In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In a recent post, I noted how Thailand has increasingly become the Southeast Asian ...

There is growing momentum among Western countries to take stronger action against transnational repression – the overt and covert tactics of some authoritarian governments, including China, to ...

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. expert monitoring human rights in Russia said Monday that “repression is escalating,” targeting civilians, journalists and even Ukrainian prisoners of war in an attempt to silence ...

ABSTRACT: The data presented here, combined with our previous reports, challenge all conceptions of what constitutes “life,” the origins of life, consciousness, and UAP. Self-illuminated plasmas (AKA ...

Cambodian and Sikh diaspora communities are among the many that are reportedly being “surveilled, harassed, threatened, and silenced by foreign governments.” Targets of transnational repression in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Jul 30, 2025, 02:39am EDT [Stock photo] View of Big Ben and Houses ...

A cautious Federal Reserve kept policy rates unchanged during the first half of 2025. It was trying to ascertain whether the Trump administration’s protectionist measures would result in a one-time ...

In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the regime appears to be turning inward — escalating repression with chilling speed. According to Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at ...

The United Nations on Thursday named 54 officials from Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government who it said are responsible for serious human rights violations and crimes, in what was described ...