Macau concludes first closed-door national security trial
By AFP Wire September 19, 2026 Au Kam San was one of the organisers of annual vigils in Macau — a former Portuguese territory which reverted to China in 1999 — in memory of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Credit: Au Kam San via Facebook, via Hong Kong Free Press. Macau has concluded its first national security trial behind closed doors, a court said on Friday, days after proceedings began in a former pro-democracy lawmaker’s case. A verdict will be issued
Hong Kong Free Press
Oct 6
Another Lao Activist Vanishes in Thailand
Khieo Lapchanh is the latest Lao exile to fall victim to the growing authoritarian collaboration between the Mekong region’s governments. By Mark Wright September 28, 2026 A photo of Khieo Lapchanh, a dissident Lao exile, that was posted on his Facebook page on Mar. 20, 2026. Credit: Facebook/Khiew Channel In the early hours of September 15, Khieo Lapchanh, a 26-year-old Lao content creator, finished his shift at a restaurant in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province and vanishe
The Diplomat
Oct 5
Morocco: Surveillance used to silence journalists and activists
Amnesty International 1 October 2026 Credit: Amnesty International Ex-security agent provides rare first-hand insight into how Morocco surveillance system works from the inside. Targets secretly recorded in detention, offices, homes, cars and airports Intelligence services conspired with phone shop owners to sell phones pre-infected with spyware Authorities in Morocco operate an expansive and vast surveillance apparatus that combines digital and analogue tools to track, mo
Guinea-Bissau military leaders bar ousted president's return
The military leaders of Guinea-Bissau have decided to block former President Umaro Sissoco Embalo from returning to the West African country, citing national security concerns and the need to preserve public order.
Reuters
Oct 2
700 Detained As Delhi, Mumbai See Electoral Roll Protests
Edited by Chandrajit Mitra October 2, 2026 Senior AAP leader Atishi was detained during the protest in Delhi New Delhi/Mumbai: Hundreds have been detained in New Delhi during a protest by opposition outfits demanding the resignation of India's election chief over alleged voter-related irregularities. Visuals showed senior AAP leader and former chief minister Atishi being dragged by police. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), too, held a demonstration in Mumbai, where a large pol
NDTV
Oct 2
Authorities trampling on human rights in Protest Crackdown
By Amnesty International October 2, 2026 Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images Responding to the imposition of prohibitory orders, the detention of hundreds of protesters, and the suspension of internet and public transport services in Delhi and Mumbai amid peaceful protests demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Aakar Patel, Chair of Board, Amnesty International India, said: “The right to protest is not dependent on government approval. It
Ten years after Gabon’s post-election violence, painful questions remain
Radio France Internationale 31 August 2026 Ten years on, victims of violence that followed president Ali Bongo’s disputed re-election in Gabon are still demanding truth and justice. Questions also remain over the possible involvement of French nationals and the response of the French authorities. Barricades on a street following an election protest in Libreville, Gabon, on 1 September 2016. © Joel Bouopda / AP The crisis erupted on the night of 31 August to 1 September 2016,
Tunisian protesters demand release of four Sumud activists
By Ghaya Ben Mbarek 20 Sep 2026 The protest comes as the health of one hunger-striking detainee deteriorates after more than a month on hunger strike. Tunisian protesters march in central Tunis calling for the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists detained in a financial investigation, on September 19, 2026 [Ghaya Ben Mbarek/Al Jazeera] Tunis, Tunisia – Dozens of people protested in Tunis on Saturday demanding the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists, as
Ghaya Ben Mbarek
Oct 1
Concern Grows Over Gabon’s Social Media Clampdown
By Eromo Egbejule May 13, 2026 Activists claim use of laws to curtail internet freedoms part of well-documented history of cracking down on dissent The granddaughter of the former prime minister of Gabon, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, holds a placard in the colours of the flag of Gabon reading ‘Free my grandfather’ during a demonstration in Paris on 25 April. Photograph: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Images When Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platf
The Guardian
Oct 1
India’s crisis of legitimacy
By Muqtedar Khan September 29, 2026 A cycle of governance failures, official denials, and attacks on critics is eroding public trust and deepening the Modi government’s crisis of legitimacy. The Election Commission controversy is its latest example. An illustration of former Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan and current Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. | Photo Credit: Illustrated by Sarthak Bagchi India is once again embroiled in a controversy that follows a f
Frontline Magazine
Sep 29
The Silence of Violence: The Remaking of Modern Aerial Warfare
By Franzie Schatzl and Mayya Chaykina Pablo Picasso’s Guernica at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, 1997. Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images. Unmanned aerial systems have reshaped the conduct of war without corresponding changes to the legal architecture that governs it. Today, conflicts are fought from afar, mediated by screens, algorithms, and the persistent terror of drones. This form of warfare is simultaneously more precise and less visible than conventional wa
Genocide Watch
Sep 28
Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes amid unrest
By Abid Hussain September 24, 2026 Lawmakers will choose a president despite seven vacant seats in districts at the centre of months of unrest. A woman from Pakistan-administered Kashmir living in Karachi casts her ballot during the second phase of the region's general elections in Karachi, Pakistan, August 2, 2026. Credit: Al Jazeera, Shahzaib Akber, & EPA Islamabad, Pakistan – Legislators in Pakistan-administered Kashmir are voting on Thursday to elect a president, filling
Al Jazeera
Sep 26
