Indian government’s lengthy shutdown of internet and telephones in Jammu and Kashmir inflicts harm on the population and should be immediately lifted.
Democracy News Headlines
This Democracy News Headlines archive has all our headline articles about the United States and around the world. This is the most well stocked DC category by far with the best coverage of the struggle for democracy but check out World Democracy and our American democracy page for more in-depth information or just visit Democracy in Culture archive for some light news.
Several children have been barred from school in Iraq
The Iraqi government is denying thousands of children whose parents have a perceived Islamic State affiliation of their right to access an education
Corruption undermines democratic institutions: the Slovak case
Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability Mirella warns UN.
‘How To Hack A Democracy’: Are disruptive populists the new normal?
A group of philanthropies working with Facebook Inc to study the social network’s impact on democracy threatened on Tuesday to quit.
Boris Johnson’s parliamentary prorogation move jolts Britain’s unmatched democracy
Britain’s populist conservative leader Boris Johnson’s parliamentary prorogation move over Brexit basically undermines the country’s unparalleled democracy.
UN Official Calls Zimbabwe Crackdown on Activists ‘Intolerable’
Outgoing UN Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe, Bishow Parajuli, says the current crackdown targeting opposition demonstrators and activists is “intolerable.
Chief Ndiweni, the Jailed Fierce Mnangagwa Critic, Granted $500 Bail
Zimbabwean chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who was serving an 18-month jail-term at Khami Prison, has been released by the High Court on $500 bail.
Video: machine automatically changing vote from Waller to Reeves in Mississippi
There have been at least three reports confirmed by officials of voting machines in two counties changing voters’ selections in GOP governor primary runoff.
“Facebook’s impact on democracy”: researchers conducting study threaten to quit
A group of philanthropies working with Facebook Inc (FB.O) to study the social network’s impact on democracy threatened on Tuesday to quit.
Xenophobia in South Africa: Attacks on Foreign Truck Drivers Persists
South Africa should take urgent measures to prevent attacks on foreign truck drivers in the recent spate of xenophobic violence, Human Rights Watch.