Itâs worth more than all the âmotivational speechesâ in the world; some struggles are inspiring and must not be forgotten.
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Itâs worth more than all the âmotivational speechesâ in the world; some struggles are inspiring and must not be forgotten.
02.02.2026 19:54 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0"Through his images, photographer Robin Tutenges tells the story of the resistance lives of young men and women fighting the Burmese military in an effort to win back democracy, something they have barely known.
The Burmese revolution is very much alive."
"Five years after the coup dâĂ©tat, the junta, having regained ground and staged a sham election, has partially pushed back the resistance forces, thanks to support from China and Russia, and to the use of drones and air strikes."
02.02.2026 19:11 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0« Images and videos verified by major international media outlets including the BBC and CNN appear to show fleeing protesters shot from behind, bodies piled in morgues and satellite evidence indicating the digging of mass graves. »
21.01.2026 18:26 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âIn pretrial detention for more than two months, they are being tried for âspreading false news, unlawful assembly, group rebellion, and failure to produce an identity cardâ for having taken part in protest demonstrations against the announced results of the October 12 presidential election.â
19.01.2026 18:05 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âThe vote took place in a climate âmarked by widespread repression and intimidation,â according to the UN. Goodluck Jonathan, head of observer mission from the AU, reported âintimidation, arrests, and abductions of opposition leaders, candidates, supporters, media outlets, and civil society actorsââ
19.01.2026 18:00 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 1 đ 0âA leaden blanket has fallen again over the Iranian people. In blood. Their uprising, sparked on 28 December 2025 by the dramatic collapse of the national currency, was crushed in an unprecedented outburst of violence.â
19.01.2026 01:43 â đ 0 đ 1 đŹ 0 đ 0"Opposition MP Kivumbi told the AFP agency that soldiers and police fired tear gas and then live bullets at hundreds of people who were following early results at his home.
"Ten were killed inside my house" he said.
Human rights activist Agather Atuhaire confirmed this account to Reuters."
"âWe were civilians. We were not armed. It was 3:00 a.m. I donât know what we had done wrong. It was so loud (the sound of the gunfire, editorâs note). I couldnât believe what was happening to me, and what was happening to my country,â she said."
16.01.2026 16:51 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0"While many of those present fled into the surrounding plantations, âthey fired through the door of our garage and killed ten young people, ten young men, campaign workers who had come to help us,â said the law professor, who said she was âshaken.â"
16.01.2026 16:51 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 1 đ 0More than 400 prominent women worldwide â including Nobel laureates, former presidents and prime ministers, parliamentarians, UN special rapporteurs, media personalities, sporting icons and leading human rights defenders â have signed an urgent public statement calling for her immediate release.
23.12.2025 16:36 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian mother and engineer, is at imminent risk of execution for holding up a banner bearing the words âWoman, Resistance, Freedom.â
23.12.2025 16:36 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 1 đ 0With two weeksâ hindsight now⊠itâs pretty crazy, isnât it, when you think about it? And in a way, itâs hopeful.
When ECOWAS has the will to act to safeguard democracy in one of its member states, it actually can.
"The dominant model, that of administrative multipartyism, cannot answer the two central questions: representation, meaning the idea that every voice counts; and redistribution, meaning that everyone should have access to the basic means of subsistence.â
22.12.2025 22:54 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âWe need to stop talking about âdemocracyâ; itâs a misuse of language."
22.12.2025 22:53 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 1 đ 0"Disgruntled Gen-Z protesters, who have toppled governments and rattled rulers across the world this year, have claimed their first European victory."
20.12.2025 23:54 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0"The verdict is a âparodyâ of justice, declared the Committee to Protect Journalists. Apple Daily was a fiercely opposition newspaper, critical of the Hong Kong government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. It was forced to shut down after a police raid on its newsroom."
15.12.2025 03:36 â đ 1 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âThe security forces did not have to intervene. No one went out to demonstrate. The repression carried out by the authorities over the past six months against anyone involved in the protests, which left 7 people dead (...), seems to have put an end to the mobilisation of the Togolese.â
11.12.2025 17:19 â đ 1 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âHit by an unprecedented wave of arrests, the young protesters who had mobilized at the end of September gathered on December 10, in Rabat and several other cities to demand the release of the 2,480 people being prosecuted.â
11.12.2025 17:16 â đ 1 đ 1 đŹ 1 đ 0"Dr. SuccĂšs Masra, one of the opposition leaders, is in prison, unjustly arrested, jailed and put on trial for charges that have no real basis; we cannot talk about freedom and democracy."
06.12.2025 03:35 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âThe force used was proportionate to the situation. We are being accused of having used excessive force (âŠ) Were we supposed to sit idly by in the face of this crowd of protesters ready to overthrow the government?â
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"Tanzania had descended into violence after elections that the opposition and foreign observers consider to have been fraudulent. According to the opposition and human rights defenders, more than 1,000 anti-government protesters were killed over several days by the security forces."
02.12.2025 18:36 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 3 đ 0âBallot stuffing, falsified tally sheets, pressure on poll watchers: the testimonies compiled by our reporter on the ground point to massive irregularities, while Elecam, the body responsible for verifying the vote, has provided no evidence and imposed no sanctions.â
14.11.2025 17:53 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âHis persecution (âŠ) is based on his poetry and his peaceful activism, which makes his continued detention a violation of is fundamental rights,â they added, affirming that his trial sent âan alarming signal to all those who raise their voices to defend human rights in Algeria.â
12.11.2025 17:59 â đ 1 đ 1 đŹ 0 đ 0More than 200 people were charged with âtreasonâ in Tanzania in connection with the harshly repressed demonstrations that marked the presidential and legislative elections.
10.11.2025 16:34 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0âThe 2025 general elections in Tanzania did not comply with the principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards of the AU regarding democratic elections,â states the initial report of the African Union mission.
06.11.2025 18:44 â đ 0 đ 0 đŹ 0 đ 0Heâs trying to latch his case onto the Sahelian juntasâ talking points and onto pan-Africanismâwhich these days is used to justify anything and everything. Cute.
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