the islamic republic in decades. women defying the strict laws on wearing a headscarf. it was all sparked after mahsa amini died in custody, accused of not obeying iran s strict dress code for women, for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly . the us based, iranian dissident masi alin ejad, has been one of the highest profile critics of the tehran regime. she s currently in the uk, and has been placed under 2a hour police protection, such is the level of threat against her. shejoined me in the studio earlier and said that the repressions have not silenced the protestors. there was a huge gap between the young generation and those who are telling you what life is like to follow and cover your head, not allowed to sing, you re not allowed to dance or listen to music that you want to. so, for that, the young generation saying that we don t have anything to lose. and of the older generation, those parents as
many believe that lukashenko wants to recreate stalin style grip on the country, so nobody dares to contest the next election. many belarussians came here to lithuania in an attempt to flee the repressions. there are currently around 19,000 of them living here. in retaliation, the belarussian regime has decided to target their relatives who stayed behind. and many fear that this isjust the beginning. anatoly was detained more times than he can remember, but he says that families of activists were not being targeted before. translation: this is the first time. it was always a war, but there were some rules. there were some lines they wouldn t cross. now we have gotten to the point where, before shooting their enemies, they put our children in front of us.
international stage. that warped image of reality, in which the entire russian population stands behind the war, and stands behind vladimir putin s policies. but the reality is different. because if there were no opposition, in the country, who would the regime be using these repressions against? who would they be using the soviet repressive techniques against? it includes psychology, sexual violence, prison terms, up to 15 years for just standing up in the street with a slogan that says no war. who would they be losing at against? all of? that if there were no opposition in the country? why would they be introducing life sentences for high treason? and high treason today is any narrative that opposes that contradicts the official narrative. so anyone who stands against what vladimir putin and his government represent, anyone
The Nicaraguan government withdrew its approval of the candidacy of Fernando Ponz for the post of EU ambassador because of a statement in which EU accused the country s authorities of repression.