🇨🇩 #DRC: Deeply concerned over the death threats directed at Congolese human rights defender and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, @mbachelet is calling for swift action to investigate… Read more »
On 25 August 2020, the Fifth “Terrorism Circuit” of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Bahey eldin Hassan, (featured above), a veteran human rights defender, to 15 years in prison on… Read more »
We under-appreciated the way how people consume #information, how campaigns are being conduct and how information is being spread #online, @Walker_CT @NEDemocracy @ThinkDemocracy @demdigest pic.twitter.com/5RMk0Orpdq — GLOBSEC (@GLOBSEC) August… Read more »
The United States should be wary of waging a long-term ideological competition that pits democracy against authoritarianism, argue Elbridge Colby and Wess Mitchell, founders of the Marathon Initiative, a new… Read more »
The Chinese Communist Party has pinned its legitimacy, and hence its survival, on economic performance and making China strong internationally @WarOnTheRocks https://t.co/uJUko52nYc — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 27, 2020 The… Read more »
Detentions have started at the Independence Square. The entrance to the Red Church is blocked. About 1000 protesters. A lot of police. pic.twitter.com/67fj1ih4B7 — Franak ViaÄŤorka (@franakviacorka) August 27,… Read more »
The Global Disinformation Index estimates that 25 million USD will unwittingly go to funding all kinds of COVID-19 conspiracies and disinformation disseminating outlets in 2020 alone, GLOBSEC reports (above). The… Read more »
Populist leaders often use moments of crisis to advance authoritarian agendas, according to Arminio Fraga and Guillermo Ortiz, respectively former president of Brazil’s central bank and former governor of Mexico’s central… Read more »
I’m an Activist in Russia. I Can’t Believe What My Life Has Become. https://t.co/bIwek8tZJV — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 27, 2020 The poisoning of my friend Aleksei Navalny… Read more »
In our digital world, suppressing internet speech can be a key tool for authoritarians. See how civil societies in Africa are adapting to this growing challenge: https://t.co/UoHjdFMnEh — Renew… Read more »