Tag: opposition
Minister was informed about file burning
Jacqueline Bernhardt The Justice Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania saw no reason to inform the public about the burning of the tax documents. (Photo: imago images/BildFunkMV) Schwerin, Berlin The state government…
India’s opposition wants to take advantage of the Adani affair
Bangkok Rahul Gandhi, India’s most prominent opposition figure, covered a total of 3,570 kilometers on his protest march across the subcontinent. However, the 52-year-old only found the topic with which…
Iran admits detention of “tens of thousands” after protests
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei The Iranian leader ordered sentence reductions for many protesters. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dubai Iran’s Supreme Leader has ordered an amnesty or prison sentence reduction for “tens of…
“They torture Alexei exactly according to the textbook”
Berlin On a bitterly cold January day, Oleg Navalny stands in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, hands in his pockets. Behind him towers the Stalinist diplomatic palace, built…
Turkey votes on May 14 – How Erdogan wants to avoid his defeat
Istanbul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to bring the parliamentary and presidential elections forward by a month. Erdogan thus abruptly switches the whole country into campaign mode. The central…
“Putin will tighten the noose”
The year 2022 was also marked by war and crises. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will soon be one year old. In Iran, large parts of the population have…
Vladimir Putin wants to draw Belarus even deeper into the Ukraine war
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko (right) in Minsk Putin needs Belarus to solve supply problems and train more soldiers. (Photo: via REUTERS) Berlin For the first time since the invasion…
“Putin will only give up power if the alternative is death”
Mr Khodorkovsky, the Kremlin has put a $500,000 bounty on your head – you heard that yourself on Russian radio. Do you live in constant fear of death?This is nothing…
“Putin will only give up power if the alternative is death”
Mikhail Khodorkovsky However, after Vladimir Putin entered the Kremlin, Khodorkovsky’s influence on business and politics in Russia came to an abrupt end. (Photo: dpa) Mr Khodorkovsky, the Kremlin has put…
France’s bourgeois-conservative opposition elects hardliner Éric Ciotti to lead it
Eric Ciotti The new leader of the bourgeois conservative Republicans in France could lead the party to the right. (Photo: REUTERS) Paris France’s conservative-bourgeois Republicans are moving to the right.…
National unity paralyzes domestic politics – power struggles remain
Vienna At times, Ukraine appears almost uncannily closed to the outside world – and yet politics has not been abolished. Even if the fight against Russian aggression is a national…
General strike: Demonstrators attack Iran’s economy
Tel Aviv The protests in Iran are developing into a mass movement. Numerous businessmen kept their shops closed on Monday, apparently responding to a call for a three-day general strike.…
Morality police in Iran apparently disbanded
Demonstrations against the Iranian government The protests are beginning to bear fruit: According to the Iranian Attorney General, the Iranian moral police will be disbanded. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Tehran According…
Morality police in Iran apparently disbanded
Demonstrations against the Iranian government The protests are beginning to bear fruit: According to the Iranian Attorney General, the Iranian moral police will be disbanded. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Tehran According…
“They are braver than us”
Police action at a demo in Shanghai With a massive police presence and increasing repression, the Chinese security authorities are suppressing new protests. (Photo: dpa) Tokyo, Munich Chinese dissident Wang…
Protests in West China and Shanghai against Corona policy – “Down with Xi”
Security guards in front of Tsinghua University in Beijing on Sunday Shanghai/Beijing/Berlin In China, dissatisfaction with the Chinese government’s strict corona measures is growing. There were protests against the restrictions…
Protests in West China and Shanghai against Corona policy – “Down with Xi”
protests in Xinjiang In the capital of Xinjiang province, people protested against the tough corona measures. (Photo: Video Obtained via REUTERS) Shanghai/Beijing/Berlin In China, protests against the strict corona measures…
Iran protests reach Qatar World Cup
Tel Aviv Demonstrations on the streets of Tehran, uprisings in the Iranian provinces, protests critical of the regime and provocations at the World Cup in Qatar: the mullahs’ regime cannot…
The Caucasus stands between the EU and Russia
Tbilisi Shota Dighmelashvili takes a bottle of red wine from the fridge, the kind that Georgians also drink cold. He stops in front of a photo in the kitchen. Pictured…
Iranian revolutionary leader Khomeini’s grandson calls for reforms
Hassan Khomeini (archive image from 2015) The protest movement sees the grandson of the Iranian revolutionary leader as part of the system of rule. (Photo: dpa) Tehran In view of…