New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.
Shujun Wang seemed to be a Chinese democracy activist, but an F.B.I. investigation showed just how far China will go to ...
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Renditioning Dissidents: Kenya’s Secret Service To Empire Goes Retail
Kenyan sovereignty no longer protects those that think differently to autocrats. Rather, Kenya, as a faithful client of its Western (and Israeli) patrons, has been deeply complicit in a criminal ...
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When Soviet Dissidents Disappoint
Other dissidents included the descendants of Litvinov ... These NGOs focused on liberal issues familiar to their Western counterparts: women’s rights, gay rights, domestic violence, free speech ...
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Soviet dissidents were funnier than you might think
The Dutch writer Karel van het Reve, an ally of Soviet dissidents who helped disseminate ... As Nathans reminds us, Western observers “were quick to cast the contrarians as surrogate soldiers ...
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Vitaly Shishov: Belarus dissidents who disappeared and died
The still unresolved disappearances of four high-profile Belarusian dissidents in 1999-2000 have been strongly condemned by Western politicians and human rights groups. They have urged Mr ...