# political repression (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover political repression. Page: Feed: --- ## [West Africa Monthly Report: July 2026](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/west-africa-monthly-report-july-2026) _2026-08-22 · Genocide Watch · Genocide Watch_ West Africa in July 2026 saw worsening political repression, conflict, human-rights abuses and drug-related crises, alongside severe flooding and health challenges, while some countries made progress in healthcare and vaccination. ## [Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/nigeria-and-the-sahel-a-growing-security-divide) _2026-08-22 · Al Jazeera · Genocide Watch_ A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat. ## [TTPS on alert after 11 bomb threats in 40 minutes](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/ttps-on-alert-after-11-bomb-threats-in-40-minutes) _2026-08-20 · Trinidad & Tobago Guardian · Genocide Watch_ By Anna-Lisa Paul, Senior Reporter, anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt August 20, 2026 Valpark Plaza, Valpark (Source: Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) Chaguanas Magistrates' Court (Source: Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) Security agencies across Trinidad and Tobago, including the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS), were placed on high alert yesterday,… ## [Ecuador intelligence chief & 5 Americans killed in crash](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/ecuador-intelligence-chief-5-americans-killed-in-crash) _2026-08-20 · BBC News · Genocide Watch_ By Basillioh Rukanga, Thomas Mukhwana, Reporting fromin Nairobi, Henry Moore and Vanessa Buschschluter Published August 19, 2026 Rescue officials at the crash site in a remote area of Samburu County by Mount Ololokwe (Source: Kenya Red Cross/Handout via Reuters) Ecuador's intelligence chief and his wife have been killed in a helicopter that crashed at Mount Ololokwe in central Kenya. Michele… ## [Death and torture of a man spark protests in Syria](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/death-and-torture-of-a-man-spark-protests-in-syria) _2026-08-20 · The Guardian · Genocide Watch_ Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viral By William Christou Mourners carry the coffin of Mohammad Ghamira for burial in the village of al-Haffah, in Latakia province, Syria on Monday. Photograph: AP Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice… ## [Israel strikes Idlib airbase; US, Türkiye condemn escalation](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/israel-strikes-idlib-airbase-us-t%C3%BCrkiye-condemn-escalation) _2026-08-20 · Al Jazeera · Genocide Watch_ By Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters August 18, 2026 Eight air strikes hit an airbase in northwestern Syria's Idlib governorate, state TV reports \[Al Jazeera\] Turkiye rejects Israeli allegations that it posed a threat by preparing to send troops to airbase in Syria’s Idlib. Israel has bombed an airbase in Syria’s Idlib, according to Syrian media, with Turkiye denouncing Israeli Prime Minister… ## [Explosion in Kabul school injures at least 42 children](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/explosion-in-kabul-school-injures-at-least-42-children) _2026-08-19 · AFP, AP and Reuters · Genocide Watch_ By Mohammad Yunus Yawar August 18, 2026 Members of the Hazara community pray outside a mosque on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan in October 2021 (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP - Getty Images) KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An explosion at an education centre in Kabul injured at least 42 children on Monday, the United Nations Assistance ​Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, calling for an "investigation to… ## [Brazil Demarcates Land for Isolated Amazon Indigenous Group](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/brazil-demarcates-land-for-isolated-amazon-indigenous-group) _2026-08-19 · Mongabay · Genocide Watch_ Brazil marks borders for isolated Indigenous group in the Amazon after decades. Shanna Hanbury August 19, 2026 The first sign demarcating the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of FUNAI. Agents of Brazil’s Indigenous agency, FUNAI, spent 60 days in June and July 2026 physically marking the borders of the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. The 411,000-hectare (1… ## [Taking gold over a cliff](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/taking-gold-over-a-cliff) _2026-08-19 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Escorting gold over the mountains to Sydney and the myth of the bushranger who leaps ## [How Pakistan Crushed Protests in Kashmir](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/how-pakistan-crushed-protests-in-kashmir) _2026-08-18 · TIME · Genocide Watch_ By Aqil Shah August 17, 2026 Protestors burn tyres along a road after clashes with police in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on July 31, 2026. (Sajjad Qayyum-AFP via Getty Images) Irish poets and American presidents have long spoken of Kashmir: its beauty and its dangers. The question of Kashmir has shaped the trajectories of India and Pakistan since the end of British rule and their… ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xwTOZZwEUA9L) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Country Report: Belarus August 2026](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/country-report-belarus-august-2026) _2026-08-17 · Genocide Watch · Genocide Watch_ By Sophia Khan Belarus opposition supporters lay flowers near the Pushkinskaya metro station where Alexander Taraikovsky, a 34-year-old protester, died on Aug. 10, 2020, during a protest in Minsk. (Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images) Although Belarus was a founding republic of the Soviet Union, the 1988 discovery of mass grave sites from Stalin-era targeting prompted calls for independence. Belarus… ## [The Illegal Abduction of Ukrainian Children](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/the-illegal-abduction-of-ukrainian-children) _2026-08-17 · Genocide Watch · Genocide Watch_ Special Report, August 2026 By Sophia Khan, Beth Paul, Alexander Smith, and Emily Mullin Ukrainian children fleeing Russian aggression (Mirek Pruchnicki from Przemyśl, Sanok, Polska, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly has publicly presented its 2026 report by the Special Envoy on Russian Abductions and… ## [Trump Extends His Military Reach into Latin America](https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/trump-extends-his-military-reach-into-latin-america) _2026-08-16 · El País · Genocide Watch_ August 13, 2026 By Luis Doncel and Carlos S. Maldonado (EL PAÍS) Hegseth announces that he has not ruled out a military option in Havana and proposes operations on Colombian soil. Trump’s strategy to control the region is met with resistance from Mexico and submission from Central America. Pete Hegseth attends the exercises that are part of PANAMAX 2026 in Panama City on August 13. Photo: Aris… ## [If you can't be bothered writing it, I can't be bothered reading it.](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/if-you-cant-be-bothered-writing-it) _2026-08-02 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ The producerist vision of AI seems to assume an endlessly expanding market for reading. And reading. Well. It is rather more than a market. ## [The future depends on excited, passionate, well-trained history teachers.](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/the-future-depends-on-excited-passionate) _2026-07-16 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Conditions for enabling this have never been more difficult. ## [Universities are not safe places to work](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/universities-are-not-safe-places) _2026-06-26 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Overwork, extreme stress, and a lack of physical safety is underpinned by active hostility to academic staff in general - and union activists in particular. ## [In the 19th century small business folk traded gold and money. And then the banks took over.](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/in-the-19th-century-small-business) _2026-06-19 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ This is also a gendered story because women were money brokers too. ## [Political repression is (arguably) worse than during the Cold War, making universities the frontline against fascism.](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/political-repression-is-arguably) _2026-06-07 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ The best way to deal with very serious levels of political repression is to build democratic universities ## [The Violence of Capitalism](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/the-violence-of-capitalism) _2026-05-25 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Review essay on settler colonialism and the growth of global capitalism ## [Journey to the end of the rainbow](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/journey-to-the-end-of-the-rainbow) _2026-05-22 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Hill End is Australia's Deadwood. I went there to see about some gold. ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/u9lSYTjYBytS) _2026-05-22 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Historians (other ones) respond to the crisis in the universities](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/historians-other-ones-respond-to) _2026-05-19 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Raewyn Connell, Julia Horne and Peter McPhee in the latest issue of Australian Historical Studies (also me) ## [Australia's missed banking opportunity](https://hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/australias-missed-banking-opportunity) _2026-05-11 · Hannah Forsyth · F\*cking Capitalism_ Recent interest rate rise reminds us that the system redistributes wealth - from the bottom to the top. It could have been otherwise.