Kazakhstan has arbitrarily arrested peaceful protesters, ill-treated and tortured some detainees, and interfered with detainees’ access to lawyers.
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
Hong Kong University Covers Up Tiananmen Crackdown Memorial
Hong Kong’s oldest university covered up one of the last public memorials to the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown Saturday,
Why China Cares About The Label Of Democracy
Outside the fear of containment, it is puzzling why China that often claims to be democratic cared about Biden’s democracy summit.
A Gold Medal For Censorship In China Olympics
Human Rights Watch has begun a video series with Badiucao, a Chinese-Australian artist, to put the upcoming Winter Olympics in context.
Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictators
Remittances provide a lifeline for recipients but endanger dictatorial regimes. A new study by Abel Escribà-Folch, Joseph Wright, and Covadonga Meseguer appearing in Princeton University Press suggests that remittances greatly undermine dictators. Here is an excerpt: In the growing body of work on democracy, little attention has been paid to its links with migration. Migration and Democracy focuses on […]
Report Outlines Repression In Cameroon’s Anglophone Region
‘Don’t shut them up: Free victims of arbitrary detention now’, calls on Cameroonian authorities to release people arrested for protesting.
How Africa’s Autocratic Elites Cycle In And Out Of Power
In Africa, authoritarianism is still a prominent component of politics. Autocrats on the continent are able to cycle in and out of power.
Video: The Brief Dream Of Democracy in Sudan
The coup in Sudan has prompted fresh fears about the country’s future as even old conflicts, such as in Darfur Province, are resurfacing.
How Democracy Can Defeat Autocracy
As mass protests grow, autocrats are on the defensive – but democracy’s destiny depends on leaders delivering [concrete] results.
What Kazakhstan Says About The Autocracy Question
The upheaval in Kazakhstan…offers larger lessons about autocracies writ large and the notion of democracy vs. autocracy.