A Moscow court has ordered Russia’s most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny to serve 30 days in prison
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The Democracy Fighters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
I finally understand how, when the Spanish Civil War ignited, a group of young Americans— inexperienced militaristically but politically aware— chose to fight the ideologically-destructive fascism. Their fight was one for democracy worldwide.
Transatlantic Election Commission Founded to Focus on Hacking
An international commission has formed to try to end meddling in elections in Western democratic nations
Germany Offers Widow of Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Asylum
Germany said Thursday it would welcome the widow of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo
Massive Armenian Protests as Political Talks Called Off
From Voice of America: Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Armenia’s capital on Wednesday after planned talks
Dog Sleds Rush in Ballots as Greenland Voting Polls Close
The country last voted in 2014, when the Social Democrat Siumut party won more than a third of votes
Are Illiberal European Democracies on the March?
euroskeptic populists won elections in Hungary and Italy, and as the EU confronts Poland’s right-wing government
EU Report Slams Rise in Turkey’s Repression of Basic Rights
Turkey regressing in several areas, says a European Commission annual report in the group’s harshest criticism yet
Russia Blocking Millions of IP Addresses in Mass Crackdown
From Voice of America: The chief of the Russian communications watchdog acknowledged Wednesday that millions of unrelated
Russian Court Bans Secure Messaging App Telegram
Blocking Telegram is another attack on the Russian people’s freedom of expression and right to privacy