Articles tagged "oppression"
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, 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
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.
BBC of Fear of Casting Boris Johnson in a Bad Light
This story appears to have everything – sex, betrayal, abuse of power, lies told in high places – so, on the face of, it is somewhat surprising to find it covered only grudgingly, and at the margins of the BBC’s huge range of output.