State Repression

Free Yousof Azizi!

April 17, 2026 The Yousof Azizi Defense Committee, Popular Resistance. Resist!, Slider Free Speech, Higher Education, ICE, Immigrant Rights, State Repression, Yousof Azizi

Yousof Azizi, a final-year PhD student in public policy at the University of Virginia, was arrested on the morning of Tuesday, April 14, in front of his home by ICE forces, and up to this moment he has not been allowed to meet with his lawyer. ICE officials have informed him that he will soon be transferred to a detention camp for undocumented immigrants in Louisiana. This arrest is highly questionable, because the duty of ICE forces is to detain undocumented immigrants, while Mr. Azizi holds a valid visa and absolutely no deficiencies exist in his visa record.

As Arrests At Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled

April 15, 2026 A. C. Thompson and Gabrielle Schonder, Pro Publica. Educate! Community Defense, ICE, Legal System, State Repression

The National Guard soldiers in desert camo piled out of unmarked vans in East Los Angeles last June, cordoning off East Sixth Street, a residential street lined with single family houses, and blocking a nearby road leading to an elementary school. A squad of federal agents moved in flinging flash-bang grenades — explosives designed to disorient — into a small home before storming inside. They’d come for Alejandro Orellana, a Marine Corps veteran and UPS employee accused of being a central figure in a secret confederacy of insurrectionists. A news video had shown the 30-year-old distributing water, food and face shields to people protesting the Trump administration’s immigration roundups in Los Angeles.

Kuwait Must Release The Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

April 14, 2026 Chris Hedges, Substack. Resist! Journalist, Kuwait, Press Freedom, State Repression

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a fearless Palestinian-American journalist whose writing and reports are defined by unparalleled integrity, depth and eloquence, was arrested on March 3 in Kuwait. He is charged with spreading false information and harming national security. His arrest took place following his reporting of the shooting down of three U.S. fighter planes by the Kuwaiti military in an act of friendly fire during the US-Israel war with Iran. Ahmed, along with other news outlets such as the BBC, published footage of a US F-15 E Strike Eagle crashing in al-Jahra west of Kuwait City.

US Satellite Firm Blacks Out Iran War Images

April 6, 2026 Alan Mosley, Antiwar.com. Educate! Censorship, Iran, Planet Labs, State Repression, Wars and Militarism

Planet Labs says it will “indefinitely withhold” satellite visuals of Iran and the wider Middle East war zone after a request from the US government and the Trump administration. In an email to customers, the firm said it is shifting to a “managed distribution” model, releasing imagery only case-by-case for “urgent, mission-critical requirements,” or when release is deemed “in the public interest.” Planet also said it will withhold imagery dating back to March 9, and it expects the policy to remain in effect until the conflict ends. On March 6, Planet Labs announced a mandatory 96-hour delay on new imagery collected over the Gulf states, arguing that near-real-time pictures could be exploited to “endanger allied, NATO, and civilian personnel.”

Israeli Police Violently Suppress Our Growing Anti-War Protests

April 4, 2026 Iddo Elam, +972 Magazine. Resist! Antiwar Movement, Israel, State Repression, Wars and Militarism

For the past month, I have been gathering with fellow Israeli radical left activists in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square to protest the war with Iran. What began as a demonstration of barely 20 people has steadily grown: By this past Saturday, there were over 1,000 demonstrators, joined by parts of the more centrist anti-government protest movement, with parallel rallies held in dozens of locations across the country. This expansion of our anti-war protests appears to have unsettled the Israel Police, which has responded with disproportionate and indiscriminate force.

‘Kuffiyehs In Buchenwald’ Campaign Challenges Germany’s Anti-Palestinian Culture Of Remembrance

March 31, 2026 Leon Wystrychowski, Mondoweiss. Resist! Censorship, culture, Germany, Kuffiyehs, State Repression

For more than ten years now, Germany has seen a large-scale campaign against alleged antisemitism that in reality targets nothing more than criticism of Zionism – or even criticism of Israeli policy. This campaign has been driven primarily by the major political parties, the mainstream media, and several foundations, and initially focused above all on the arts and cultural sectors. Those targeted included the Cameroonian historian Achille Mbembe, the U.S. philosopher Judith Butler, the Israeli sociologist Moshe Zuckermann, the former director of the Jewish Museum Berlin Peter Schäfer, the British musician Roger Waters, and the late Syrian artist Burhan Karkutli. F

FBI Files Counter Government Argument In Texas ‘Antifa’ Trial

March 26, 2026 Adam Federman, In These Times. Educate! AntiFa, ICE, Legal System, Prairieland Nine, State Repression, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas—On the last day of testimony in the federal “Prairieland” trial — wherein nine activists faced charges related to a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center — the government called its star witness back to the stand. Kyle Shideler, director of counterterrorism research at the right-wing think tank Center for Security Policy, had been key to the prosecution’s case that “antifa” — the loose network of activists defined by their opposition to fascism — is a violent, criminal organization bent on overthrowing the U.S. government.

How States Import Labor To Delegitimize Revolt

March 25, 2026 Ritaj Ibrahim, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Gulf States, Immigrants, State Repression, Worker Rights

Migration policies do not solely determine how a state receives foreign workers. They also shape how labor is structured, how different rights are assigned, and how states react to the demands of labor. A combination of temporary visas, employer-sponsored immigration, rotation contracts, and restrictions on permanent residency can construct a labor system that normalizes political exclusion. The Gulf Cooperation Council states, particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, are extreme cases of this phenomenon. In these countries, a large number of the economically active population are migrants, and they perform the majority of the productive work, yet are still politically excluded.

Why The Prairieland Nine Convictions Are A Warning To All Movements

March 21, 2026 Black Alliance for Peace, Hood Communist. Resist! Legal System, Prairieland Nine, State Repression, Texas

The Black Alliance for Peace stands in solidarity with the Prairieland Nine following their convictions in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, and we condemn this ruling as lawfare against people’s movements. These verdicts must be understood as part of a broader escalation in the U.S. state’s war against the people and popular organization. The prosecution of the Prairieland Nine demonstrates how the architecture of the so-called War on Terror is increasingly being turned inward. By applying terrorism frameworks to a protest connected to the Prairieland ICE detention center, the federal government is advancing a precedent meant to criminalize political dissent and suppress movements challenging the violence of the U.S. national security state.

Tunisia Detains Seven Gaza Flotilla Activists

March 17, 2026 Middle East Eye. Educate! Genocide, Global Sumud Flotilla, Humanitarian Aid, Palestine, State Repression, Tunisia

A Tunisian judge on Monday ordered the pre-trial detention of seven members of the new pro-Palestinian flotilla, Global Sumud, based on suspicions of money laundering under the country's anti-terrorism law. On 6 March, local media reported that several members of the Tunisian Coordination of the Sumud Flotilla were arrested, including Wael Naouar, his wife Jawaher Channa, Nabil Chennoufi, Mohamed Amine Bennour, and Sana M’hidli. After their hearing and ten days in police custody, an arrest warrant was issued against the activists for "forming a money laundering conspiracy", lawyer Sami Ben Ghazi told AFP.

Trump Administration Threatens Media Licenses And Treason Charges

March 17, 2026 Jordan Atwood, Nation of Change. Educate! Censorship, Iran, Press Freedom, State Repression, Trump Administration, Wars and Militarism

The Trump administration is facing growing criticism after the chair of the Federal Communications Commission suggested that television broadcasters could lose their licenses if they air reporting about the ongoing war with Iran that the administration considers inaccurate. The warning came as President Donald Trump also escalated his attacks on news organizations, suggesting that media outlets reporting information he disputes about the conflict could face treason charges. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr posted a message on social media Saturday that appeared to warn broadcasters about how they cover the war.

Press Freedom Groups Call For Release Of Journalist Arrested by ICE

March 16, 2026 Defending Rights and Dissent. Resist! Detention, Estefany Rodrigiez, ICE, Journalism, Press Freedom, State Repression

On Tuesday, a coalition of 41 press-freedom groups demanded that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez. ICE failed to produce a warrant when Rodriguez, a Colombian-born reporter, was arrested on March 4, 2026. She has been in ICE custody since, moving between detention facilities with her current whereabouts likely in Alabama but unclear. Rodriguez had fled to the United States in 2021 after facing threats for her coverage of Colombia’s armed militia groups. She has since applied for political asylum in the United States, and has a pending green card application through her husband, who is a U.S. citizen.

Trump Administration Wins First Antifa Terror Charge

March 16, 2026 Olivia Rosane, Common Dreams. Educate! AntiFa, Antifascist, First Amendment, Legal System, State Repression

The government has largely won its first case bringing material-support-for-terrorism charges against protesters alleged to belong to “antifa,” which President Donald Trump designated as a domestic terror group in 2025 despite the fact that no such organized group exists and the president has no legal authority to designate organizations as domestic terror groups. A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas agreed on Friday to convict eight people of domestic terrorism because they wore all black to a protest outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas on July 4, 2025, at which one of the protesters shot and wounded a police officer.

Judge Ordered Leqaa Kordia To Be Released From ICE Detention

March 14, 2026 Sam Judy, Mondoweiss. Resist! Detention, Higher Education, Palestine, State Repression, Student Activism

One year ago, on March 13, 2025, Palestinian Columbia protester Leqaa Kordia was arrested and detained after turning herself into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in New Jersey. Today, Friday, March 13, 2026, an immigration judge just ordered her release for the third time. In her third and final bond hearing, Kordia’s lawyer Sarah Sherman-Stokes, once again presented ample evidence that, despite arguments from DHS, her client is not a flight risk and should be eligible for bond. Kordia is the last remaining Columbia protester in detention and was arrested shortly after fellow protester Mahmoud Khalil.

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