Human rights expert. Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia, academic freedom. Entirely personal account.
Nate Schenkkan
Loading...
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
The World Cup kicks off this week, but more than 1/4 of the participating countries face travel bans, tighter restrictions, or high visa rejection rates from our government.
President Trump's extreme anti-immigrant agenda is making the country less welcoming to fans and causing chaos and fear.
<Cracks open the Turkey case studies>
From 12 years ago, when this was already pretty well understood by various folks in Turkey with whom we consulted: freedomhouse.org/report/speci...
42 points on 23 2nd-quarter possessions (1.83 per) for the Knicks.
