What the data says — and the cases that prove it
Each finding is one defensible claim about how political repression works — a new law, a shifting charge, a crackdown's target, a pattern that crosses borders. The numbers are computed live from our case database, so a published claim can never drift from the evidence. And under every claim: the people. Every case links to its profile and its primary source.
Not a dashboard. Each finding makes a single claim precise enough for a journalist to quote or a lawyer to cite — and narrow enough to be checked.
Every figure is recomputed from the database on the page itself. Nothing is typed in by hand, so the published number and the underlying cases cannot disagree.
Every case behind a claim is listed — name, charge, sentence, source link, and where recorded, a verbatim quote of what the prosecution rested on.
Each finding also ships its own “How to read this honestly” section — coverage limits, unknown-basis rates, and the ways the number could overstate — because a claim you can't stress-test is a claim you can't use.
Every finding page carries a copy-ready citation with its as-of date, and every case in its receipts links to the primary source. Cite the finding, or go one level deeper and cite the cases themselves.
Political Prisoner Watch, “[finding title]” (as of [date]). politicalprisonerwatch.org/findings
These findings are built on the documentation of Viasna, Memorial, OVD-Info and regional monitors — structured so their casework can carry an argument. Working on a story, a filing, or a report and need a cut of the data we haven't published?
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