#Republican voters being threatened by one of their own in #Tennessee coz the #GOP can’t win without #cheating. #USPol #Politics #USA #America #Election #Vote #Activism #Resist #AftynBehn #TN #Law #Intimidation #USPostal
#intimidation
https://newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/protect-the-oath-reject-presidential-a16
Protect the Oath: Reject #Presidential #Intimidation Now
We invite you to take #action today and sign our #petition to #Congress: Protect the Oath: Reject Presidential Intimidation Now.
..."No president has the authority to weaponize fear, intimidate lawmakers, or demand blind obedience from the military. Trump’s threats are an attack on the rule of law, on constitutional civilian oversight of the armed forces, and on the safety of duly elected."...
and again a female sane clear answer to
"Donald Trump Calls For Late-Night Host Seth Meyers To Be Fired, And This Time,
FCC Chairman Reposts POTUS’ Demand":
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/donald-trump-calls-night-host-150612549.html
Trump decides who can perform at the Kennedy Center. Trump, in an attack on #FreedomOfSpeech, also wants to decide who can perform on television.
#entertainment #intimidation #censorship #politics copy: @renewedresistance
Actions have consequences
As some of the gammons might begin to discover (while continuing to demand health care).
Maybe Reform can adopt a new slogan ‘Vote Reform, Lose Healthcare’?
Trust this criminal to use fear and intimidation instead of negotiations and an earnest desire to do what's right for the nation.
https://www. yahoo.com/news/articles/bad-faa-flight-cancellations-enter-110508302.html
#impeach #criminal #TraitorMaGA #TraitorGOP #USPolitics #shutdown #FAA #ATC #government #felon #fear #intimidation
Face à la répression, nous faisons appel à votre soutien !
Pour une simple inscription « Tax the rich » à la craie sur la vitrine de la Samaritaine, notre porte-parole a été convoquée par la police, avec prise d'empreintes digitales et génétiques…
#RépressionPolicière #Intimidation #TaxTheRich #JusticeFiscale
The general noted that Moscow's hybrid warfare tactics, including drone incursions, should be viewed as interconnected elements of a strategy that also included the war on #Ukraine.
"The Russians call this non-linear warfare. In their doctrine, this is warfare before resorting to conventional weapons. And they threaten to use #NuclearWeapons - which is warfare by #intimidation," Sollfrank said.
@rzeta0 wrote:
> Why so little coverage of the Israeli threat in the household name outlets like tech crunch?
Intimidation (risk of being canceled or losing ones job), unawareness and/or being influenced by propaganda (I know that you know this, and I agree that we should keep asking your question).
Swansea student jailed for 15 years for raping and threatening teenage girl
Grooming and abuse
Swansea Crown Court heard that Mohammed Raihan, 22, of Phillip’s Parade in the city centre, was a third‑year software engineering student when he targeted the girl in the summer of 2024. He groomed her before carrying out a series of sexual assaults, including two rapes.
When the victim told him his actions were hurting her, the court was told Raihan chillingly replied: “Good.”
The abuse left the teenager traumatised. In a statement read to the court, she described how she no longer felt safe going out alone, constantly looked over her shoulder in fear of being followed, and panicked whenever a man came near. She said she felt like “a different person” from the girl she had been before encountering Raihan.
Threats to silence the victim
After the girl reported the abuse to police, Raihan contacted her and made threats in an attempt to force her to withdraw her complaint. Despite this, she stood firm and later gave evidence in court, which was key to securing his conviction.
When officers arrested Raihan, they also discovered indecent images of children on his phone, ranging from Category A — the most serious — to Category C.
Sentencing outcome
Raihan denied all charges but was convicted by a jury in June. On 4 November, Judge Catherine Richards sentenced him to a total of 15 years in prison: 13 years for the rapes, two years consecutive for witness intimidation, and one year concurrent for the image offences.
He must serve two‑thirds of the sentence in custody before being released on licence. He will also be on the sex offenders register for life and is subject to a 20‑year restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim.
The judge told him he had exploited the girl’s vulnerabilities and shown no remorse, noting that while he could appear outwardly charming, “behind closed doors” he was capable of very different behaviour.
Police praise victim’s courage
Detective Constable Mark Wells, who led the investigation for South Wales Police, praised the bravery of the young victim:
“It is critical at this time to recognise the courage of the young victim in this investigation. My hope is that they are able to move forward from this in a positive way and gain some form of closure.”
He added that the case showed how seriously such crimes are taken, and urged other survivors of sexual abuse to come forward, stressing that reports will be treated with sensitivity and professionalism.
More Police & Crime News
Stay up to date with the latest reports from South Wales Police, court cases, and crime updates across Swansea Bay and beyond.
Visit our Police & Crime section »
#ChildAbuse #grooming #indecentAssault #indecentImages #intimidation #rape #SouthWalesPolice #student #Swansea
#NPR found #ICE and #DHS agents using unmarked #vehicles—some with no or fake plates—and #masks to conceal identities during #immigration #arrests. Critics call it unaccountable #enforcement amid Trump’s #massdeportation operations. #Covert #policing tactics are crossing the line from enforcement to #intimidation. Masked agents and unmarked cars normalize secret #arrests, breed #fear, and corrode #public trust—hallmarks of #authoritarian #policing.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g-s1-95373/immigration-arrests-license-plates-conceal-federal-agents
China successfully threatens university
China forces a British university to stop Uyghur research
November 2025
UPDATE 4 November. Police reported to be investigating to see if the University was assisting a foreign power.
There is considerable evidence that around one million Uyghurs in China are subject to forced labour and people trafficking on a massive scale. It is thought that around one fifth of all textiles are now the product of coercive practices. Garment firms show little inclination to check sources beyond what is called the ‘first tier’ even though they could do so easily. Australian research shows that approximately 100 major consumer brands are sourcing their materials from this region. There are some 380 camps surrounded by razor wire and armed guards. The treatment of such large numbers of people in ways almost amounting to slavery is a matter of major concern. The complicity of many Western garment firms in these crimes is a disgrace.
One of the centres producing the research is based in Sheffield Hallam under prof. Laura Murphy. She has produced many reports and her work has been widely cited. The University congratulated her on this work and her research. Until that is the Chinese complained when everything changed. Her website was taken down and it decided not to publish her latest research. It amounted to a flagrant example of a breach of academic freedom. University staff based in China received threatening visits from security services.
The university said they stopped publication because they could not gain the indemnity insurance for her work mindful of possible lawsuits. Documents released under freedom of information laws showed that the University ‘had negotiated directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade [her] academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market‘. The point being that universities are so cash-strapped these days they have to recruit foreign students to balance their books. In other words, we (China) will not allow our students to come to your University unless you stop publishing material about the Uyghurs. China denies all claims but will not allow foreign observers into the region.
Clearly embarrassed the University has apologised and restored her work.
The story reveals how easy it is for China to intimidate those it dislikes or who comment negatively on their various activities. It also reveals how quickly and tamely a British University agreed to censor an academic’s work. Troubling is that this is an example of something which has come to light. Which other universities are quietly agreeing not to rock the boat and not even allow researches to get underway for fear of losing a contingent of Chinese students? The last two weeks have seen the government tie itself in knots over two alleged Chinese spies and whether or not to prosecute them. China’s increasing power is more and more troubling. Meanwhile, a million or so Uyghurs are virtual slaves.
Detailed work produced by Prof Murphy can be accessed here. It will be interesting to see if China’s heavy-handed efforts to threaten a British University will backfire.
Sources: BBC, China Star, Guardian, Sheffield Hallam University.
Photo: satellite picture of one of the Uyghur camps.
#china #clothing #intimidation #lauraMurphy #sheffieldHallamUniversity #uyghurs
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq50j5vwny6o
#HackerNews #China #UK #University #HumanRights #Research #Intimidation #News
Nothing to see here... 😬
"China waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at a UK university to get it to shut down sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses, documents seen by the BBC show..."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq50j5vwny6o
#China #HumanRights #AcademicFreedom #intimidation #UK
A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation that silences or intimidates original minds is left only with unoriginal minds and cannot hope to hold its own in the competition of peace or of war.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1953-02-21), “Is Freedom Really Necessary?” Saturday Review
More info about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #competition #deviation #heterodoxy #imagination #innovation #intimidation #originality #peace #suppression #war
A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
In every group of intimidated people, each thinks “I will rebel,” but each waits for the others.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 10 (1963)
More info about this quote: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/80…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mignonmclaughlin #bullying #fear #hesitation #initiative #intimidation #rebellion #victim
How Trump Is Building A Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst