Human rights are key to a North Korea deal
Five years ago this month, the UN Human Rights Council published the Report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This report and the… Read more »
Category: Human rights
Losing legitimacy: Iran’s Islamic Republic ‘on brink of collapse’?
“Is the Islamic Republic on the brink of collapse?” was the title of a long interview published by the Iranian news agency Tasnim. To fully appreciate the true explosive power… Read more »
Towards a ‘Fourth Wave’? Prioritize democracy support to reverse global retreat
Democracy is in retreat, facing an “ominous decline” across the world, according to the latest “Freedom in the World” report from Freedom House. It is a global retreat and it is… Read more »
‘Course Correction’: liberal democratic values give an edge over China
A global ideological competition is brewing between liberal democracy and authoritarianism, with China as the wealthiest and most powerful potential leader on the authoritarian side, according to a new analysis…. Read more »
“An affront to democracy”: Cuba’s launches fresh crackdown on activists
Cuba’s Communist regime has launched a fresh crackdown on the island’s democracy activists, reports suggest. At least eight houses were occupied by more than 200 military personnel bearing assault weapons… Read more »
Egypt moves to enhance authoritarian rule
Proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution, including granting the armed forces authority to intervene in government, would undermine judicial independence and expand executive powers that are already being abused, Human Rights… Read more »
Venezuela: ‘time for democratic transition is now’
Global support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó expanded Monday as a growing chorus of Western nations increased pressure on the authoritarian regime of cash-strapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Wall… Read more »
How Khomeini betrayed the democratic promise of the Iranian revolution
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini betrayed the principles of the Iranian revolution after sweeping to power in 1979, leaving a “very bitter” taste among some of those who had returned with him… Read more »
Myanmar prosecutes peaceful critics
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds. Myanmar’s first democratically elected civilian government in decades has prosecuted large numbers of peaceful… Read more »
Venezuela’s best path to democracy is………….
The line of least resistance to restoring democracy in Venezuela? Pay off the military, argues Michael Albertus, an associate professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and co-author… Read more »