Thai Police Seize Ketamine Hidden in Transformer Robots and Human Rights Violations in Thailand

Thai police seized ketamine hidden inside life-size Transformer robots, while a leading human rights organization urged the government to stop forcing political dissidents to return to authoritarian home countries. The Thai government allegedly engaged in transnational repression by cooperating with neighboring countries to track down dissidents.

Russian Political Dissidents

The article discusses the lives of Andrei Sakharov and Alexei Navalny, two prominent figures in Russia's political opposition. Sakharov died peacefully in 1989, while Navalny survived a poisoning attempt in 2020 but was later pronounced dead in a Russian prison camp, likely murdered. The article also touches on the political climate in Russia under Vladimir Putin's rule and the international reactions to Navalny's death.