Articles tagged "oppression"

Ukraine Daily summary - Wednesday, February 12 2025

Russia concerned with weakening sway over allies amid Western pressure, FT reports -- Ukraine strikes Russia's Saratov oil refinery -- North Korea has sent 200 long-range artillery guns to Russia -- Russia records worst-ever ranking in key corruption index -- and more

Ukraine Daily summary - Friday, January 24 2025

North Korea to send artillery units, 150 more ballistic missiles to aid Russia’s war -- ‘King of the playground'; Russian milbloggers react to Trump’s war in Ukraine ultimatum -- [vblog] Curated Theft: An investigation into the largest museum heist in Europe since World War II -- Russian forces suspected of killing 6 more Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk Oblast -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, April 8

Russia refuses all-for-all Muslim POW exchange for Ramadan -- UK firm has exported $1.2 billion of electronics to Russia despite sanctions -- Members of Russian government not allowed to travel abroad, Kremlin officials not impacted -- Russia resettles deported Ukrainians in 55 remote regions -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, April 7

Wagner admits Ukrainian forces not retreating from Bakhmut -- Pentagon investigating classified Ukraine war document leak -- No more than 5 people have information on Ukrainian counteroffensive plans -- Putin likely creating conditions for further repression in occupied territories -- Russian forces withdraw military equipment from depot in northern Crimea -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, August 27

Russia blocks final document at UN nuclear treaty conference -- Russia using 'education' as a tool of oppression -- Russia shells Ukrainian military with ‘all types of weapons,’ tries to resume offensive in Donetsk Oblast -- Russia received hundreds of Iranian drones -- and more

UK - Tories Indicate Turn Away from Democracy and to Authoritarianism.

Tory MP says Teachers Should be “Sacked” if They Criticise the Conservatives Party in the United Kingdom

Mandatory Voter ID - Tory Govt Makes Astonishing Admission 3.5 Million Will Be Disenfranchised

Users without ID would experience a serious restriction of their experience, freedom of expression and rights

Johnsonian Policy - The Lord of Misrule

Looking at the United Kingdom's gradual, cumulative decline until disruption to everyday life becomes too endemic to avoid

I Called Out the Prime Minister for Lying & Got Thrown Out of Parliament

Boris Johnson has lied to the country & to the House of Commons repeatedly for years

Tories to Pass Law Creating a 'State Speech Regulator' for Online Communication & Media

United Kingdom continues down the oppressive road to a dictatorial system. Legislation of thought, speech, information. UK looses grip on it's freedom & democracy daily.

Is the UK sleepwalking into authoritarian rule?

Jeremy Cushing on how the government is attacking and undermining the institutions of democracy, Blaine Stothard on ministers’ demands for total conformity of beliefs and values, & Pat Farrington on the Tories’ cynical attempts to keep hold of power

Police and Crime Bill will Create Toxic Legacy

Banning protest would make us more like Putin’s Russia than the UK. It would be a lasting and toxic legacy for Boris Johnson.