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Dictator

  • ‘Social media uses free speech to stifle free speech’: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa

    ‘Social media uses free speech to stifle free speech’: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 30, 2022 · 06:18 pm
  • Franco’s ghost has been haunting Spain. Exhumation of his remains will let the nation rest in peace

    Franco’s ghost has been haunting Spain. Exhumation of his remains will let the nation rest in peace

    Federico López-Terra, The Conversation
    · Oct 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • HM Ershad (1930-2019): The general who seized power in Bangladesh personified his country’s politics

    HM Ershad (1930-2019): The general who seized power in Bangladesh personified his country’s politics

    Khawaza Main Uddin, Dhaka Tribune
    · Jul 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • ‘If we lose Istanbul, we lose Turkey’: Will Erdogan’s prediction about his party’s fate come true?

    ‘If we lose Istanbul, we lose Turkey’: Will Erdogan’s prediction about his party’s fate come true?

    Gary M Grossman, The Conversation
    · Jul 15, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Ugandan dictator Idi Amin had his entire reign photographed. The images were missing – until now

    Ugandan dictator Idi Amin had his entire reign photographed. The images were missing – until now

    Derek R Peterson and Richard Vokes, The Conversation
    · Jun 29, 2019 · 07:30 pm
  • US imposes sanctions on Venezuela after election, calls President Nicolas Maduro a dictator

    US imposes sanctions on Venezuela after election, calls President Nicolas Maduro a dictator

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 01, 2017 · 08:24 am
  • Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83

    Panama’s former dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83

    Scroll Staff
    · May 30, 2017 · 12:48 pm
  • Eight works of science fiction that present tyrants (not all of them human)

    Eight works of science fiction that present tyrants (not all of them human)

    Arnab Chakraborty
    · Feb 11, 2017 · 06:30 pm