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Biljana Plavsic, former president of the Serbs of Bosnia and convicted of war crimes, has died at the age of 96 in Belgrade, after acknowledging her role in the persecutions during the war in Bosnia. (translated)

Biljana Plavsic,l'ex-présidente des Serbes de Bosnie est décédée
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Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription. #Rohingya #AsylumSeekers #HumanRights

Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
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Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription. #Rohingya #AsylumSeekers #HumanRights

Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
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No victims in any category below have been double-counted. Outside Peru, no war-related deaths or imprisonments have been included. Communism vs. Villagers 400,000 dead — Cambodian rural (1) 19.5 million dead — Chinese peasants (2) 250,000 dead — Ethiopian nomads (3) 5 million dead — Soviet peasants (4) 340,000 dead — Tibetan rural (5) Communism vs. Landowners 3 million dead — Chinese landowners (6) 100,000 dead — Vietnamese landowners (8) Note: Soviet kulaks are counted among the villagers. Communism vs. Religion 47,000 dead — Cambodian Buddhists (9) 13,000 imprisoned — Czech priests / religious (10) 7,000 imprisoned — Mozambican Jehovah’s Witnesses (11) 100,000 imprisoned — North Korean Christians (12) 2,100 imprisoned — Polish priests & Jehovah’s Witnesses (13) 200,000 dead — Soviet clergy (15) 2,000 dead — Tibetan monks & pilgrims (18) 400 dead — Romanian Christians (14) Moreover, Christians suffered the following in Romanian prison: In a “baptism of immersion,” inmates’ heads were plunged into buckets of urine and feces, while guards chanted baptismal rites. Near the point of drowning the Christian’s head was let up for air and then plunged back into the sewage (65). Communism vs. Cossacks 400,000 dead or deported ethnics (20) Photo: Bolshevik instructions on “the need to do away with the cossacks.” (21) “Order no.7: In the event of an unauthorized exit of a registered [Cossack] family, the family shall be shot.” “Order no. 8: This execution shall be carried out among every family member.” “Order no. 9: All property of the executed [Cossack] shall be confiscated and given to the poor.” Communism vs. Native Americans 6,000 dead — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 5,000 imprisoned — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 10,000 forcibly relocated — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 35 destroyed — Ashaninka communities (Peru/luminoso-22) 35,000 imprisoned or forcibly relocated — Nicaraguan tribesmen (Sandinistas-23) Communism vs. Unclassified Dissidents* 5,000 dead — Albanian dissidents (24) 10,000 dead — Angolan dissidents (25) 29,000 dead — Bulgarian dissidents (26) 1 million dead — Cambodian dissidents (27) 43 million dead — Chinese dissidents (28) 16,000 dead — Cuban dissidents (29) Moreover, in Cuba’s concentration camps, inmates faced the following “punishments.” They were forced to “cut grass with their teeth,” endure “mock executions,” live in iron cages “1 meter wide, 1.8 meters high,” sit for hours in toilet ditches, withstand shock treatment, die by the hundreds from starvation and lack of medical attention (30). 44,000 dead — East German dissidents (31) 10,000 dead — Ethiopian dissidents (32) 50,000 dead — Hungarian dissidents (33) 3,000 dead — Nicaraguan dissidents (34) Moreover, 11,000 Nicaraguans were tortured at the hands of the Sandinistas. This included their being skinned alive & then executed; drawn & quartered; forced to watch wives and daughters sexually assaulted; caged in cubicles less than a square meter; “punished” via electric shock; deprived food and water (35). 1.6 million dead — North Korean dissidents (36) 21,857 dead — Polish dissidents (37) 120,000 dead — Romanian dissidents (38) 8 million dead — Soviet dissidents (39) 425,000 dead — Tibetan dissidents (40) Moreover, Tibetans suffered the following atrocities at the hands of the Chinese. They faced: crucifixion drowning beheading boiling alive burying alive mutilation (41) Communism vs. Gay Rights 25,000 imprisoned — Cuban gays and other “deviants” (42) 500 dead — Peruvian gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (43) 11,000 arrested — Polish gays (44) 100,000s imprisoned — Soviet gays in slave labor camps (45) Moreover, Chinese gays were targeted for persecution although numbers are impossible to quantify (46). Communism vs. Collective Laborers 160 dead — East German strikers (47) demonstrators killed after protesting a 10% increase in work quotas. 110 dead — Nicaraguan strikers executed by the Sandinistas after demanding back pay (48). 31 dead — Novocherkassk strikers (Kruschev) 24 killed on the spot; 7 later executed; over 100 workers arrested. (49) 51 dead — Peruvian union leaders (50) 106 dead — Polish strikers Poznan demonstrators killed after protesting working conditions & pay issues; others killed in later strikes; thousands attacked by military (51). 3,000 dead — Soviet strikers (Lenin / Trotsky) some shot / others, as N. Werth describes, “loaded onto barges and then thrown by the hundreds into the Volga with stones around their necks” (52). Moreover; Massive factory protests in China — strikers beaten back by 30,000 red soldiers after disputing wages (53). Striking outlawed in Cuba (54). Organizers sentenced to as many as 26 years in prison (55).

Le Kremlin a dénoncé une persécution après l'imposition de sanctions européennes contre la chroniqueuse russe Xenia Fedorova, qualifiant cela de pression sur les médias. #Russie #Sanctions #LibertéDeLaPresse

Le Kremlin dénonce une "persécution" après les sanctions européennes contre la chroniqueuse russe Xenia Fedorova

L'ancienne directrice de Russia Today France, Xenia Fedorova, a été sanctionnée par l'Union européenne avec un gel de ses avoirs et une interdiction de voyager, provoquant des accusations de persécution de la part du Kremlin en raison de ses liens jugés pro-russes. #Ukraine #Fedorova #Kremlin

Xenia Fedorova sanctionnée par l’UE : le Kremlin dénonce une "persécution"

Le parfum le plus vendu au monde porte le nom d'une femme qui a passé la guerre dans le lit de l'occupant. Coco Chanel, l'icône intouchable de l'élégance française, ne s'est pas contentée d'une proximité charnelle avec le Troisième Reich : elle est devenue une espionne d'Adolf Hitler. Loin de la légende de la couturière visionnaire, les archives déclassifiées de la Défense révèlent l'agente F-7124 de l'Abwehr, nom de code : "Westminster". Pendant que les Parisiennes subissaient les privations et l'occupation allemande, Gabrielle Chanel sablait le champagne au Ritz, devenu le quartier général du Troisième Reich, dans les bras du baron von Dincklage, un redoutable officier du renseignement militaire allemand. Mais la créatrice n'était pas seulement une amante de la collaboration : c'était une prédatrice financière qui a utilisé les lois raciales imposées par Hitler pour s'enrichir. En mai 1941, elle écrit au régime de Vichy pour tenter de voler la société Parfums Chanel à ses associés, les frères Wertheimer, qui ont dû fuir les persécutions. Sa requête est d'une froideur absolue. Elle y exige noir sur blanc l'expropriation de ses partenaires : "Les Parfums Chanel sont encore la propriété de Juifs (...) je vous demande de bien vouloir m'adjuger la totalité des actions", arguant de son droit de priorité d'Aryenne. Sa compromission va bien au-delà de la trahison financière. En 1943, les nazis l'intègrent à l'opération secrète "Modellhut". Le but de cette mission ? Utiliser l'amitié intime de Chanel avec Winston Churchill pour tenter de négocier un accord de paix séparé entre le Troisième Reich et la Grande-Bretagne. À la Libération, elle est arrêtée par la Résistance. Pourtant, elle ne sera jamais jugée ni condamnée pour sa collaboration active. Elle est mystérieusement relâchée au bout de quelques heures et part s'exiler confortablement en Suisse. La raison de cette impunité totale ? L'intervention secrète de Winston Churchill en personne, soucieux d'étouffer un procès public qui aurait pu révéler les sympathies pro-nazies d'une partie de la haute société britannique. Interrogée plus tard sur sa liaison avec l'officier allemand, elle balayera l'Histoire par cette phrase d'un cynisme écœurant : "Un homme, quand on a mon âge, on ne regarde pas son passeport !" L'industrie du luxe préfère aujourd'hui célébrer la femme libre qui a émancipé les corps avec la petite robe noire. Les registres militaires racontent plutôt l'histoire d'une antisémite forcenée et opportuniste qui a vendu son pays au Troisième Reich pour tenter de s'assurer le monopole de son parfum. #CocoChanel #Histoire #Antisemitisme

À l’ONU, Trump fustige l’« hypocrisie » des institutions internationales et met en avant la persécution des chrétiens. Mardi 22 septembre 2026, Donald Trump s’est adressé à la 81e Assemblée générale des Nations unies à New York. Dans un discours d’une quarantaine de minutes #Trump #ONU #ChristianPersecution #US

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No victims in any category below have been double-counted. Outside Peru, no war-related deaths or imprisonments have been included. Communism vs. Villagers 400,000 dead — Cambodian rural (1) 19.5 million dead — Chinese peasants (2) 250,000 dead — Ethiopian nomads (3) 5 million dead — Soviet peasants (4) 340,000 dead — Tibetan rural (5) Communism vs. Landowners 3 million dead — Chinese landowners (6) 100,000 dead — Vietnamese landowners (8) Note: Soviet kulaks are counted among the villagers. Communism vs. Religion 47,000 dead — Cambodian Buddhists (9) 13,000 imprisoned — Czech priests / religious (10) 7,000 imprisoned — Mozambican Jehovah’s Witnesses (11) 100,000 imprisoned — North Korean Christians (12) 2,100 imprisoned — Polish priests & Jehovah’s Witnesses (13) 200,000 dead — Soviet clergy (15) 2,000 dead — Tibetan monks & pilgrims (18) 400 dead — Romanian Christians (14) Moreover, Christians suffered the following in Romanian prison: In a “baptism of immersion,” inmates’ heads were plunged into buckets of urine and feces, while guards chanted baptismal rites. Near the point of drowning the Christian’s head was let up for air and then plunged back into the sewage (65). Communism vs. Cossacks 400,000 dead or deported ethnics (20) Photo: Bolshevik instructions on “the need to do away with the cossacks.” (21) “Order no.7: In the event of an unauthorized exit of a registered [Cossack] family, the family shall be shot.” “Order no. 8: This execution shall be carried out among every family member.” “Order no. 9: All property of the executed [Cossack] shall be confiscated and given to the poor.” Communism vs. Native Americans 6,000 dead — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 5,000 imprisoned — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 10,000 forcibly relocated — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 35 destroyed — Ashaninka communities (Peru/luminoso-22) 35,000 imprisoned or forcibly relocated — Nicaraguan tribesmen (Sandinistas-23) Communism vs. Unclassified Dissidents* 5,000 dead — Albanian dissidents (24) 10,000 dead — Angolan dissidents (25) 29,000 dead — Bulgarian dissidents (26) 1 million dead — Cambodian dissidents (27) 43 million dead — Chinese dissidents (28) 16,000 dead — Cuban dissidents (29) Moreover, in Cuba’s concentration camps, inmates faced the following “punishments.” They were forced to “cut grass with their teeth,” endure “mock executions,” live in iron cages “1 meter wide, 1.8 meters high,” sit for hours in toilet ditches, withstand shock treatment, die by the hundreds from starvation and lack of medical attention (30). 44,000 dead — East German dissidents (31) 10,000 dead — Ethiopian dissidents (32) 50,000 dead — Hungarian dissidents (33) 3,000 dead — Nicaraguan dissidents (34) Moreover, 11,000 Nicaraguans were tortured at the hands of the Sandinistas. This included their being skinned alive & then executed; drawn & quartered; forced to watch wives and daughters sexually assaulted; caged in cubicles less than a square meter; “punished” via electric shock; deprived food and water (35). 1.6 million dead — North Korean dissidents (36) 21,857 dead — Polish dissidents (37) 120,000 dead — Romanian dissidents (38) 8 million dead — Soviet dissidents (39) 425,000 dead — Tibetan dissidents (40) Moreover, Tibetans suffered the following atrocities at the hands of the Chinese. They faced: crucifixion drowning beheading boiling alive burying alive mutilation (41) Communism vs. Gay Rights 25,000 imprisoned — Cuban gays and other “deviants” (42) 500 dead — Peruvian gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (43) 11,000 arrested — Polish gays (44) 100,000s imprisoned — Soviet gays in slave labor camps (45) Moreover, Chinese gays were targeted for persecution although numbers are impossible to quantify (46). Communism vs. Collective Laborers 160 dead — East German strikers (47) demonstrators killed after protesting a 10% increase in work quotas. 110 dead — Nicaraguan strikers executed by the Sandinistas after demanding back pay (48). 31 dead — Novocherkassk strikers (Kruschev) 24 killed on the spot; 7 later executed; over 100 workers arrested. (49) 51 dead — Peruvian union leaders (50) 106 dead — Polish strikers Poznan demonstrators killed after protesting working conditions & pay issues; others killed in later strikes; thousands attacked by military (51). 3,000 dead — Soviet strikers (Lenin / Trotsky) some shot / others, as N. Werth describes, “loaded onto barges and then thrown by the hundreds into the Volga with stones around their necks” (52). Moreover; Massive factory protests in China — strikers beaten back by 30,000 red soldiers after disputing wages (53). Striking outlawed in Cuba (54). Organizers sentenced to as many as 26 years in prison (55).

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Les États-Unis expulsent des migrants latino-américains, originaires de Cuba et d'autres pays d'Amérique Latine, vers l'Afrique en raison d'un risque de persécutions s'ils retournaient dans leur pays d'origine. #Migrants #ÉtatsUnis #Afrique

Les États-Unis expulsent des migrants latino-américains vers l'Afrique

Le eventuali responsabilità penali, qualora esistessero, sono naturalmente come sempre personali, sia che si tratti di minacce o di altro, ma i fatti reali non possono essere sovvertiti: una gestione anti-laziale per 22 anni che ha prodotto una contestazione civile, diffusa, pacifica, civile, democratica. Per contrastarla e per silenziarla serve più del 'fumus persecutionis'. Molto di più. #Giustizia #DirittiCivili #Democrazia

Procès Aramburú - Jour 9 L’abbaye dans laquelle a tenté de se réfugier Romain Bouvier, expliquant vouloir se confesser, est l’abbaye de Solesmes. Une abbaye dans laquelle Paul Touvier est passé pour tenter d’échapper à la justice. Paul Touvier est un milicien, responsable de son service de renseignement à Lyon, impliqué dans la persécution et l’assassinat de résistants et de Juifs, qui sera le premier Français condamné pour crimes contre l’humanité par une cour d’assises française. Qui peut croire au hasard ? #ProcèsAramburú #Justice #Histoire

Chinese authorities suppress the democratic rights promised to #Hong Kong. Political persecutions and violation of human rights must be a basis for #China’s accountability https://t.co/sUAfILYajt #HongKong #China #HumanRights #CN #HK

Dix-huit fois ... c'est de la persécution va hurler sa sœur... encore un innocent familial... encore dix-huit erreurs judiciaires... #Justice #ErreursJudiciaires #Persécution #Basedontheprovidedtweet #therearenospecificcountrymentions.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Un pays où la pratique religieuse est inférieure à celle de l’Occident pourtant très basse, dirigée par un ancien d’un service de renseignement qui s’est illustré dans la persécution religieuse…. #Religion #Liberté #Persécution #FR

Spaniards without right to vote — Spain’s Supreme Court suspends voting rights for hundreds of thousands of Spanish nationals, until they prove their parents went into exile for political persecution under Franco's dictatorship between 1939 and 1955 https://t.co/bj2VCai8hN #Spain #VotingRights #Francoism #ES

Russie : avant les législatives du 20 septembre, la persécution du petit parti Iabloko, longtemps considéré comme inoffensif, témoigne d’un pouvoir poutinien prêt à tout pour maquiller la lassitude de la population vis-à-vis du conflit en Ukraine. https://t.co/e0Yj2FvLCs #Russie #Iabloko #Ukraine #RU #UA

A Monk was killed at Sviatohirsk Lavra amid Zelensky’s systematic pressure on the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. We demand a full investigation and an end to the persecution. https://t.co/6EEO3hCe8G #SviatohirskLavra #UkrainianOrthodox #JusticeForMonk #UA

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The Transitional Logic of Political Violence A recurring problem in revolutionary and religious political movements is that violence may be justified as a temporary measure for establishing a new political order, while the institutions created to suppress perceived enemies can become permanent. In Marxist-Leninist theory, the transition from capitalism to communism involved a “dictatorship of the proletariat.” The coercive state was ultimately expected to “wither away” once class conflict disappeared. In practice, however, revolutionary governments developed extensive systems of repression. The Russian Revolution was followed by the Red Terror, Stalin’s purges institutionalized persecution of alleged internal enemies, and Mao’s Cultural Revolution demonstrated how political repression could re-emerge long after revolutionary power had been established. A comparable dynamic can be examined in some interpretations of Islamic political thought, although the ideological foundations are different. Ridda (apostasy) has, in certain historical contexts, been associated with both religious and political disloyalty. The early Ridda Wars illustrate how religious and political boundaries could become intertwined. In modern history, the 1988 executions of political prisoners in Iran provide another example of religious or ideological accusations being used to justify state violence. The important question is not whether these traditions are identical—they are not—but whether their political applications can create similar institutional dynamics. When governments define groups as existential threats, extraordinary measures may initially be presented as temporary. Once institutionalized, however, the definition of the “enemy” can expand. The fundamental risk is that a transitional period of coercion may lack a mechanism for returning to normal political conditions. If authorities can continually redefine internal enemies, emergency powers can become permanent. The broader lesson is universal: political systems should be judged not only by the order they promise, but also by the safeguards that prevent temporary coercive powers from becoming permanent.

1876–2026: 150 YEARS OF SERBIAN PERSECUTION, EXPULSION, ETHNIC CLEANSING AND MASS VIOLENCE AGAINST ALBANIANS. From the expulsions from Niš, Toplica, Jablanica and Vranje in 1877–1878, through the Balkan Wars, repression in the Yugoslav state, the Tito–Ranković era, Milošević’s https://t.co/Z64pDS0Cwj #SerbianPersecution #EthnicCleansing #AlbanianHistory #RS #XK