Greater Middle East
Advance for autocracy in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's referendum granting himself sweeping powers took place in an atmosphere of terror, with opposition leaders silenced and detained.
Tag: police state
North America
Hunger strike at Tacoma ICE detention center
At least 750 female detainees have joined in a hunger strike to protest harsh conditions at ICE's privately contracted 1,500-bed Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: state of emergency after ISIS attack on Copts
Egyptian authorities declared a three-month state of emergency after twin ISIS bombings killed 43 at two Coptic churches in the Nile Delta on Palm Sunday.
Africa
Senegal: condemn ‘draconian’ anti-terrorism laws
New "draconian" anti-terrorism laws could "restrict freedom of expression and roll back the rule of law in Senegal," according to a report by Amnesty International.
Palestine
Israel detains Palestinian writer over new novel
Israeli forces detained Palestinian writer Khalida Ghusheh after raiding her home in East Jerusalem, citing the content of her newly published novel on life under occupation.
New York City
Activist attorney Lynne Stewart dead at 77
Lynne Stewart, the fighting activist attorney who gained fame with her 2005 conviction for “providing material support” to terrorism, died at her home in Brooklyn. (Photo: The Indypendent)
Greater Middle East
UN to investigate Turkey over detained judge
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals referred Turkey to the UN Security Council for detention of a judge on suspicion of involvement in last year's coup attempt.
New York City
NYPD reaches new deal in surveillance lawsuit
The New York Police Department reached a new settlement providing greater oversight of intelligence-gathering programs, after a federal judge rejected an earlier deal.
Southeast Asia
Philippines: legal persecution of drug war critic
One of the Philippines' only lawmakers openly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's blood-drenched "war on drugs" is herself facing "politically motivated" drug charges.
Central Asia
Anti-terror ‘security state’ in Xinjiang
The Uighur people of China's Xinjiang province are coming under unprecedented surveillance and militarization amid official fears of terrorism in the far-western region.
Europe
Russian high court deals blow to anti-protest law
Russia's Supreme Court annulled the prison sentence of gay activist Ildar Dadin, the first person to be convicted under a sweeping new anti-protest law.
North America
Amnesty blasts global ‘politics of demonization’
Politicians wielding a dehumanizing rhetoric are creating a more divided and dangerous world, warns Amnesty International in its new annual report.