Global internet freedom declined for the 11th consecutive year as governments increasingly asserted authority over technology platforms and forced businesses to comply with censorship and surveillance, according to Freedom on… Read more »
How on earth do you get a U.S. Senator, a French philosopher, a Polish minister of foreign affairs, a Canadian ex-prime minister, and a Central European prince to read out… Read more »
Defending and advancing democracy is “the cause of our time,” says Damon Wilson, President & CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Democracy has taken hits or is… Read more »
Georgia’s long-accumulated achievements in building something approaching a democratic state are in danger of suffering death by a thousand cuts, says Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing… Read more »
Democracies have been bent out of shape by rising populism but autocrats are more likely to crack under pressure, as the brittle façade of Vladimir Putin’s Russia demonstrates, analyst Philip… Read more »
The European Union is failing to address the threat of “authoritarian shadows” emanating from Russia, China and Belarus, according to a new analysis from Political Capital, the Budapest-based think-tank. The… Read more »
What is the danger to an autocratic regime if it loses control over civil society? In the latest confirmation of the Russian authorities’ disregard for a vibrant and independent civil… Read more »
UNHRC Condemnations, 2006-2021: 🇰🇵 North Korea 13 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0 🇻🇪 Venezuela 2 🇵🇰 Pakistan 0 🇸🇴 Somalia 0 🇧🇾 Belarus 11 🇪🇷 Eritrea 10 🇮🇱 Israel 90 🇹🇷 Turkey… Read more »
Alexei Navalny grows more powerful every time Putin talks about him, one observer suggests. Police took several allies of the jailed Kremlin critic into custody early on Thursday, ahead of planned… Read more »
Experts say the weekend protests in Russia, mainly in support of arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalny but also attracting members of the public angry at corruption and injustices in Russia,… Read more »