Julian Assange (born 1971), founder of the whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks, is viewed by many as the most prominent champion of press freedom in the 21st century—and by others as a state enemy who shattered the…
It has long been an open secret that countless professional athletes harbored deep skepticism toward experimental gene therapies under the intense pressure of state and media COVID alignment. Yet anyone who dared to express these…
The case of Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, represents a global milestone in the conflict between digital privacy and state authority. His arrest in France in August 2024 marked the beginning of…
“When a society stops talking to each other, civil war follows.” — Charlie Kirk (1993–2025) Exactly one year ago today, a political assassination sent shockwaves through the Western world: Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old American activist…
Relations between Germany and Russia have reached a historic low. While the Federal Republic emphasizes that its measures are directed against the Kremlin rather than the Russian population, the reality on the ground paints a…
Hardly any writer of the 20th century embodies the resistance against politically motivated state terror and systematic ideological persecution as vividly as Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008). His work is not only world-class literature, but an…
The detention and subsequent deportation of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic from Australia in January 2022 sparked an unprecedented global debate. What initially appeared to be a routine administrative conflict over border regulations and vaccination…
The persecution of individuals based on their faith is not a relic of bygone eras or ancient archives. In the 21st century, it remains a global reality of staggering proportions. Among all religious groups facing…
At the Stuttgart Regional Court, held inside the high-security Stammheim courtroom, five pro-Palestinian activists—known as the “Ulm 5″—are standing trial. The defendants are accused of entering the Ulm facility of Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems…
Lev Zinovyevich Kopelev (9 April 1912 – 18 June 1997) was a Soviet writer, literary scholar, and human rights activist. His life is regarded as one of the most remarkable examples of political persecution in…
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the world’s second-largest economy and one of the most influential political powers of the twenty-first century. Since its establishment in 1949, the country has been governed by the…
Belarus has for many years been the focus of international human rights organizations because of the systematic persecution of political opponents, independent journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society organizations. Since Alexander Lukashenko assumed the…