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IQ 28 
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Article English SD 2025-07-01 Tier 2 Hemedti (Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, RSF commander) — on the RSF-led Tasis ("Founding") Alliance and its 1 July 2025 parallel-government declaration (The EastAfrican): "We are not building a parallel state… we are building the only realistic future for Sudan," and the alliance's charter for a decentralised federal, secular, democratic state. (Declared vision vs the RSF's record — Hemedti is US-designated for genocide.)
"We are not building a parallel state. We are building the only realistic future for Sudan," said RSF leader Mohamed Hamdani Daglo aka Hemedti, in a speech shared on the group's Telegram channel. it was no different from the one initially signed in Nairobi as a "peace charter" to create a decentralised federal…
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Article English IL 2023-02-23 Tier 2 Religious Zionism's behavioral record in power: the Defense-Ministry memorandum transferring authority over most West Bank civil affairs (COGAT / Civil Administration — land, planning, 'state land' declarations, settlement 'legalization', the new 'Settlement Administration') to party leader Bezalel Smotrich as 'additional minister' — implementing, per Adalah, the Religious Zionist Party's "Israeli sovereignty" / de-facto-annexation agenda. Powers list documented verbatim by Adalah; transfer formalized Feb 2023 (coalition agreement Dec 2022); corroborated by The Washington Institute.
According to the memorandum, the Defense Minister will retain responsibility for military activities in the West Bank, while Smotrich will have authority over most civil matters. This includes directing policies for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and civil administration in key…
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Article English IL 2023-01-04 Tier 2 Likud behavioral democracy record — the 2023 judicial overhaul: the Likud-led government's plan (architected by Likud Justice Minister Yariv Levin) to curb Supreme Court judicial review; PM Netanyahu (Likud) said it would "strengthen democracy," while the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned it would "drastically undermine" the judiciary's check on executive and legislative power. Reported by JURIST (Feb 2023).
Specifically, Türk said that the proposals would limit the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to perform judicial review of legislation and would require either a super majority or unanimity of judges for the court to overturn legislation. Netanyahu also dismissed Türk’s concerns and said the reforms would “strengthen…
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Article English IL 2022-12-27 Tier 2 Shas behavioral democracy / rule-of-law record — the "Deri Law" (27 Dec 2022): at Shas's behest, the new coalition amended Basic Law: The Government to exclude suspended sentences from the bar on convicts serving as ministers, specifically so convicted Shas leader Aryeh Deri could be appointed minister — criticized as "personal legislation." Documented by JURIST (Univ. of Pittsburgh Law).
This morning, 27th December, Israel’s new coalition passed a bill that will allow parliament member Aryeh Deri, leader of the “Shas” faction in the Knesset, to be nominated as minister despite his recent criminal convictions of tax offenses. Now the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu has changed the relevant clause…
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Article English AE 2021-01-27 Tier 2 Ahmed Mansoor (Emirati human-rights defender; Martin Ennals laureate) — per Human Rights Watch / GCHR (27 Jan 2021): the UAE jailed its most prominent rights activist for 10 years for peaceful advocacy — his tweets about injustices, online human-rights conferences and contacts with HRW/GCHR were used as criminal evidence; UAE laws "criminalize the peaceful criticism of senior officials... and... imprison anyone who argues for political reform."
Mansoor’s tweets about injustices, participation in international human rights conferences online, and his email exchanges and WhatsApp conversations with international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, were all included as evidence of criminal activity to…
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Article English MA 2020-12-22 Tier 2 PJD declared-vs-behavioral divergence on Israel normalization: the party's historic anti-normalization stance (incl. a 2013 bill to ban any ties) vs its acquiescence in power to King Mohammed VI's December 2020 normalization with Israel — signed by PJD secretary-general/PM Saadeddine El Othmani. Documented by the Moshe Dayan Center (Tel Aviv University); royal-prerogative context noted.
It has historically opposed normalization with Israel; in August 2013, together with other parties, the PJD submitted a bill that would have banned any relations between Morocco and Israel. the Party for Justice and Development (PJD), the Moroccan Islamist ruling party, has faced criticism for its acquiescence to the…
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Article English YE 2020-04-11 Tier 2 Ansar Allah (Houthis) behavioral press-freedom record: the Houthi-controlled Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa sentenced four detained journalists (Amran, al-Walidi, Humaid, al-Mansouri) to death on 11 Apr 2020 over their journalism; the UN Group of Eminent Experts found the Houthis use these courts "to suppress dissent." Documented by Human Rights Watch (6 Nov 2020); corroborated by CPJ (11 Apr 2020).
On April 11, 2020, the Houthi-controlled Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa sentenced the four Yemeni journalists to death after an unfair trial on politically motivated charges of treason and spying for foreign states because of their work as journalists. The United Nations Group of Eminent Experts for Yemen has…
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Article Arabic EG 2019-04-18 Tier 2 Mostaqbal Watan's behavioral democracy/regime record: the party (chaired by Ashraf Rashad) held mass rallies and campaigned for a "yes" vote on the April 2019 constitutional amendments that extended Sisi's tenure (potentially to 2030) and entrenched military/executive power. Party rally documented by Al-Ahram (18 Apr 2019); amendments' content per HRW/ICJ ("consolidate authoritarian rule").
نظم حزب مستقبل وطن فى محافظة الشرقية مؤتمرا جماهيريا حاشدا باستاد الزقازيق الرياضي، بحضور المهندسين أشرف رشاد الشريف رئيس الحزب، والنائب أشرف رشاد عثمان، نائب رئيس الحزب، والمهندس حسام الخولى الأمين العام للحزب وناشد جموع المواطنين من شباب الشرقية بصفة خاصة والمصريين بصفة عامة النزول والمشاركة بكثافة يومي 20 و21 و22…
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Article English PS 2019-03-20 Tier 2 Hamas behavioral civil-liberties / press-freedom record in Gaza: the March 2019 crackdown on the "We Want to Live" (Bidna Na'eesh) economic protests — Hamas security forces beat demonstrators, rights defenders and journalists and made 1,000+ arbitrary arrests (incl. at least 17 journalists and 6 human-rights defenders). Documented by Human Rights Watch (20 Mar 2019).
Hamas security forces have responded by viciously beating demonstrators, as shown in footage we have reviewed; rights defenders, including two senior representatives of the Palestinian watchdog the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR); and opponents, including the spokesman of Fatah, its political rival…
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Article English SY 2019-01-28 Tier 2 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham behavioral civil-liberties / press-freedom record in Idlib: HRW documented 11 cases of HTS detaining residents for peacefully documenting abuses or protesting its rule (6 tortured), plus the death sentence of journalist Amjad al-Maleh. Documented by Human Rights Watch (28 Jan 2019).
Human Rights Watch documented 11 cases in which the group, Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, detained Idlib residents, apparently because of their peaceful work documenting abuses or protesting the group’s rule. Six of those detained were apparently tortured. On December 9, citing sources close to Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, news…
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Article English PS 2018-10-23 Tier 2 Fatah-led Palestinian Authority behavioral civil-liberties / press-freedom record: HRW found the PA "routinely arrest[s] and torture[s] peaceful critics and opponents" in the West Bank, and held 221 Palestinians in administrative detention without charge or trial (Jan 2017–Aug 2018). HRW report "Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent" (23 Oct 2018).
The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas authorities in Gaza routinely arrest and torture peaceful critics and opponents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Palestinian Authority security forces also held 221 Palestinians for various periods between January 2017 and August 2018…
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Article English BH 2016-05-30 Tier 2 Sheikh Ali Salman (Secretary-General of al-Wefaq, Bahrain's main opposition party) — Amnesty International (30 May 2016): Bahrain's appeal court upheld his conviction and raised his sentence from 4 to 9 years over 2012/2014 speeches criticizing the government; Amnesty deems him a prisoner of conscience jailed solely for peacefully expressing his views.
In a shocking attack on the right to freedom of expression Bahrain’s authorities today upheld the conviction of opposition leader Sheikh ‘Ali Salman and increased his prison sentence from four to nine years for giving speeches in which he criticized the government, said Amnesty International. Sheikh ‘Ali Salman, who…
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Article English EG 2015-04-05 Tier 2 Mahmoud Abu Zeid "Shawkan" (Egyptian photojournalist; 2018 UNESCO Press Freedom laureate) — from his April 2015 letter smuggled out of Tora prison (Amnesty International): his account of being arrested on 14 Aug 2013 simply for photographing the Rabaa dispersal — jailed 5½ years for "taking pictures."
My life changed forever on the morning of Wednesday 14 August 2013. I was taking pictures of people protesting on the streets of Cairo when police came and locked down the streets. Thousands of people were immediately arrested – not only Morsi supporters, but also dozens of people caught up in the wrong place at the…
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Article English IQ 2013-04-28 Tier 2 State of Law-led (Maliki) government's press-freedom record: the Communications and Media Commission's 28 Apr 2013 suspension of 10 satellite channels (incl. Al Jazeera), targeting opposition/pro-Sunni outlets after their Hawija-raid coverage — HRW found no legal basis (arbitrary). Documented by Human Rights Watch (30 Apr 2013); corroborated by CPJ.
The official Communications and Media Commission suspended the licenses on April 28, 2013, amid spiraling violence and anti-government demonstrations in Sunni-majority provinces. The license suspensions targeted exclusively opposition stations while leaving others like state-run al-Iraqiya channel free to continue…
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Article English EG 2012-12-05 Tier 2 FJP behavioral civil-liberties record — the Dec 2012 Itihadiya Palace detentions: FJP Deputy Secretary Essam al-Erian called on air for protesters to be "arrested," and Brotherhood/FJP members detained and beat 49 anti-Morsi protesters at a makeshift center (a police report records "youth from the Freedom and Justice Party" handed them over). Documented by Human Rights Watch (12 Dec 2012).
During the clashes on the evening of December 5, FJP Deputy Secretary Essam al-Erian gave a live television interview, saying, “Everyone must go now to Ettihadiya and surround the thugs and separate the real revolutionaries out for one or two nights and then we can arrest them all.” Alleged Muslim Brotherhood and FJP…
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Article Arabic TN 2012-03-26 Tier 2 Ennahda's March 2012 decision to retain Article 1 of the 1959 constitution unchanged (rejecting sharia as a source of legislation in the new constitution), with leader Rached Ghannouchi framing it as "a victory for the democratic Muslim state" — Al-Masry Al-Youm, reporting the decision announced Mon 26 Mar 2012 (article 29 Mar 2012).
كانت حركة النهضة الإسلامية التي تقود الحكومة في تونس، أعلنت الإثنين أنها قررت الاحتفاظ بالفصل الأول من الدستور السابق كما ورد دون تغيير. نفى زعيم حركة النهضة التونسية راشد الغنوشي، أن يكون قرار الحركة الاحتفاظ بالفصل الأول من الدستور السابق دون تغيير، والذي ينص على أن «تونس دولة حرة، مستقلة، ذات سيادة، الإسلام دينها…
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Article English LB 2008-05-15 Tier 2 Amal Movement behavioral conduct-axis record: its militia's participation in the May 2008 armed takeover of West Beirut alongside Hezbollah — turning arms inward against fellow Lebanese, conducting searches and arrests of Future Movement militants. Documented by the International Crisis Group, "Hizbollah's Weapons Turn Inward" (15 May 2008; ETH/ISN mirror of the ICG briefing).
The fighting pitted Hizbollah’s and Amal’s Shiite militias against Sunnis. As of 10 May, the various groups involved in the fighting (Hizbollah as well as militias belonging to Amal and the National Social Syrian Party) were still in charge of a number of neighbourhoods and were continuing to conduct searches and…
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Article English LB 2008-05-15 Tier 2 Hezbollah behavioral conduct-axis record: the May 2008 armed takeover of West Beirut — turning its weapons inward against Lebanese rivals after the government challenged its parallel telecom network — a sharp divergence from its declared "national resistance" identity. Documented by the International Crisis Group, "Hizbollah's Weapons Turn Inward" (15 May 2008).
Hizbollah’s takeover of much of West Beirut began as a cost-of-living strike on 7 May 2008. Yet the course of events, their speed and ultimately violent turn exposed the true stakes. Hizbollah clearly prevailed in the military showdown, demonstrating its ability to overrun any opponent. Politically, however, the…
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Article English MA 1978-01-01 Tier 2 King Hassan II of Morocco — from his memoir "The Challenge" (1978): his conception of the SACRED MONARCHY — the king as Commander of the Faithful whose duties are "even greater and more demanding," who "must do everything but abdicate." [Second doc — distinct MONARCHY / religion-and-state / regime-legitimacy axis, vs his Green March / Western-Sahara doc.]
And if at the same time the king is Commander of the Faithful, his duties towards his people are even greater and more demanding…. A king must do everything but abdicate; and a king who does not feel at one with his subjects abdicates and abandons his mission. That I shall never do.
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Article English EG Tier 2 Saad Eddin Ibrahim (Egyptian-American sociologist; "father of Egyptian civil society"; jailed under Mubarak) — from his article "Toward Muslim Democracies" (via New Lines): his signature argument for the democratic INCLUSION of Islamists — "enlist Islamists under the flag of democracy" — rather than their exclusion. Coiner of "jumlukiya"; democracy as the cure for both tyranny and fundamentalism.
it will be better for us as democrats, for the Islamists, and for Egypt to enlist Islamists under the flag of democracy.