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[Max Bergmann @maxbergmann]

New from me @edwardfishman and @jdlamond in @PostOpinions "Russia is continuing to interfere in our politics today. That’s not because the sanctions have failed to achieve their purpose. It’s because Trump never intended them to work in the first place." https://t.co/DzhDOgLac9

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Don’t play into Trump’s hands, @CCaryl writes. Vote in person. https://t.co/dtjwYgy8sn

[Christian Caryl @ccaryl]

"Ordinary Sudanese find it incomprehensible that the United States did not delist their country immediately once they succeeded in overthrowing a terrorist-supporting dictator."

https://t.co/l1p7BifJ6j

[Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg]

Also worth stressing: this was discovered, investigated, and solved—this is how the system is designed to work. This is the opposite of a failure or a fraud. This is the electoral system demonstrating its integrity.

[Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor]

Think about all the decidedly undemocratic places where Amnesty still manages to work. And yet conditions for it in Delhi are so hostile that it's planning on ceasing Indian operations altogether.

[Mohammad Taqi @mazdaki]

“Anyone like me, who publicly criticizes the military or government, may find themselves targeted by blasphemy charges — which could mean assassination”, ⁦@marvisirmed⁩ in ⁦@PostOpinions⁩ https://t.co/kM1WNbe3fF

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Erdogan’s crackdown on social media is nearing its end game, Turkish exiled journalist @candundaradasi writes https://t.co/rVidMzZQLS

[max seddon @maxseddon]

Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has vanished after leaving the election commission, and telling a campaign lawyer she “made a decision.” Staff can’t reach her. Not clear if she went to ground, fled, or was detained. Belarus has a habit of disappearing dissidents.

[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

Imagine you wake up one morning and you're bombarded with official news calling for your kidnapping. How would you feel?

This happened to me. I wrote for @PostOpinions about the Islamic Republic of Iran's long history of kidnappings and hostage diplomacy

https://t.co/yXXS0Kd8oy

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[Franak Viačorka @franakviacorka]

⚡️⚡️Human rights defender reports one person killed during Minsk protests.

“Yes, there is information about one victim. This happened after a special vehicle ran into protesters. Three people were seriously injured” - Valancin Stefanovich, @viasna96

[Franak Viačorka @franakviacorka]

Activists announced the plan:
👉Tonight, 19:00 - gathering near the Minsk City Hero Obelisk (same as yesterday)
👉Tomorrow at noon -- the National Strike begins.

And only two demands of protesters:
1) Release all political prisoners
2) To conduct new and fair elections

[Jeffrey Smith @Smith_JeffreyT]

#Zimbabwe is "witnessing unprecedented abuses that may very well be worse than witnessed under Mugabe ... a sharp increase in abductions, torture and sexual abuse targeting government critics and involving security forces."

https://t.co/suhP6zLvoO

#ZimbabweanLivesMatter

[Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza]

The Kremlin could opt for the same tactic in next year’s polls, “winning” the vote count if not the election. But Khabarovsk may have just shown the rest of Russia what could happen afterward.

https://t.co/04ShDwEgnC

[Franak Viačorka @franakviacorka]

"In a free and fair election, Belarusans would likely vote for a change in leadership and a shift in their country’s orientation toward the West. Neither Lukashenko nor Moscow wants that to happen"

@ccaryl @iSANS_Belarus @vladkobets
https://t.co/6A08VPEfZe

[Fund for Global Human Rights @FundHumanRights]

"From protests to the pandemic, the events of 2020 have fully exposed how institutionalized inequality plays out in times of crisis."

Read our CEO, Regan Ralph, on the importance of dismantling inequality in responding to #COVID19 in @Alliancemag. https://t.co/c0vW3Wdc2H

[Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions]

Once the richest country in Latin America, Venezuela is now the poorest, according to a recent survey.

The Editorial Board has the latest: https://t.co/WdcbBiK2bp

[Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions]

While China has been pushing the limits of acceptable action, Trump has sent mixed signals, at best, writes @FridaGhitis https://t.co/eNfoofzDhd

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From @AJWS's Rori Kramer: Mike Pompeo wants to nationalize human rights https://t.co/trS6bRr3Hp