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Giant India is an electoral democracy, the world's biggest democracy by far.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​According to Freedom House, "elections have generally been free and fair and the 2009 national polls were mostly peaceful, though some violence occurred". Also check out our section on World Democracy.

Twitter Promises It Won’t Block India Journalists and Activists

by DC Editors - February 11, 2021

Block India Journalists

The latest news on this front comes from a really interesting article by BuzzFeed News Reporter Pranav

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Democracy Protests, India, Internet and Democracy, Journalism and Free Speech, Social Media and Democracy

Rihanna Creates Flutter With Tweet on India Farmer Protests

by DC Editors - February 3, 2021

India Farmer Protests

Pop superstar Rihanna has created a flutter in India by wading into the months-long protests by Indian farmers.

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Asia, Celebrity Politics, Democracy Protests, India

Indian Journalists Covering Farmer Protests Charged

by DC Editors - February 3, 2021

Indian Journalists Covering Farmer Protests Charged

Eight journalists who covered the farmer protests in India and violence in Delhi are facing baseless criminal charges.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Democracy Protests, India, Journalism and Free Speech

Trials for India’s Blockchain Remote Voting to Begin Soon

by DC Editors - February 3, 2021

India's Blockchain Remote Voting

New technology will allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to designated polling station of their constituencies.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, India, Voting Technology

India’s iconic democracy feels like it is under siege

by DC Editors - January 27, 2020

India’s iconic democracy feels like it is under siege

In an article in The Washington Post, Pamela Constable exposes what she describes as an ominous turn India has recently taken into religious intolerance.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Democracy Protests, India, Religion and Democracy

India’s new citizenship bill discriminates against muslims

by DC Editors - December 11, 2019

India's new citizenship bill discriminates against muslims

Indian government’s recently proposed law to grant citizenship based on religion violates India’s international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, India, Religion and Democracy

Inside the world’s largest democracy

by Jenna Spinelle - November 5, 2019

Vineeta Yadav, associate professor of political science at Penn State.

More than 600 million people voted in India’s most recent election, but that does not mean all

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: India

Is India ‘losing the soul of its democracy’ in Kashmir?

by DC Editors - September 28, 2019

Is India ‘losing the soul of its democracy’ in Kashmir?

India’s actions in Kashmir reflect the corrosion of its own democracy, argues Pratap Bhanu Mehta, University Professor at Ashoka University.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, India

China Model promotes ‘authoritarian modernism’ in East Asia?

by DC Editors - September 10, 2019

China Model promotes ‘authoritarian modernism’ in East Asia?

Democracy has regressed in much of Asia though there are notable exceptions like Malaysia and Taiwan. Post looks at role of China in these developments.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Dictatorships, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand

‘Democracies Divided’: How to counter political polarization

by DC Editors - September 6, 2019

‘Democracies Divided’: How to counter political polarization

Polarization is tearing democracies around the world from Brazil, India, and Kenya, to Poland, Turkey, and US. Article looks at how to counter this dynamic.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Asia, Brazil, Europe, India, Kenya, Middle East, Poland, Turkey

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