https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/sudan-opposition-leader-held-in-protest-crackdown-freed-party/article/544592
Sudanese authorities have released a senior opposition leader who had been detained since December in connection with demonstrations against President
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-nuclear-sites-protest-activity-satellite-photos/
The images from Planet Labs PBC show that roofs have been built over two damaged buildings at the Isfahan and Natanz facilities.
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https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/14/iran-protest-crackdown-death-toll-3000/
Iranian security forces have killed as many as 3,000 protesters in one of the most brutal crackdowns on civil unrest in over a decade, according to eyewitness...
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https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/ice-protest-baltimore-immigration-3PG2Q7LXARBEFKO7CEXAO7UQMA/
As many as 500 walked through East Baltimore in solidarity with similar protests across the country after stepped-up ICE raids
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https://www.breitbart.com/news/iran-protest-movement-subsides-in-face-of-brutal-crackdown/
Jan 18, 2026 - Protests in Iran have subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, a week after the start of the
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https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/politics/iran-says-open-to-us-talks-situation-under-control-c-21290129
Donald Trump is weighing a military response against the Iranian government as it continues a lethal crackdown on protests.
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-locked-and-loaded-president-donald-trump-warns-iran-over-protest-crackdown-10197467?utm_source=chatgpt.com
President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in...
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https://www.trtworld.com/article/c199a2bbc0f4?utm_source=1a6a3a9470aa&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=recommended&utm_content=inline
Rights groups claim thousands of people, including bystanders, were killed during the unrest, which they describe as the biggest crackdown since the 1979...
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Jan/26/bangladesh-sentences-ex-police-chief-habibur-rahman-to-death-for-2024-protest-crackdown
Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024 when Hasina's government launched a brutal campaign to silence the protesters, according to the Unit
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/06/16/ethiopia-protest-crackdown-killed-hundreds
Ethiopian security forces have killed more than 400 protesters and others, and arrested tens of thousands more during widespread protests in the Oromia region....
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/denmark-warns-iranian-envoy-against-brutal-crackdown-of-protest/
Rasmussen further said that the EU has already imposed several sanctions against Iran and Denmark would take further steps if deemed necessary.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-students-barred-studies-protest-crackdown-soore/32810340.html
At least five students at Tehran's Soore University have been barred from attending classes next semester without being given due process as authorities...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-woman-describes-indiscriminate-killing-amid-deadly-protest-crackdown-/33648127.html
Jan 14, 2026 - RFE/RL has spoken to an Iranian woman who says every day she hears of a person killed amid the protest crackdown, including a pregnant bystander. The death...
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https://www.wunc.org/2026-01-23/minnesotans-turn-out-in-the-frigid-cold-to-protest-trumps-immigration-crackdown
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained...
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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/iran-protest-crackdown-2026-death-toll-what-we-know.html
Jan 13, 2026 - Even the most conservative estimates indicate an unprecedented amount of bloodshed in recent days after Iran’s regime began a brutal crackdown on mass...
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https://www.ajc.com/news/2026/01/trump-holds-off-on-military-action-against-irans-protest-crackdown-as-he-explores-tehran-messages/
President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its...
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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/05/22/chin-m22.html
The demonstration over plans to re-route a planned rail line away from Linshui county highlights the worsening social crisis in many areas of China.
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/01/death-toll-grows-in-iranian-protest-crackdown
As unrest continues to grow in Iran, at least 12 people are now believed to be dead after four days of violent protests. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani...
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https://bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/governments-independent-extremism-adviser-who-backs-palestine-protest-crackdown-has-new-links-to-defence-industry/
Dec 9, 2024 - The former MP, who was appointed as a Government adviser by Boris Johnson, faces calls to quit over his potential conflicts of interest
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https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1024669/action-against-suppression-of-belgian-police-against-kurdish-media/
In a statement, the two Kurdish media described the police operation as an "illegal and undemocratic" attack on press freedom.
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https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/politics/government-claims-2010-bangkok-protest-crackdown-was-legal
A spokesman for the Democrat Party says former PM Abhisit Vejjajiva did nothing wrong in ordering the 2010 military crackdown.
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https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/trump-weighs-iran-strike-options-amid-protest-crackdown-warnings-and-rising-tensions-prnt/cid/2142206
US officials outline potential targets while cautioning against retaliation risks as Trump signals willingness for force and allies discuss regional unrest and...
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https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601191984
The Islamic Republic's resort to the deadliest crackdown on protestors in its history signals endgame for the theocracy, retired US Army General and ex-CIA...
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https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601054686
Jan 5, 2026 - At least 29 protesters have been killed and more than 1,200 people arrested during nine days of nationwide protests in Iran, US-based human rights group HRANA...
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https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0117/1553572-iran-protests/
Protests in Iran have subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said, a week after the start of the largest...
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2020/10/belarus-global-movement-calls-on-authorities-to-stop-crackdown-on-peaceful-protest/
In the days following the elections, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets to contest their results. They were met with brutal and...
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https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/iran-protest-movement-subsides-in-face-of-brutal-crackdown/article
Jan 16, 2026 - The protest movement in Iran has subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, one week after the
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https://defector.com/the-crackdown-explains-the-protest
At the very least, the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University has successfully emphasized the absurdity of Palestine as an exception. In response to...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protest-killing-crackdown-shooting-andimeshk-khuzestan-security/33670653.html
Heshmat Kayedi says Iranian security forces shot and killed his 18-year-old son in front of their home in the western Iranian city of Andimeshk during the...
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https://www.nhpr.org/2025-08-16/hundreds-march-to-white-house-to-protest-trumps-d-c-crackdown
Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.
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https://www.voanews.com/a/new-report-criticizes-cambodian-worker-protest-crackdown-/1860495.html
Report found workers' participation in strikes unprecedented, as was government's repression
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/13/ecuador-indigenous-group-sues-pres-for-crimes-against-humanity
Lawsuit filed against President Moreno for alleged crimes against humanity committed during deadly protests last year.
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https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-devs-exit-its-7-million-strong-subreddit-after-reddits-ham-fisted-crackdown-on-protest/?ref=platformer.news
The Minecraft subreddit won't be a source for official Mojang communications going forward.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/doctors-strike-in-balochistan/24777585.html
Doctors demanding better security in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan Province remained on strike on November 21.
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https://www.timesnownews.com/world/iran-protests-death-toll-snipers-body-bags-ayatollah-khamenei-donald-trump-article-153443728
Images circulating online show rows of body bags. In footage shared by opposition activists on social media, families are seen grieving over bloodied bodies...
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https://www.miragenews.com/iran-authorities-renew-protest-crackdown-1599445/
Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since December 28, 2025, marked by security forces' unlawful
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https://www.journal-news.com/news/nation-world/musics-biggest-stars-use-the-grammys-stage-to-protest-trumps-immigration-crackdown/OAYP6VIRXJJOPOAOEEH3FFRHCM/
Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration cra
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2026/Jan/23/death-toll-in-iran-protest-crackdown-is-reportedly-at-5002-as-trump-says-us-armada-approaching
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency offered the death toll, saying 4,716 were demonstrators, 203 were government-affiliated, 43 were children and
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-opposition-leaders-slam-official-inquiry-crackdowns-protests-call-government-resign
Former Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi says widespread nature of crackdown on protesters means an order came from "a high central authority'
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https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/criminalizing-protest?rebelltitem=2
The criminalization of protest in Atlanta is part of a years-long trend. In a 2020 Institute for Policy Studies report called Muzzling Dissent: How Corporate...
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https://www.trtworld.com/article/c199a2bbc0f4
Rights groups claim thousands of people, including bystanders, were killed during the unrest, which they describe as the biggest crackdown since the 1979...
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