President Vladimir Putin plays a game of Night Hockey in Moscow’s Red Square; a way of letting off some steam perhaps, before being formally backed by Russia’s ruling party for next years presidential election . Putin is running as an independent candidate, keeping a distance from the top Kremlin party, United Russia, which consists mostly […]
Dictatorships articles on Democracy Chronicles
Here you will find our latest news on dictatorships around the world. These articles attempt to shine a light on the ridiculous, bizarre, and inhumane ramifications that result from organizing human societies without consent of the humans. The worst abuses of dictatorships will be covered here as well as their most outrageous behavior. Also see our section on the Political Dissidents who struggle against dictatorships across the world.
“From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom.”
Thomas Paine
Ugandan MPs vote to scrap presidential age limit
Ugandan lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to remove presidential age limits, paving the way for President Yoweri Museveni to serve a sixth term in office. The highly controversial bill passed with 315 votes for, 62 against and two abstentions, after three days of chaotic debates in which some opposition MPs were suspended, while others walked out. […]
Parliamentary Debate on Uganda Presidential Term Limit Turns Raucous
From repubhub Debate on age limits and term length for the president of Uganda came to a sudden halt Tuesday when a lawmaker reported seeing soldiers on the premises. The allegation led to a scuffle between legislators and parliamentary police. The legislature was already on edge because of the proposals being discussed. Parliament is debating […]
Day of Protest as DR Congo Opposition Seeks to Unseat Kabila
Tuesday the opposition vowed to pursue its campaign to unseat President Joseph Kabila over long-delayed polls
Cambodian Opposition Facing Sustained Harassment Campaign
Former members of the opposition described barrages of threatening phone calls, court summonses and visits by police
Why Sudanese newspapers go online for freedom from censors
Seated in his Khartoum office overlooking the Blue Nile, Sudanese journalist Adil al-Baz no longer fears a crackdown by security agents over his articles since he launched an online newspaper. “We are free to publish what we want on our online newspaper,” Baz, a former print newspaper editor, told AFP at the office of Al-Ahdath, […]
Fortified by family and China cash, Cambodian strongman digs in
Secured by family and party ties, Chinese cash and his own ruthless political instincts, Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has taken a wrecking ball to the kingdom’s fragile democracy in a campaign to extend his 32-year rule. The 65-year-old is now the world’s sixth longest-serving civilian leader, bumped up a place by last month’s fall of […]
Burundi president Nkurunziza launches campaign to extend rule
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has launched a campaign to promote a referendum to change the constitution, a move that could see him rule until 2034. “It’s the day you’ve been waiting for,” Nkurunziza told a crowd of thousands of farmers in the central district of Gitega on Tuesday. The government adopted a plan in October […]
Uganda MPs Look at Abolishing Age Limit for Museveni
Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, has proposed scrapping the age-75 limit for presidential candidates and extending the length of a presidential term from five to seven years. The proposal, which would require a constitutional amendment, has the backing of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for over 30 years. The moves would […]
Is a North Korean Collapse Getting Closer?
Thanks to its official state ideology ‘Juche’ North Korea is in rude health in 2017