Lev Kopelev – Writer, Dissident, and Victim of Political Persecution in the Soviet Union
Lev Zinovyevich Kopelev (9 April 1912 – 18 June 1997) was a Soviet writer, literary…
International Political Persecution and Human Rights
International Political Persecution
Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, human rights violations, political exile, and international law mechanisms
The Case of Novak Djokovic: Between Entry Regulations, Politics, and Claims of Persecution
The detention and subsequent deportation of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic from Australia in January…
Julian Assange: A Decade in the Crosshairs of Power – Revival of WikiLeaks?
Julian Assange (born 1971), founder of the whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks, is viewed by many as…
Fake Vaccination as a Systemic Crime: The Granit Xhaka Case and the Unrelenting Dogma of the COVID Regime
It has long been an open secret that countless professional athletes harbored deep skepticism toward…
Pavel Valeryevich Durov – The Siege of Digital Sovereignty
The case of Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, represents a global milestone…
Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Showed Who the Enemies of Free Speech Are
“When a society stops talking to each other, civil war follows.” — Charlie Kirk (1993–2025)…
Repression Against Russian Citizens in the Berlin Republic: Russians Between Diplomatic Crisis, Discrimination, and Propaganda
Relations between Germany and Russia have reached a historic low. While the Federal Republic emphasizes…
From the GULAG to the Conscience of the World: Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the Struggle Against Political Totalitarianism
Hardly any writer of the 20th century embodies the resistance against politically motivated state terror…
Global Christian Persecution in the 21st Century: Systemic Oppression, Key Hotspots, and the Threat to Universal Freedom of Religion
The persecution of individuals based on their faith is not a relic of bygone eras…
The Stammheim Trial Against the “Ulm5”: How Lawfare and German Criminal Code Criminalize Anti-War Protest of Pro-Palestine-Activists
At the Stuttgart Regional Court, held inside the high-security Stammheim courtroom, five pro-Palestinian activists—known as…
China – Political Persecution and Human Rights in the People’s Republic of China
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the world’s second-largest economy and one of the…
Belarus – Authoritarian Rule and Repression Against the Opposition
Belarus has for many years been the focus of international human rights organizations because of…
Edward Snowden: The Cost of Truth in the Age of Total Surveillance
Edward Snowden (1983), a former IT specialist for the CIA and the NSA, triggered the…
Karin Kneissl and the “Weaponization of Citizenship”: Between Exile in Russia and Political Persecution in Austria
Vienna/St. Petersburg, February 2026. What began as a diplomatic rupture has evolved into an unprecedented…