Togo Country Report - April 2026
Togo has faced political crisis since its controversial 2024 constitutional reform, which the opposition widely views as President Faure Gnassingbé’s attempt to extend his 20-year rule. In May 2025, Gnassingbé assumed the post of President of the Council of Ministers without a popular vote.
Genocide Watch
Oct 26
Iranian Intelligence Department Arrests 39 Protesters
By IranWire October 19, 2026 According to the Tasnim News Agency, citing the General Directorate of Intelligence of Qazvin Province, 39 citizens have been arrested in connection with the January 2026 protests. The identities of those detained, their current locations, and the status of their legal cases remain unknown. In a report that included no names or identifying details, the Qazvin Intelligence Department claimed that the detainees operated across eight separate groups
How Pakistan Crushed Protests in Kashmir
By Aqil Shah August 17, 2026 Protestors burn tyres along a road after clashes with police in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on July 31, 2026. (Sajjad Qayyum-AFP via Getty Images) Irish poets and American presidents have long spoken of Kashmir: its beauty and its dangers. The question of Kashmir has shaped the trajectories of India and Pakistan since the end of British rule and their birth as nation-states in August 1947. Both countries claim Kashmir in its enti
TIME
Aug 18
Youth-led protests turn deadly in Morocco
At least two people have been killed and hundreds more arrested in Morocco amid ongoing youth-led protests against corruption and poor public services.
#a World Politics Review
Oct 3, 2025
Nepal social media shutdown used to quell protests
Nepal’s social media ban reflects a broader struggle over free expression and state control by Charlie Campbell Editor at Large...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Sep 11, 2025
Kenya protests sparked by teacher's death in police cell
People react during a protest following Albert Ojwang's death in police custody at the Central Police Station, in Nairobi, Kenya, on June...
Nimi Princewill | CNN
Jun 26, 2025
Niger situation remains ‘fluid’ as army backs coup plotters
Supporters of the coup in Niger have set fire to the governing party’s HQ as countries decry toppling of President Mohamed Bazoum....
Al Jazeera
Jul 28, 2023
Uzbekistan lifts state of emergency after protest deaths
The authorities said 14 protesters and four law enforcement officers were killed in the violence.
Reuters
Jul 22, 2022
Henan Shows Hong Kong How Far It Has Fallen
By Matthew Brooker Protesters can now demonstrate more freely on the mainland than they can in the former British colony. Hong Kong...
Genocide Watch
Jul 18, 2022
India: Punitive Measures Against Protesters Must End
Source: Getty Images Indian authorities must immediately put an end to the excessive use of force in response to large scale protests in...
Amnesty International
Jun 13, 2022
‘Targeted Harassment’: Muslim Girls in India Denounce Hijab Ban
Visuals of Muslim students being shut outside college gates in Karnataka state for wearing the hijab have led to outrage on social media....
Al Jazeera
Feb 8, 2022
Violence spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
By: Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf Summary: Jailing of ex-president Zuma triggered initial protests Violence has broadened into...
Reuters
Jul 13, 2021
