Essay: Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain
In an article first published on The Conversation, REBECCA CORDELL and KASHMIRI MEDHI say their research found governments are willing to aid autocracies in silencing exiled dissidents if the host nation thinks it’s in its economic interest…
Turkey rejects initial appeal to release jailed US pastor
World Watch Monitor A Turkish court denied an initial appeal last week for the release of Rev Andrew Brunson, an American Protestant pastor kept under arrest for the past three months over alleged links to a terrorist organisation. In the wake of the 29th December refusal to release Rev Brunson, his lawyer confirmed to World […]