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Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian mother and engineer, is at imminent risk of execution for holding up a banner bearing the words “Woman, Resistance, Freedom.”
“Woman, Resistance, Freedom” – Appeal by 400 Prominent Women to Stop Execution of Zahra Tabari in Iran - Iran 1988 Massacre
Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) -Iran1988.org
iran1988.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian mother and engineer, is at imminent risk of execution for holding up a banner bearing the words “Woman, Resistance, Freedom.”
With two weeks’ hindsight now… it’s pretty crazy, isn’t it, when you think about it? And in a way, it’s hopeful.
When ECOWAS has the will to act to safeguard democracy in one of its member states, it actually can.
When ECOWAS has the will to act to safeguard democracy in one of its member states, it actually can.
Après la tentative de coup d’Etat au Bénin, le Nigeria a frappé des cibles à Cotonou
La Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest a fait savoir, de son côté, qu’elle avait « ordonné le déploiement immédiat » dans le pays de troupes venant du Nigeria, de Sierra Leone, de Côt...
www.lemonde.fr
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
With two weeks’ hindsight now… it’s pretty crazy, isn’t it, when you think about it? And in a way, it’s hopeful.
When ECOWAS has the will to act to safeguard democracy in one of its member states, it actually can.
When ECOWAS has the will to act to safeguard democracy in one of its member states, it actually can.
“We need to stop talking about ‘democracy’; it’s a misuse of language."
Achille Mbembe, philosophe : « Nous allons assister à davantage de coups d’Etat en Afrique »
Au lendemain de la tentative de putsch au Bénin, dimanche 7 décembre, le philosophe et politologue camerounais estime que le temps est « à la force et à la puissance réduites à l’essentiel » en Afriqu...
www.lemonde.fr
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“We need to stop talking about ‘democracy’; it’s a misuse of language."
"Disgruntled Gen-Z protesters, who have toppled governments and rattled rulers across the world this year, have claimed their first European victory."
Wave of Gen-Z Unrest Fells Its First European Government
Bulgaria’s government collapsed following youth-driven street protests of the kind that have swept parts of the globe.
www.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Disgruntled Gen-Z protesters, who have toppled governments and rattled rulers across the world this year, have claimed their first European victory."
"The verdict is a ‘parody’ of justice, declared the Committee to Protect Journalists. Apple Daily was a fiercely opposition newspaper, critical of the Hong Kong government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. It was forced to shut down after a police raid on its newsroom."
A Hongkong, l’opposant prodémocratie Jimmy Lai reconnu coupable de sédition et collusion avec l’étranger
M.Lai « n’a jamais dévié de son intention de déstabiliser le gouvernement » chinois, a déclaré la juge dans ce procès critiqué par plusieurs pays occidentaux. A 78 ans, l’ex-magnat des médias, fondate...
www.lemonde.fr
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"The verdict is a ‘parody’ of justice, declared the Committee to Protect Journalists. Apple Daily was a fiercely opposition newspaper, critical of the Hong Kong government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. It was forced to shut down after a police raid on its newsroom."
“The security forces did not have to intervene. No one went out to demonstrate. The repression carried out by the authorities over the past six months against anyone involved in the protests, which left 7 people dead (...), seems to have put an end to the mobilisation of the Togolese.”
Au Togo, une répression silencieuse étouffe les voix dissidentes
La réforme constitutionnelle d’avril 2024, qui a permis à l’ex-président Faure Gnassingbé d’obtenir la présidence du conseil, sans limitation de mandat, avait provoqué une vague de contestation au pri...
www.lemonde.fr
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“The security forces did not have to intervene. No one went out to demonstrate. The repression carried out by the authorities over the past six months against anyone involved in the protests, which left 7 people dead (...), seems to have put an end to the mobilisation of the Togolese.”
“Hit by an unprecedented wave of arrests, the young protesters who had mobilized at the end of September gathered on December 10, in Rabat and several other cities to demand the release of the 2,480 people being prosecuted.”
Au Maroc, le mouvement « gen Z » refait surface après deux mois d’absence
Frappés par une vague d’arrestations sans précédent, les jeunes protestataires, qui s’étaient mobilisés à la fin de septembre, se sont rassemblés, mercredi 10 décembre, à Rabat et dans plusieurs ville...
www.lemonde.fr
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Hit by an unprecedented wave of arrests, the young protesters who had mobilized at the end of September gathered on December 10, in Rabat and several other cities to demand the release of the 2,480 people being prosecuted.”
"Dr. Succès Masra, one of the opposition leaders, is in prison, unjustly arrested, jailed and put on trial for charges that have no real basis; we cannot talk about freedom and democracy."
information.tv5monde.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"Dr. Succès Masra, one of the opposition leaders, is in prison, unjustly arrested, jailed and put on trial for charges that have no real basis; we cannot talk about freedom and democracy."
"Tanzania had descended into violence after elections that the opposition and foreign observers consider to have been fraudulent. According to the opposition and human rights defenders, more than 1,000 anti-government protesters were killed over several days by the security forces."
Manifestants tués en Tanzanie : la présidente Samia Suluhu Hassan défend un usage «proportionné» de la force
La présidente tanzanienne Samia Suluhu Hassan a défendu mardi un usage «proportionné» de la force contre des manifestants antipouvoir fin octobre et...
www.lefigaro.fr
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Tanzania had descended into violence after elections that the opposition and foreign observers consider to have been fraudulent. According to the opposition and human rights defenders, more than 1,000 anti-government protesters were killed over several days by the security forces."
“Ballot stuffing, falsified tally sheets, pressure on poll watchers: the testimonies compiled by our reporter on the ground point to massive irregularities, while Elecam, the body responsible for verifying the vote, has provided no evidence and imposed no sanctions.”
Présidentielle au Cameroun : des listes gonflées aux PV falsifiés, une élection de tous les soupçons
Bourrages d’urnes, falsifications de procès-verbaux, étranges disparités régionales : les irrégularités dénoncées lors de la présidentielle du 12 octobre continuent d’alimenter les doutes sur la légit...
www.jeuneafrique.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Ballot stuffing, falsified tally sheets, pressure on poll watchers: the testimonies compiled by our reporter on the ground point to massive irregularities, while Elecam, the body responsible for verifying the vote, has provided no evidence and imposed no sanctions.”
“His persecution (…) is based on his poetry and his peaceful activism, which makes his continued detention a violation of is fundamental rights,” they added, affirming that his trial sent “an alarming signal to all those who raise their voices to defend human rights in Algeria.”
Algérie : Mohamed Tadjadit, figure du Hirak, condamné à cinq ans de prison pour « apologie du terrorisme »
Une vingtaine d’ONG ont jugé « sans fondement » les accusations visant celui qui est surnommé « le poète du Hirak » en raison des vers qu’il a déclamés lors des manifestations massives ayant ponctué l...
www.lemonde.fr
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“His persecution (…) is based on his poetry and his peaceful activism, which makes his continued detention a violation of is fundamental rights,” they added, affirming that his trial sent “an alarming signal to all those who raise their voices to defend human rights in Algeria.”
More than 200 people were charged with ‘treason’ in Tanzania in connection with the harshly repressed demonstrations that marked the presidential and legislative elections.
En Tanzanie, plus de 200 inculpations pour « trahison » après la présidentielle contestée
Des manifestations spontanées avaient éclaté, le 29 octobre, jour d’une élection présidentielle tenue sans opposition, remportée par Samia Suluhu Hassan.
www.lemonde.fr
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
More than 200 people were charged with ‘treason’ in Tanzania in connection with the harshly repressed demonstrations that marked the presidential and legislative elections.
“The 2025 general elections in Tanzania did not comply with the principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards of the AU regarding democratic elections,” states the initial report of the African Union mission.
L’intégrité des élections en Tanzanie « compromise », selon l’Union africaine
La présidente sortante, Samia Suluhu Hassan, a remporté le scrutin du 29 octobre avec 98 % des voix, selon la commission électorale. Mais l’opposition, qui a été empêchée de participer, a qualifié l’é...
www.lemonde.fr
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“The 2025 general elections in Tanzania did not comply with the principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards of the AU regarding democratic elections,” states the initial report of the African Union mission.
“We categorically reject the policy of systematic harassment pursued by the French Republic to destabilize our country, as it has done with other African countries such as Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, among others. Africa has had enough of these maneuvers”
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October 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“We categorically reject the policy of systematic harassment pursued by the French Republic to destabilize our country, as it has done with other African countries such as Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, among others. Africa has had enough of these maneuvers”
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"The Nobel Committee made a political decision by declaring that María Corina Machado had helped to ‘keep the flame of democracy alight in the face of growing darkness.’ At the Prize announcement, they hailed ‘Machado’s struggle for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.’”
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/10/14/maria-corina-machado-entretien-avec-le-nobel-de-la-paix-2025/“The
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"The Nobel Committee made a political decision by declaring that María Corina Machado had helped to ‘keep the flame of democracy alight in the face of growing darkness.’ At the Prize announcement, they hailed ‘Machado’s struggle for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.’”
“As he was about to chair the daily editorial meeting on Monday, 13 October, the editorial director of L’Observateur Paalga, Ousséni Ilboudo, was detained by individuals identifying themselves as members of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR).”
Au Burkina Faso, deux journalistes et trois magistrats « enlevés » ou « portés disparus »
La junte du capitaine Ibrahim Traoré est régulièrement accusée de réprimer des personnalités considérées comme hostiles, certaines étant mobilisées de force pour combattre les djihadistes.
www.lemonde.fr
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“As he was about to chair the daily editorial meeting on Monday, 13 October, the editorial director of L’Observateur Paalga, Ousséni Ilboudo, was detained by individuals identifying themselves as members of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR).”
“Anyone who has ever experienced an election day from Lomé to Dakar or from Yaoundé to N’Djamena knows it deeply: claiming that ‘Africa is not made for democracy’ is sheer nonsense.”
« Les autocrates africains assimilent la démocratie au colonialisme pour masquer leurs propres échecs »
CHRONIQUE. Prétendre que seul un régime fort peut assurer le développement contredit la réalité : aucun autocrate africain ne peut se vanter d’une telle performance, explique, dans sa chronique, Phili...
www.lemonde.fr
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“Anyone who has ever experienced an election day from Lomé to Dakar or from Yaoundé to N’Djamena knows it deeply: claiming that ‘Africa is not made for democracy’ is sheer nonsense.”
“Saber Chouchane was prosecuted under Article 72 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty for ‘an attack aimed at changing the form of government’ or for incitement to disorder or murder. He was also charged under Article 67, which concerns offenses against the head of state.”
En Tunisie, l’homme condamné à mort pour des publications sur Facebook a été finalement libéré
Saber Chouchane, dont la condamnation avait suscité une vive indignation dans le pays, a bénéficié d’une grâce présidentielle. Selon l’Association des magistrats tunisiens, cette affaire témoigne d’un...
www.lemonde.fr
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“Saber Chouchane was prosecuted under Article 72 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty for ‘an attack aimed at changing the form of government’ or for incitement to disorder or murder. He was also charged under Article 67, which concerns offenses against the head of state.”
In Serbia, batons are raining down but the student protest holds firm. Nearly a year after the event that triggered a broad protest movement against Aleksandar Vucic’s regime the demonstrations show no sign of weakening despite increasingly brutal repression. The EU is beginning to express concern.
En Serbie, les coups de matraque pleuvent mais la contestation étudiante tient bon
Près d’un an après le drame de Novi Sad, les manifestations étudiantes ne faiblissent pas en Serbie, malgré la répression de plus en plus féroce. L’UE, jusqu’ici timide, commence à s’en inquiéter.
www.liberation.fr
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In Serbia, batons are raining down but the student protest holds firm. Nearly a year after the event that triggered a broad protest movement against Aleksandar Vucic’s regime the demonstrations show no sign of weakening despite increasingly brutal repression. The EU is beginning to express concern.
"Les Forces Vives de Guinée, a coalition of the main opposition parties and civil society organizations, stated that ‘by taking the father hostage, failing to get hold of the son, the military authorities are crossing the threshold of infamy.’”
En Guinée, l’enlèvement du père d’un journaliste suscite l’indignation
Mamoudou Babila Keïta a annoncé, lundi 29 septembre, l’enlèvement de son père, qu’il attribue à « [ses] enquêtes, [ses] dénonciations et [ses] prises de position sur la gouvernance de la transition mi...
www.lemonde.fr
October 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Les Forces Vives de Guinée, a coalition of the main opposition parties and civil society organizations, stated that ‘by taking the father hostage, failing to get hold of the son, the military authorities are crossing the threshold of infamy.’”
"In three years, three governments have fallen under the assault of the street, with a spectacular acceleration of events."
La génération Z à l’assaut des vieilles élites politiques en Asie
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Népal… Depuis 2022, une série de révoltes est menée par une jeunesse désireuse de ruptures radicales, avec un dénominateur commun : le ras-le-bol face à la corruption et aux pri...
www.lemonde.fr
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"In three years, three governments have fallen under the assault of the street, with a spectacular acceleration of events."
“We know that [Yoweri] Museveni is afraid of the youth and that he is ready to resort to brutal force to remain in power. I call on all Ugandans to rise up and challenge the dictator Museveni.”
En Ouganda, des manifestations houleuses après la validation de la candidature de l’opposant Bobi Wine
Des centaines de jeunes portant des portraits de l’ancien chanteur se sont rassemblés, mercredi 24 septembre, sur une route de Kampala. Treize militants ont été arrêtés.
www.lemonde.fr
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“We know that [Yoweri] Museveni is afraid of the youth and that he is ready to resort to brutal force to remain in power. I call on all Ugandans to rise up and challenge the dictator Museveni.”
“For his opponents, his remaining in power would be considered perjury. When he overthrew former president Alpha Condé in a coup d’état on September 5, 2021, Mamadi Doumbouya had in fact pledged not to run in the presidential election that was supposed to mark the end of the transition period.”
En Guinée, le général Mamadi Doumbouya se dégage la voie pour rester au pouvoir
Quatre ans après son coup d’Etat, la nouvelle Constitution, adoptée par référendum le 21 septembre, permet au président de transition de se présenter à la future élection présidentielle, qui devrait s...
www.lemonde.fr
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“For his opponents, his remaining in power would be considered perjury. When he overthrew former president Alpha Condé in a coup d’état on September 5, 2021, Mamadi Doumbouya had in fact pledged not to run in the presidential election that was supposed to mark the end of the transition period.”
"The organization of the referendum allows the junta to give the appearance of meeting the international community’s and donors’ demands for elections. The authorities wish to ‘normalize’ themselves and re-establish ties with sub-regional, regional, and international organizations." #electionwashing
En Guinée, fin du référendum visant au retour à l’ordre constitutionnel
Quelque 6,7 millions de Guinéens, sur environ 14,5 millions d’habitants, étaient appelés aux urnes. Les opérations de dépouillement ont commencé et les résultats provisoires officiels sont attendus à ...
www.lemonde.fr
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"The organization of the referendum allows the junta to give the appearance of meeting the international community’s and donors’ demands for elections. The authorities wish to ‘normalize’ themselves and re-establish ties with sub-regional, regional, and international organizations." #electionwashing
This statement notes the political and human rights victories by youth-led uprisings in neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, in notable contrast to the five years of political upheaval, armed conflict, and widespread human rights abuses in Myanmar since the military coup in 2021.
Nepal, Bangladesh, and the hard road to human rights in Myanmar - Human Rights Myanmar
Recent and rapid change among Myanmar’s neighbours has brought a moment of profound hope. In Bangladesh, a youth-led uprising has led to a new government headed by a Nobel laureate civil society leade...
humanrightsmyanmar.org
September 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This statement notes the political and human rights victories by youth-led uprisings in neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, in notable contrast to the five years of political upheaval, armed conflict, and widespread human rights abuses in Myanmar since the military coup in 2021.