#dissidents — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dissidents, aggregated by home.social.
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" #MerrylGoldberg was a member of the #KlezmerConservatoryBand ( #KCB) in 1985 when she had the opportunity to go on a mission to the #USSR to meet with #humanrights #activist #musicians. #Goldberg, along with KCB leader #HankusNetsky, vocalist #RosalieGerut and mandolinist #JeffWarschauer, were to meet with the #PhantomOrchestra, a group of #Jewish and non-Jewish #activists. Their mission was to bring them everything from medicine to blue jeans and bubble gum and smuggle out information about the #refusnik movement.
In the context of the #ColdWar, to smuggle out information from the #SovietUnion was a perilous undertaking for the #klezmer band visitors and for the #Soviet #dissidents. What the #musicians needed was a secret #cipher system to collect the information they would gather during their trip. Their solution: to embed the information into written #music.
In her #book, “Notes of Deception” (Hanover Square Press), co-author Goldberg documents the trip..."
https://jhvonline.com/how-the-klezmer-conservatory-band-aided-the-refusenik-movement-p36741-152.htm
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Russia strips the rights of citizens abroad in a sweeping new ‘traitor’ law.
The Duma approved measures that freeze accounts, seize property and block consular services including passport renewal for Russians abroad who are evading charges at home.
Lawyers said the law meant “de facto loss of citizenship,” with political activists and journalists among those most at risk.
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Online #AgeVerification Law Could Kill #Whistleblowing
House bill ostensibly aimed at protecting children will raise risk for #journalists, #dissidents, and #whistleblowers
Many platforms will turn to age verification to avoid potential liability under the law. That’s a big problem for people who need to be able to use the internet anonymously, since, as Taylor Lorenz has previously written, “there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/28/age-verification-privacy-surveillance-journalists-whistleblowers/ -
#LeMonde – Seul(e) dans #Pékin : comment les #dissidents #chinois contestent le #régime
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The intertwined stories of Putin and Stalin’s refugees in a literary circle near Paris.
In the Paris suburb of Vanves, a small literary circle keeps alive the memory of the great Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, in the apartment where she lived before her doomed return to Stalin’s Russia.
Today’s Russian dissidents see in her verses a reflection of their own inner turmoil.
#MarinaTsvetaeva #Russia #Literature #History #Stalin #Putin #Poetry #Dissidents #Longread
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The Weird, Twisting Tale of How #China #Spied on #AlysaLiu and Her Dad
Years before the #figureSkater became an #Olympic superstar, a #Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and #monitored other US residents deemed #dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.
#privacy #security #olympics #surveillancehttps://www.wired.com/story/the-weird-twisting-tale-of-how-china-spied-on-alysa-liu-and-her-dad/
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Five teens go on trial in Sweden today over an Iranian dissident murder plot.
Sweden’s security service Sapo says Iran has ramped up its targeting of dissidents since the start of the Iran war, accusing them of conscripting organised crime groups to carry out “acts of violence” on Swedish soil.
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Dle mého názoru(DMN)maska státu spadla—ukázalo se,že "terorismus"neznamená nic víc než"opozice"nebo"dissent".
"Macinka označil Hnutí DUHA za teroristickou organizaci"—"Macinka[…]napsal, že považuje[…]DUHA bez větší nadsázky za teroristickou organizaci."—"https://in-lifestyle.cz/petr-macinka-hnuti-duha-teroristicka-organizace-filip-turek/
"Duha kvůli Macinkovu výroku o terorismu zváží právní kroky"—"Macinka uvedl, že Hnutí Duha považuje[…]za teroristickou organizaci“"—"Macinka si jako ministr zahraničí nepochybně uvědomuje význam pojmu terorismus,který je jasně definován v trestním zákoníku"—https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domaci-politika-hnuti-duha-kvuli-macinkovu-vyroku-o-terorismu-zvazi-pravni-kroky-303318
"Macinky.Ten napsal,že Hnutí Duha považuje bez nějaké větší nadsázky„za teroristickou organizaci“"—"Proti označení Duhy za teroristickou organizaci se pro ČTK v pátek odpoledne ohradil programový ředitel sdružení"—https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/domaci/turek-hrozi-hnuti-duha-zasahem-do-dotaci-ma-podporu-u-macinky-372033
"Terrorism[…]is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims"—tuto definici DMN přesně splňují státy,které násilím ovládají území a občany násilím nutí k chování podle jejich polit. nebo ideol. cílů.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism)
Si pamatuju z kambodžské diktatury:"Cambodia's ex-leader Hun Sen Calls for'Terrorism'Law to Target Opponents"—"Hun Sen,Cambodia's former leader,called for a new law labeling those who aim to overthrow his son's government as'terrorists'during the 46th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's downfall.[…]sparked concerns about the suppression of dissent."—https://ph.headtopics.com/news/cambodia-s-ex-leader-hun-sen-calls-for-terrorism-law-to-64467924
Nemohu srovnávat Česko s kamb. dikt., neboť v Kamb. mi zuby byly prohlédnuty násl. den, zatímco v Č. jsem musel obvolávat zubaře 60 dní. V Kamb. mi dermatologie byla provedena za 10 dní, zatímco v Č. jsem na akutní derm. ošetření čekal 120 dní.
#hypocrisy #terrorism #duha #hnutiduha #macinka #turek #czech #regime #czechregime #czechia #czechrepublic #government #state #czechgovernment #motoristi #motoristé #contempt #etatism #dissent #dissident #dissidents #opposition #politicalrepression #repression #repressive #repressiveregime
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IMO Amnesty International is perpetrating discrimination of the users of Twibright Links lightweight web browser not equipped with JavaScript and IMO Amnesty International are hypocrites: they pose as if fighting for human rights, but they themselves IMO perpetrate discrimination and censorship and Amnesty International IMO violates the basic human right to receive information.
I recommend:
1) Don't send Amnesty International any donations.
2) Tell other people about the behaviour of Amnesty International.
3) Boycott Amnesty International.Their website consists of a grid of pictures and text. You don't need JavaScript to display that and even if you did, lack of JavaScript would just mean reduced functionality, not blocking of whole website.
This may IMO impact marginalized individuals (people living in poverty, people in developing countries, refugees, dissidents) who cannot afford to buy a powerful device with enough RAM (cf. recent RAM price crisis) to run a resource hungry web browser with JavaScript and exacerbate the digital divide.
IMO Amnesty International is joining the camp of perpetrators of digitalitarian digitatorship, where citizens are required to submit to an ever increasing amount of surveillance and tracking and required to submit to an extortion to purchase ever more expensive electronic devices.
I feel
s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards Amnesty International.
#links2 #links2gang #amnestyinternational #amnesty #hypocrisy #boycott #abuse #discrimination #censorship #contempt #strongcontempt #twibright #twibrightlabs #linksbrowser #marginalized #marginalizedgroups #poverty #developingcountries #ramprices #rampricecrisis #ramcrisis #digitaldivide #dissidents #refugees #javascript #resourcehungry #bloatware
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#usa #israel #russia #iran : #war / #government / #civilsociety / #dissidents / #repression / #surveillance
„As they bomb Iran, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are calling on its people to rise up against the dictatorial regime, which is shaken but still standing. Iranian authorities have a sophisticated weapon for monitoring the population: a powerful Russian facial recognition software — acquired in complete secrecy. (…)“
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"During the #White_Terror era, the #KMT government killed tens of thousands of suspected #dissidents […]"
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/07/15/2003508280
#Taiwan 🇳🇫
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Maximum anonymity for #Activists, #Journalists, #Dissidents, and #Whistleblowers.
#SESSION (Loki Network/Decentralized)
Who uses it: Activists in Hong Kong, Belarus, Iran, and protest groups in the West. Why: If an activist is stopped, the police check the phone. In Session, there is no phone number, no address book, no logs of who spoke to whom. It is the best choice if the risk is having your device seized and trying to trace your network of contacts.#SIMPLEX Who uses it: Whistleblowers, informants, crypto-anarchists. Why: It is the only app where a "user profile" truly doesn't exist on the server. If the server is seized, there is nothing to find. It is used when contact secrecy is vital more than ease of use.
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#EdwardSnowden #Tor #BlockChain #WilsonBright #AmnestyInternational #VPN #Snowden #Anonymous #Activism #Attivismo #Actvisme #Aktivismus #Activismo #Journalism #Giornalismo #Journalistiek #Whistleblower #Anonimato #Anonimiteit #Anonymität #Anonimato
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North Korea has very kindly said that UK political dissidents will be accepted as asylum seekers
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Can someone do me a favour and confirm the onionsite for Guardian news is down? Ive been unable to access it for a number of days
Tor is essential sometimes life and death for activists dissidents journalists whistleblowers etc and onion sites protect tor users further by ensuring there is no unencrypted traffic leaving the network that can be analysed by ISPs and govts
https://www.guardian2zotagl6tmjucg3lrhxdk4dw3lhbqnkvvkywawy3oqfoprid.onion/europe
#Privacy #Anonymity #PSA #Guardian #Tor #Activism #Dissidents #Journalism #Whistleblower #Anarchism
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Discover the hidden world of global phone tracking with First Wap's Altamides system! 🌍📱 Dive into how this surveillance tech tracks phones worldwide without a trace, impacting #dissidents, #journalists & more. Get the full story on the risks & reality of telecom spying. 🔍 #Surveillance #Privacy #TechExplained https://www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/surveillance-secrets-explainer/
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#ICE purchased #spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into #smartphones & extract #data, even if phones are locked or communication is encrypted. One of them, developed by #Paragon, has drawn considerable concern from #CivilRights groups due to its use by other govts to monitor #dissidents & #journalists. ICE’s initial $2M contract for the spyware was suspended by #Biden due to those ethical concerns, but the contract was reactivated Aug 29.
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In this feature #documentary Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Shuibo Wang (Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square) aims his camera at the astonishing story of 21 #AmericanSoldiers who opted to stay in #China after the #KoreanWar ended in 1954.
Back home in the United States, #McCarthyism was at its height and many Americans believed these men were brainwashed by Chinese communists. But what really happened? Using never-before-seen footage from the Chinese camps and interviews with former #PoWs and their families, They Chose China tells the fascinating stories of these forgotten American #dissidents.
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I wrote something about dissent and the motive for speaking out.
https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive-for-speaking-out
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#nantes #dissidents des territoires d'outre-mer 1940-1945
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#NSOGroup Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages
#Meta had sued the firm, #NSO Group, for using its #spyware to #hack 1,400 #WhatsApp accounts belonging to #journalists , #dissidents and others.
#privacy #surveillance #facebook #instagramhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/technology/nso-meta-damages-whatsapp.html
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"But sometime in the past two months the United States crossed into a new and unfamiliar realm—one in which the consequences of challenging the state seem to increasingly carry real danger. The sitting President, elected on an explicit platform of revenge against his political enemies, entered office by instituting loyalty tests, banning words, purging civil servants, and installing an F.B.I. director who made his name promising to punish his boss’s critics.
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Musk, who regularly takes to his social-media platform to harass government workers, has also incited an online mob against a blind nonprofit staffer who mildly criticized his work, and called for prison sentences for journalists at '60 Minutes' who questioned his shuttering of a federal agency.
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More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Ours is a time of lists—of 'deep state' figures to be prosecuted, media outlets to be exiled, and gender identities to be outlawed.
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The climate of retribution has caused many to freeze: Wealthy liberal donors have paused their political giving, concerned about reprisal from the President. One Republican senator dropped his objection to Trump’s Pentagon nominee after reportedly receiving 'credible death threats.'
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But fear has not arrested everyone. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in all fifty states on April 5th, to register their discontent with the new government. For weeks, protesters have let out their fury at dealerships for Musk’s Tesla, contributing to a nearly thirty-per-cent drop in the company’s share price since January. Fired National Park employees scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan and draped an upside-down American flag—a symbol of distress—across one of the monolith’s cliff faces.
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These early actions may feel limited, even anemic, to Americans who recall images of approximately four million Women’s March participants swarming cities across the nation, at the start of Trump’s first term. But data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a joint project of the Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut which counts the size of political crowds at protests, marches, and other civic actions, indicates that there are many more demonstrations unfolding in the United States than there were at this point during the first Trump Administration."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/so-you-want-to-be-a-dissident
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#RepublicOfGeorgia: First year of #Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how #autocracies are replicating #Russian model − and speeding up the time frame
Published: March 28, 2025 6:25am EDT
"#Autocracy is on the move worldwide and becoming more resilient.
"One of the driving forces behind this phenomenon is something scholars call '#AuthoritarianLearning,' a process by which autocratic leaders study each other and adapt tactics based on what appears to work, and how to proceed when they encounter #resistance.
"Take Georgia. The ruling Georgian Dream party has steered the Caucasus nation from a path toward democracy back to autocracy – and it has done so by learning from Russia. In particular, it adopted a '#ForeignAgent' law in May 2024 – legislation that came straight from #VladimirPutin’s playbook.
"Sold to the public as increasing #transparency, the legislation has been utilized to persecute Georgia’s #opposition and arrest #dissidents with impunity.
"As researchers examining the structure and effects of autocratic regimes, we view Georgia’s first year of its foreign agent law as an example of how politicians are not only learning the tactics of Russian authoritarianism but improving on them in a shorter time frame."
#RightToProtest #AntiProtestLaws
#GeorgianLaws #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #HumanRights #RepublicOfGeorgia #GeorgianDream #ProtestSponsors #ExpandedPolicePowers #PoliceState #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Autocracy -
Fraenkel offered a simple, yet powerful, picture of how the #constitutional & #legal foundations of the Weimar Republic eroded, & were replaced by #strongman-style rule in which the commands of the #Nazi Party & its leader became paramount. His perspective was not grounded in abstract political theory; it grew instead from his experience as a Jewish lawyer in Nazi Berlin representing #dissidents & other disfavored clients.
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Liste des sénateurs pour l’amendement «visant à sortir la France du piège du #narcotrafic» en procédure accélérée.
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