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U.S. role as democracy's champion battered by assault on Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will find it harder to advocate for democracy and rule of law abroad after the assault on the U.S.…
Opinion | Trump Didn’t Break Our Democracy. But Did He Fatally Weaken It?
After the Electoral College vote on Monday affirming his election, Joe Biden declared that “nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can…
'Masked men' detain Belarus opposition lawyer as Nobel winner intimidated
MINSK (AFP) – Masked men on Wednesday (Sept 9) detained one of the last high-profile opposition figures still free in Belarus, his colleagues said, while…
Hong Kong police slammed over rough arrest of girl, 12, during street protests
HONG KONG – Hong Kong police on Monday (Sept 7) drew flak over their rough arrest of a 12-year-old girl, who said she was caught…
Prominent Thai democracy activist arrested
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai police on Friday (Aug 14) arrested a prominent democracy activist after his participation in protests calling for government reforms, a new…
Hong Kong police raid pollster working with democracy movement
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Police in Hong Kong have raided a polling body working with the city’s democracy movement just before opposition parties hold a…
'It's a very emotional time': Hong Kongers pack memories for new life overseas
HONG KONG/LONDON (REUTERS) – When college graduate Wong, 23, leaves Hong Kong to escape Beijing’s new national security law, it will be his friends, the…
The world should stand up to China over Hong Kong, democracy activist Nathan Law says
LONDON (REUTERS) – Hong Kong’s fate shows China’s true authoritarianism so the rest of the world should stand up to President Xi Jinping and start…
Coronavirus restrictions threaten democracy, global leaders warn
Measures to stem the pandemic threaten human and political rights, open letter by more than 500 signatories warns. More than 500 political and civil society…