Democracy vs. Democracy: The Populist Challenge
At a time when the world’s democracies are on a back foot against a pandemic and creeping authoritarianism, a new study finds hope in Latin America. The reason is a… Read more »
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Investigate arson attack on anti-corruption activist, says Ukraine’s civil society
Vitaliy Shabunin, the head of Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), reported the attack after his family home was set on fire on Wednesday evening. While the investigation is ongoing, witnesses… Read more »
Why some succumb to authoritarian’s seductive lure
Weekend Read – “Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism” by @NEDemocracy Board Member @anneapplebaum and reviewed in the Washington Post by @JoDemocracy Board Member Sheri Berman here:… Read more »
Regimes using pandemic to ‘tighten chokehold’ on freedoms
🇿🇼 #COVID19 should not be used to clamp down on fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression & right to peaceful assembly. We remind #Zimbabwe that any lockdown measures &… Read more »
Confronting the Truth: Sudan’s transitional justice
Mass graves recently discovered in the Sudanese capital Khartoum could constitute new evidence of war crimes against former president Omar al-Bashir, lawyers and rights advocates told Middle East Eye. Sudan’s… Read more »
Autocrats employ pandemic memes in new tactics of information warfare
The COVID-19 pandemic is evidence that Russia and China have accelerated adoption of their age-old influence and disinformation tactics to the modern era. Previously, nations such as the Soviet Union… Read more »
How COVID-19 saps China’s Deep State
China’s political system was instrumental both in plunging the country into the COVID-19 crisis and aiding its recovery, but its pandemic management has not endeared it abroad, notes analyst Richard… Read more »
Authoritarian Survival: Iran’s ‘Republic of Repression’
#Iran must release human rights defender #NargesMohammadi, reportedly ill with #coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too late – UN experts. Ms. Mohammadi should not be… Read more »
Democracy and authoritarianism: Shaping the balance
The pressing challenges that, from Latin America to East Asia, are shaping the balance between democracy and authoritarianism is the focus of the just-released July 2020 issue of the NED’s… Read more »
Behind the romantic veil that hides Cuba’s ‘Orwellian’ system
Ana Hebra Flaster reviews “The Cubans” by Anthony DePalma https://t.co/MJgD7dxbIf via @WSJ — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 23, 2020 The Cuban government imposes draconian rules on doctors deployed in… Read more »