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Why Guatemala’s Claudia Escobar Won the 2017 Democracy Award - Claudia Escobar has won the National Endowment for Democracy's 2017 Democracy Award
China Urged to Release Jailed Taiwanese NGO Worker - Ming-che Lee disappeared on March 19 after a flight from Taipei to the Chinese territory 
Russian Activist Fined for Sharing ‘Extremist’ John Oliver Clip - A Russian activist was fined 1,500 rubles after being found guilty of “spreading extremist materials”
Hunger Strike Puts Spotlight on Turkish Crackdown - International and national pressure is growing on Ankara over the fate of two protesters on 
Amnesty: Palestinian Writer Qatamesh is Prisoner of Conscience - The international rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Israel to release writer Qatamesh
Deutsche Welle Journalist Niragira Released by DR Congo - Deutsche Welle Burundian correspondent Antedisteste Niragira has been released
Comparing Brazilian and Venezuelan Corruption - Its ironic yet when it comes to corruption, Brazil gets headlines, but Venezuela is 
What is Behind the Tunisian Corruption Crackdown? - Part of what some of these extremists want is for our society to start 
Gambia’s Exiled President Accused of Massive Public Theft - Gambia used a court order to seize assets belonging to exiled former President Yahya 
Trial of Ousted South Korean President Begins - Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye denied all charges against her in court
How African Nepotism Compares to European Norms - How did it happen that the such a good proportion of leaders of Europe 
Democracy at Risk in Ongoing Battle Against Brazil’s Kleptocracy - Brazilian President Michel Temer on Saturday demanded the Supreme Court suspend a probe
21 Egyptian Websites Blocked in New Media Crackdown - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemns the Egyptian government's move
Remembering the Eritrean Dream on Independence Day - Unfortunately, there is not much to celebrate on the 26th anniversary of Eritrea's independence
Wave of Arrests Targets Potential Egyptian Presidential Candidates - A prominent Egyptian opposition leader was detained on Tuesday for offending public decency
Book Exposes World of the Sons of the North Korean Elite - That said, Ms. Kim’s book is one of the most insightful reads a NK buff can use to explore from an armchair. 
A Philanthropist Plans to Flood Oppressed Nations With Flash Drives - Thor Halvorssen urges a flood of information to the North Korean people to liberate the totalitarian country Gambia’s Exiled President Accused of Massive Public Theft - Gambia used a court order to seize assets belonging to exiled former President Yahya Jammeh
time for world democracy?
The world democracy movement is being driven forward by the relentless advances technologythat have defined our era. The internet is the modern version of the printing press on steroids. With each new shipment of devices and each price reduction, the power of the underlying technological revolution is feeding calls for democracy and openness in government. Once online, anyone today has more information at their disposal than the majority of history’s most influential thinkers.
The ongoing protests in Brazil, China, Egypt, India, and Russia (to name a few) have been deeply connected to each other through technology that didn’t exist a few years ago. We are living in an era of world democracy protest that rivals the largest political eruptions of people power in history, while the number of individuals taking part and the connection between political movements is on an unrivaled historical scale. The same pressures that brought down Egypt’s Mubarak and Libya’s Qaddafi will bring down more dictators until there is none of their kind left.
Yet the time is now for critical support for these fledgling democracy movements. This will be a definitive time in history that is more accurately covered by media that understands how the daily headlines relate to this global expansion of democracy. Which side are the large media companies on today?
freedom house for world democracy
There are also many great non-profit organizations and charities for international democracy that are wonderful places to support. One that is very important to Democracy Chronicles is Freedom House. Freedom House’s Freedom in the World annual reports, its international democracy advocacy and many other heroics represent the best that America has to offer. There is no better illustration of world democracy than the “Map of Freedom in the World” published annually since 1972 by Freedom House. According to Freedom House, in 2013 the world had 43% of its population living in democratic countries and only 35% in non-democratic countries.
Amazon Founder Gives $1 Million to Support Press Freedom - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donates $1 million to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
VIDEO: Media and Civic Engagement From Protests to Dialogue - A growing group of scholars and practitioners makes the case for their vital roles in A Philanthropist Plans to Flood Oppressed Nations With Flash Drives - Thor Halvorssen urges a flood of information to the North Korean people to liberate the 
Video From the Recent March Against Monsanto in NYC - The grassroots New York City March Against Monsanto took place on May 20th in Bryant 
UNICEF to Address the Increase in Unaccompanied Refugee Children - As of 2016, there are 300,000 unaccompanied child refugees and separated children globally, which is 
Does True Democracy Even Exist and is it Obtainable? - Democracy is a complicated ideology to grasp not least because it is a rather personal 
Baluchistan Women Struggle For Minimum Political Access - Only one party even issued tickets to women during the last general and local bodies 
Nicki Minaj’s Charity Transforming Lives of Indian Women - Nicki Minaj's charity quietly sent funds to an Indian village – it is now totally 
Meet the Venezuelan Women Protesters Taking on Maduro - Popular anger at Maduro in Venezuela is growing, and thousands have mobilized in daily marches
Stubborn Violence Epidemic Hampering Caribbean Democracy - Violence mars Caribbean life, study finds violent crime and a tolerance for domestic violence
Lack of Kenyan Women Politicians is Full Blown Crisis - Kenya's Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers had to pass a law ensuring women more parliament 
Women and Political Participation in Africa (Part Two) - With the world population having more women than men, it should be clear that with 
Big Money Wins Big in LA School Board Race - Billionaire backers outspent school board president in the most expensive in LAUSD history
UK Democracy Goes Into Overdrive - The choices available to the electorate are clear. The mainstream parties have polar opposite approaches and policies to what they 
Canada Asks if Elected School Boards Have a Fatal Flaw - It's never been 100 percent clear to me, as a childless misanthrope, why I should even be offered a vote
How Harvard and Yale Dominate US Supreme Court - Donald Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court has something in common with the court’s current members
A Teacher and DREAMer Tries to Explain the Inexplicable to Children - I can not imagine the pain of being a teacher today, especially in a multilingual school. Talking to young angels 
Politics Should Serve the People, Not the Politicians - The only true good is democracy itself, our right to speak out in the political elections because that's one of