AM

Protesters in New York City hold up signs saying FREE TOOMAJ and STOP DEATH PENALTY NOW. | Lev Radin/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Death Penalty

Brickbat: Songs of Protest

Charles Oliver | 5.2.2024 4:00 AM

A person in darkened silhouette walks atop a map. | Illustration: Lex Villena; Bob Price

Authoritarianism

Report Finds Rise in Governments Targeting Dissidents Overseas

One in five national governments tried to intimidate or kill exiles in recent years.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.1.2024 7:00 AM

Twitter logo behind bars | Sergei Elagin / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: America's Ally

Charles Oliver | 8.25.2022 4:00 AM

sipaphotoseleven487707 | Abaca Press/Balkis Press/Abaca/Sipa USA/Newscom

Government abuse

Oppressive Regimes Reach Beyond Their Borders

Fleeing isn't enough to keep dissenters safe from tyranny.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.13.2021 7:00 AM

thu2 | Illustration: Lex Villena | Wiktor Dabkowski/ZUMA Press/Newscom, Mohammad Akhlaghi

Iran

Iranian Operatives Plotted To Kidnap Brooklyn Journalist

From the other side of the world, the regime plots ways to chill free speech.

Rikki Schlott | 7.15.2021 1:30 PM

The Dissident | Lex Villena/Briarcliff Entertainment

Jamal Khashoggi

How the U.S. Covered Up the Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel fought Saudi censorship to make his new documentary, The Dissident.

Justin Monticello | 1.21.2021 10:30 AM

Screen Shot 2020-08-27 at 1.29.20 PM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB-O2zRqMVw

Republican Convention 2020

Chen Guangcheng Fled China to America, and Last Night He Spoke at the RNC. How About Opening Our Doors to Oppressed Hongkongers Too?

"In China, expressing beliefs or ideas not approved by the CCP—religion, democracy, human rights—can lead to prison."

Liz Wolfe | 8.27.2020 2:40 PM

Large image for longform feature pages. | Left: Mltya Aleshkovskiy/Creative Commons. Right: Kremlin.

Russia

Dissent and Disarray in Putin's Russia

The authoritarian president's hold on power may be shakier than it looks.

Cathy Young | 10.6.2018 6:00 AM

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Authoritarianism

#SXSW: How Activists Are Using Technology to Fight Dictators

Dissidents are using USB drives to smuggle information into authoritarian regimes.

Meredith Bragg, Paul Detrick, and Austin Bragg | 3.15.2017 3:31 PM

Large image on homepages | @dmmelsexto/Twitter

Cuba

Cuban Dissident Artist 'El Sexto' Has Been Sitting in Jail For Disrespecting Fidel Castro

Even with free health care and education, some Cubans are still willing to risk their life for free expression.

Anthony Fisher | 12.8.2016 3:40 PM

Large image on homepages | Instagram/AIWW

Politics

LEGO Won't Provide Bricks for Ai Weiwei's "Political Works," But His Fans Will

Everything is not awesome when it comes to subversive reappropriation of colored plastic bricks to protest authoritarianism.

Anthony Fisher | 10.27.2015 9:05 AM

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Boris Nemtsov

Who Ordered the Assassination of Russian Liberal Icon Boris Nemtsov?

Visiting the bridge where he was murdered.

Ronald Bailey | 3.24.2015 10:04 AM

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