Lebanese authorities have largely failed to comply with the country’s Right to Access to Information Law, and haven’t been implemented after its passage.
International Democracy articles
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Hong Kong: Carrie Lam’s ‘Listening Mode’ insufficient
From ignoring, Hong Kong leader, Carrie Lam, adopted a ‘listening mode’. But, this is insufficient to address Hong Kong’s democracy concerns, says Sophie Richardson.
Egypt: what are the reasons behind State crackdown of protests?
Egypt’s corrupt military junta has resorted to repression of protests as a means to leave Egyptians in the dark about what’s happening in the country.
Organized social media manipulation in at least 70 countries
Organized social media manipulation has more than doubled since 2017, with at least 70 states employing computational propaganda to shape public opinion.
‘Dictators in Moneyland’: Challenging kleptocracy
Ever since the earliest years of this century, Ukraine has been the contested frontier in a grand ideological struggle between democracy and kleptocracy.
A ‘confrontation of monumental proportions is coming’ in Hong Kong
The Sharp Sword stealth drones and the intercontinental ballistic missiles and the truck-borne monuments to the Communist struggle are ready.
China’s authoritarian model poses long-term threat to democracies
China poses a long-term threat to America, to liberal democracy and to the international order, John C. Rood, undersecretary of defense for policy.
Protests in Egypt show Trump’s wrong about Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Trump has called Egypt junta leader al-Sisi his “faourite dictator” and lauded him as a great leader. But protests in Egypt show Trump is wrong.
Cameroon National Dialogue: worsening repression as teacher arrested over Maurice Kamto participation opinion
Teachers in Cameroon might think twice while talking in class after a colleague was arrested for proposing Maurice Kamto be part of national dialogue.
Why the British constitution’s finest moment should also be its last
The Supreme Court’s unanimity and its reasoning are exemplary. The British version of democracy that we have enjoyed has been rescued for the moment.