The mayor of Riace was admired for his efforts to integrate immigrants and keep the town from fading away; but now they have been construed as aiding illegal immigration and he has been sentenced to prison.

*Belarusian [repression] forces [arrest] 50 people over social media posts on Minsk shooting: rights group.* The shooting killed a repression officer and someone they say "resisted" repression officers.

Israel has kept Mohammad El Halabi in jail for five years without trial.

Israel accuses him of giving aid money to Hamas, but it should either give him a fair trial or let him go.

China lends millions of dollars to non-state entities in many non-rich countries, to conceal the loans from the World Bank. 42 countries now owe more than 10% of GDP to China in this hidden way.

Uyghurs report on the cameras in their homes and prison cells. These cameras now do face recognition and more general ethnic group recognition.

Any system that tracks people's movements is prepositioned repression equipment, waiting only for a government to dare to turn it on.