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International Democracy articles
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Hong Kong Democracy Battle Now Waged in Courts
Hong Kong’s vigorous activism once earned it the nickname “city of protests.” But these days, the Chinese territory has become the city of prosecutions. Three years after the city’s massive strike for free elections, what’s now called the Umbrella protest, the Hong Kong government is pursuing charges against several dozen activists and participants. Many who […]
Honduras protesters block roads as election crisis escalates
Activists blocked roads and clashed with police in Honduras on Saturday as part of nationwide protests against the contested re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds jailed since Hernandez was declared the winner of the November 26 run-off election — but only after a three week stretch of […]
The incredible story of Liberia’s departing President Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women’s rights, is stepping down after making history as Africa’s first elected female president in Liberia. Taking the reins of a nation that had just emerged from a civil war leaving an estimated 250,000 dead, Sirleaf will be remembered for maintaining […]
DR Congo protesters killed in anti-dictatorship protests
At least five people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo as authorities cracked down on banned protests
Why few Lebanese women make it into parliament
Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its first vote in nearly 10 years, the country’s first women’s affairs minister says. With diverse religious groups and women in prominent positions in the business world and the media, but female politicians unable to find their way […]
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Beijing
Hours before his detention, Yu Wensheng had circulated an open letter calling for five reforms to China’s constitution
Who will lead Iran after Ayatollah Khamenei dies?
Ayatollah Khamenei is 78, and according to many reports, in poor health as well. So what happens when Khamenei dies?
Democracy group says detained DR Congo activists tortured
A pro-democracy movement has called for the release of five of its activists detained in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying it fears they could be tortured. The activists from the Filimbi movement, whose name means “whistle” in Swahili, are accused of “insulting the head of state and inciting a revolt”, according to their lawyer, […]
VIDEO: An Evaluation Of Ghana’s Democracy
Ghana has had seven peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections since its transition from military rule