Defying Taliban, Afghan women protest to demand rights
Afghan women and girls demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022, demanding that high schools be reopened for girls. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL… Read more »
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Madeleine K. Albright, R.I.P.
The @NDI‘s global family mourns the loss of democracy icon Madeleine K. Albright/@madeleine. Thank you, Madame Secretary/Madame Chair, for your leadership & commitment to democracy & human dignity you embodied… Read more »
‘Potemkin politics’: Putin’s Ukraine narrative rings hollow
In his speech to the Russian nation on Monday, President Vladimir V. Putin buoyed his case for codifying the cleavage of two rebel territories from Ukraine by arguing that the… Read more »
Democracies drop to new low of 31.9% on UN rights body
“Electing Qatar, Cameroon or Kazakhstan as a UN judge on human rights would be like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief,” said @HillelNeuer @UNWatch . https://t.co/hNqRxH1Czd — Democracy… Read more »
‘China’s COVID Secrets’: How to curb Beijing’s authoritarian agenda
President Joe Biden’s nominee for United Nations ambassador will pledge to restore American leadership, warning that its absence in recent years has allowed China to fill the void, Bloomberg reports…. Read more »
Institutional integrity: Civic education a national security imperative
As Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House, the United States is no longer the only superpower, argues Ivan Krastev (right), the chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies, a… Read more »
How ‘summit for democracy’ can rally allies against autocracies
The U.S.-led countries of the trans-Atlantic alliance and their democratic East Asian allies lack a strategy for dealing with their most formidable competitor: China. But the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)… Read more »
Democracy advocates assume higher profile
The likely new U.S. secretary of state “has long been clear about the importance of promoting democracy and human rights” in U.S. foreign policy, observers suggest. President-elect Joe Biden is… Read more »
Darfur violence seeks to derail Sudan’s fragile transition
Efforts to bring stability to Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region have failed to reassure residents fearful of rising violence which has cast a shadow over peace negotiations, Reuters reports (HT:FDD)…. Read more »
‘Beyond slogans to real action’: Sudan’s steps toward democratic transformation
Sudan’s transition government has appointed 18 civilian state governors as a key part of a democratic transition after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir last year, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said… Read more »