Ukraine/Russia – ‘a new gulag is emerging’
At least 4,000 civilians are held in Russia and at least as many scattered around the occupied territories, according to Vladimir Osechkin, an exiled Russian human rights activist who talks… Read more »
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Peru’s growing authoritarianism and rights erosion denounced
Human rights groups have denounced moves by Peru’s Congress to capture the other branches of the state and to reverse social, democratic and civic gains. This takes place in the… Read more »
Democratic backsliding: lessons from Israel, Hungary, Poland…
The Israeli opposition’s efforts to listen to its counterparts from illiberal Hungary and Poland, learn from their mistakes, and act strongly and swiftly, is a potential source of strength in… Read more »
‘709 crackdown 2.0’: How to combat China’s global assault on transparency, human rights
“709 Crackdown 2.0” Global call against China’s renewed crackdown on human rights lawyers https://t.co/nCqIa7GCKs — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 11, 2023 Civil society and pro-democracy groups are marking China Human… Read more »
China’s ‘neighborhood botch’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promulgated a new law on foreign affairs to legitimize tough measures that Beijing is taking against the “bullying” of the “hegemonic West,” notes Dr. Willy… Read more »
Egypt’s lessons for the next Arab Spring
Democratization in the Arab world has long been hobbled by an “Islamist dilemma,” notes Brookings analyst Shadi Hamid. U.S. officials who might otherwise believe in democracy have found it more… Read more »
Carlos Alberto Montaner, R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that I share the news that Carlos Alberto Montaner has passed away, writes Aimel Rios Wong, Senior Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean at… Read more »
Russia’s biggest problem? Losing the 21st century
Vladimir Putin looks like a blundering thug in the hollowed-out gangland to which he has reduced Russia. The Wagner Group mutiny has exposed his growing weakness https://t.co/PEg9J0bpCl pic.twitter.com/NMsHv0VgMC — The… Read more »
‘Putin’s in a zugzwang’: The beginning of the end?
As rattled as they may have been by an armed insurrection in a nuclear-weapons state, Russia’s friends and business partners are unlikely to abandon Vladimir Putin, according to diplomats and… Read more »
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy: Russia very, very afraid of…’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Ukraine Recovery Conference (above) that “democracy paves the way for the rule of law”. He said resources and land were not the only… Read more »