Increasing Government Control, Repression: Erdogan’s Long Arm: The Turkish Dissidents Kidnapped from Europe Turkey has snatched over 100 (5+5) alleged members of the Gülen movement from other countries in recent years. Six (6) Kosovo-based Turkish nationals snatched in a covert early-morning operation.

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Erdogan’s Long Arm: The Turkish Dissidents Kidnapped from Europe Turkey has snatched over 100 (5+5) alleged members of the Gülen movement from other countries in recent years. Six (6) Kosovo-based Turkish nationals snatched in a covert early-morning operation. Haaretz 2018 PRISTINA, Kosovo – It’s […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Turkey Moves to Oversee All Online Content, Raises Concerns Over Censorship. Content providers given 30 (6×5) days to ‘adjust’ their content.

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Turkey Moves to Oversee All Online Content, Raises Concerns Over Censorship. Content providers given 30 (6×5) days to ‘adjust’ their content. Reuters  Aug 01, 2019 Turkey on Thursday granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight over all online content, including streaming platforms like Netflix […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Destroying Books and Jailing Dissidents: Erdogan’s Cultural Purge Is in Full Swing. More than 300,000 (6×5) books have reportedly been confiscated.

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Destroying Books and Jailing Dissidents: Erdogan’s Cultural Purge Is in Full Swing. More than 300,000 (6×5) books have reportedly been confiscated. Zvi Bar’el  Oct 07, 2019 4:53 PM Haaretz The Turkish Council to Protect Minors from Harmful Publications knows no rest. Last week, it declared […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Turkey Arrests almost 25 (5×5) Over Criticism of Syria Offensive. 25 of the 180 (6+6+6) people who had been detained for criticising the operation on social media had been formally arrested.

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Turkey Arrests almost 25 (5×5) Over Criticism of Syria Offensive. 25 of the 180 (6+6+6) people who had been detained for criticising the operation on social media had been formally arrested. Reuters  Oct 16, 2019 2:03 PM Turkish authorities have arrested almost 25 people for […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: As Putin Era Begins to Wane, Russia Unleashes a Sweeping Crackdown

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: As Putin Era Begins to Wane, Russia Unleashes a Sweeping Crackdown Andrew Higgins. The New York Times•October 24, 2019 PSKOV, Russia — After a teenager blew himself up inside a branch of Russia’s secret police near the Arctic Circle late last year, a freelance […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online content. The Kremlin said last week the two powers had a ‘special relationship.’ Ruh-Roh.

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online content. The Kremlin said last week the two powers had a ‘special relationship.’ Ruh-Roh. By Nadezhda Tsydenova and Tom Balmforth Reuters•October 8, 2019 MOSCOW, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Russia and China will sign a […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Russia rolls out its ‘sovereign internet.’ Is it building a digital Iron Curtain?

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Russia rolls out its ‘sovereign internet.’ Is it building a digital Iron Curtain? By Mary Ilyushina, Nathan Hodge and Hadas Gold, CNN Business Updated 12:21 PM ET, Fri November 1, 2019 Moscow (CNN Business) On Friday, a controversial new law took effect in Russia: The […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: What’s in a name? India’s citizenship drive hits women hardest

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: What’s in a name? India’s citizenship drive hits women hardest By Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation. Reuters•October 5, 2019 By Anuradha Nagaraj GUWAHATI, India, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Abanti Deka had no idea when she married her husband that taking his name […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Sri Lankan journalists fear situation may worsen. ‘One of the few journalists who survived after being abducted by a van squad was brutally tortured — his legs crushed, fingers broken and body burned — before being released.’

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Sri Lankan journalists fear situation may worsen. ‘One of the few journalists who survived after being abducted by a van squad was brutally tortured — his legs crushed, fingers broken and body burned — before being released.’ Associated Press•November 13, 2019 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka […]

Increasing Government Control, Repression: Journalists in Kashmir protest India’s curbs on press

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Increasing Government Control, Repression: Journalists in Kashmir protest India’s curbs on press Associated Press•October 3, 2019 NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of journalists in Indian-controlled Kashmir held a sit-in protest Thursday against an ongoing communication blackout in the disputed Himalayan region, describing the blockade of the internet and […]