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Lawfare

Stories in this category investigate how the law is instrumentalized globally to criminalize dissent, strip rights, erode due process, grant impunity, dismantle institutions, and craft judicial doctrines that legitimize racism, supremacy, and the persecution of entire communities.

The Caged Frontline: How the Indian State Criminalized Adivasi Youth Dissent in Bastar

Malini Subramaniam

‘No Safe Haven for War Criminals’: Why a Legal Advocacy Group Urged India to Take Action Against Israeli Reservist

SuchitraV, Aritry Das
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India’s Deportation Regime: Minorities, Rohingya Refugees, and Due Process are All Casualties

Ankur Singh

How Green Laws and Carbon Markets Being Used to Prosecute Indigenous Land Defenders in Global South

Ahmadu Abubakar Ndakogarba
Former President Chakwera, Malawi

Fall of Malawi’s Pastor-President: How Chakwera’s Five Years of Instability and Repression Ended in Defeat

Raphael Mweninguwe

She Came to the US Fleeing Violence in Venezuela. Now She Faces Deportation.

Sam Judy
Freedom of expression in Nigeria

Policing Speech: As Elections Inch Closer in Tinubu’s Nigeria, Digital Crackdown on the Rise

Adetokunbo
Ministry of Comedic Affairs

Indian Govt Launches Ministry of Comedic Affairs

The Savala Vada
The Oyerepa Afutu show hosted by Auntie Naa in Ghana

Sensationalism, Insensitivity, and Shock Value: Why Ghana’s Media Courts Cannot Replace Its Failing Justice System 

Menenaba

Silencing Solidarity: Europe’s lawfare against pro-Palestine activism

Sara Tanveer

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