Page 25 - State Control News Today

Democratic company. >> and women there always mention the hijab as a form of state control. when we last spoke, your comments in support of western sanctions on the iranian regime sparked some criticism of you from other members of the dissident community, other people who support the protests going on there now saying it is the iranian people who suffer most from the sanctions not the regime. and i wonder, what your answer is to that criticism? >> jim, the time of the apologies is over. the tim...

They came to the enterprise after Lukashenka signed the directive "On the inadmissibility of price rises".

Its hard. its really hard...that shes not here. miss her. its a big miss, its a big miss. that was christie tremain ending that report from fiona trott. if you have been affected by any of the issues that have been discussed in that report or would like to learn more, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline for more information. vladimir putins war has devastated ukraine. but what has it done to president putins own country? back in russia, there are signs of growing repression and state control, as well as ...

But its worth reflecting on what it has done to putins own country. in russia, there are signs of growing repression and state control, as well as growing economic problems from sanctions and a brain drain. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg on how russia is changing as the military offensive continues. singing how many in russia want to remember the darker chapters of their countrys history? very few. every year they gather to remember the great terror of the 1930s... ...

A St Petersburg court is due to hear the case on 25 November of Danara Erendzhenova, who held up a poster outside the citys Buddhist temple. "Militarism is very expensive – Dalai Lama XIV", it read, which police claim "discredits" Russias armed forces. A Chita court fined Vitaly Goryachikh two weeks average local wage for an anti-war poster which cited "I will fear no evil" from Psalm 23. They are among at least 26 known such prosecutions for opposing Russias ...

Five Sunni Muslims jailed in Balkanabat for 12 years each in August 2017 for meeting to study the works of the theologian Said Nursi were transferred recently to new labour camps. The strict-regime labour camp at Bayramali in Mary Region, where four of the five are held, also holds another jailed Nursi reader, 47-year-old Begench Dadebayew. At least two among more than 60 men jailed from 2013 for participating in a Sunni Muslim group in Turkmenabat have been freed after completing their jail ter...

The regime closed all Islamic bookshops in Dushanbe in August and September, as well as some publishers of Islamic literature. The regime has also continued demands that non-Muslim religious communities complete intrusive questionnaires. Some suggested family information is being collected "so that it will be easy to identify us and our family members if in future they decide to target us". "All mosques are under total state control," human rights defenders observed, "so...

Almost all top managers and at least one of the main beneficiaries have been detained.

The president went on saying: “Fairness should always be present in people's lives and heads. And the prime cost… You are right when you say it is necessary to reduce prime costs in order to be richer. But it has to be fair. You cannot change my mind.”

Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a $351 million flood recovery package to assist in beginning clean up efforts in parts of Victoria, while other locations remain at risk of further flooding.