Young people are leading protests against military rule in Myanmar. Fearing the military junta, parents are disowning their own children.
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.
World’s Top Two Authoritarians Team Up
China and Russia are teaming up. Led by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, respectively, they constitute a significant threat to the free world.
New Toolkit For Judges On Freedom Of Expression
The toolkit aims support judges to take into account international human rights standards on freedom of expression in their decisions.
A Lifetime Spent Reconciling Democracy And Development
Oda van Cranenburgh discusses two themes which have inspired her work during the last 40 years: democracy and development.
Defending Latin American Human Rights and Democracy Activists
Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) continue to face challenges across Latin America today.
Editor In Kashmir Is Arrested Amid Intensifying Clampdown
The editor of a news website has been arrested in Kashmir in what critics called the latest example of a wave of harassment of journalists.
President Xi Jinping, China’s ‘Chairman Of Everything’
Xi Jinping is not only the Chairman of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is dubbed the ‘Chairman of everything’ in China.
Latin America Increasingly Perilous For Human Rights Defenders
Basic freedoms are collapsing in Latin America. Rights defenders are coming under increasing attacks from state and non-state actors.
Iran Expecting Protests To Get Bigger And More Frequent
Iran’s intelligence services are assessing the socio-political situation in the country and predict more widespread and frequent protests.
The Democratic Election In Gaza That No One Noticed
The Gaza Strip is notorious for all the wrong reasons, but the territory’s recent democratic elections went completely ignored.