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Dissident Spotlight: Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi
Ahmed Al-Zoubi is a satirist who has been arrested and imprisoned for his criticisms of Jordan's government.
Oct 29
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque
Zulkifili Ulhaque is a cartoonist in Malaysia who has faced what were effectively life sentences from his government for pointing out its officials…
Oct 22
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Abdulaziz al-Dukhail
Abdulaziz al-Dukhail supported a fallen dissident in writing and spent about 15 months in prison without being charged.
Oct 15
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Bryan Avelar
Bryan Avelar is an example of how a tough-on-crime approach can mask the oppression of dissidents.
Oct 8
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Osama Khalid
Osama Khalid was a Wikipedia editor in Saudi Arabia whose edits regarding a prominent feminist activist may have landed him in prison.
Oct 1
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Oleg Kuvaev
Oleg Kuvaev began as an animator but had to flee Russia over an anti-war music video he created in 2022.
Sep 24
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison after spending much of his life as an exiled dissident.
Sep 17
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Rosario Ibarra de Piedra
Rosario Ibarra spent much of her life fighting to find her disappeared son and the estimated 100,000 Mexicans who met the same fate.
Sep 10
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Azimjon Askarov
Azimjon Askarov covered unrest between the Kyrgyz majority and Uzbek minority in southern Kyrgyzstan. He was handed a life sentence for it.
Sep 3
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano faced a 1,000-euro fine for calling Italy's prime minister a "bastard," a regression of free speech in a "Western" country.
Aug 27
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Saied bin Nasser al-Ghamdi
Mohammad bin Salman has targeted Saied bin Nasser al-Ghamdi's family as a result of his outspoken opposition to Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses.
Aug 20
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Christopher Gerlacher
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Dissident Spotlight: Miguel Mendoza Urbina
A sports commentator became a prominent dissident when he used his platform to speak out against the state's violence against protesters.
Aug 13
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Christopher Gerlacher
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