Tag: Democracy

On Tuesday, Hong Kong's High Court sentenced 45 pro democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison in a landmark national security case that has drawn widespread international condemnation. ...

Amidst India's upcoming general elections, X (formerly Twitter) finds itself in compliance with regulatory directives, blocking a slew of political posts at the behest of Indian authorities. The move comes ...

DAKAR, Senegal (news agencies) — Senegal inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — An alliance of India’s opposition parties launched its election campaign with a massive rally Sunday that criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of stifling opponents ...

DAKAR, Senegal (news agencies) — Senegalese anxiously awaited the results of the presidential election Monday, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested its reputation as a stable democracy in ...

Russians have seen many images of Alexei Navalny — a firebrand protest leader with a bullhorn. A government critic whose face was splashed with green dye by an attacker, which ...

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey ...

HONG KONG (news agencies) — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent ...

BANGKOK (news agencies) — Thwel, a 25-year-old schoolteacher, saw very few options left to her after Myanmar’s military announced it is implementing conscription to fill its ranks.“As a person living ...

MEXICO CITY (news agencies) — Thousands of demonstrators cloaked in pink marched through cities in Mexico and abroad on Sunday in what they called a “march for democracy” targeting the ...