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Belarus Journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich Sentenced To 6 Months In Jail (3/3/2021) - Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich has been jailed to six months and a fine over her coverage… 
Dozens Detained In Crackdown At Kazakhstan Opposition Rallies (2/28/2021) - Protesters in oil-rich Kazakhstan are decrying political repression. 50 were arrested in Almaty, the largest… 
47 Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With ‘Subversion’ (2/28/2021) - As China continues crackdown in Hong Kong, it charged 47 prominent dissidents with bogus "conspiracy… 
Navalny Walks in the Footsteps of the Great Russian Dissidents (2/28/2021) - Alexei Navalny should be included in the hall of fame of Russia’s greatest dissidents such… 
Bangladesh Protests Erupt Over Satirical Writer’s Death In Prison (2/27/2021) - Protests erupted in Bangladesh over the death of Mushtaq Ahmed, a crocodile farmer and satirical… 
Iraq Imprisoning Freelance Journalists For Protest Reporting (2/27/2021) - Three Iraqi journalists were jailed as reprisal for their social media coverage of the wave… 
New Guide for Curbing Global Corruption and Dirty Money (3/2/2021) - A new Center for American Progress report offers an all-out road map for… 
How rich is Russia’s President Vladimir Putin? (2/21/2021) - “Putin’s Palace” rehashed the question of how rich Putin is. Hermitage Capital's Bill… 
Organized crime is exploiting COVID to seize state power (2/15/2021) - Opportunists have taken advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak. One way this is happening… 
Digital technology aids fight against corruption in Latin America (2/10/2021) - The Democracy Digest is the daily blog of the National Endowment for Democracy… 
AU Summit is an Opportunity to Fight Corruption in Africa (2/5/2021) - African leaders meeting at the African Union Summit must redouble their efforts to tackle the root… 
Public Corruption Perceptions Worsening in Balkans (2/4/2021) - Pecreptions of public corruption worsened in most Southeast and Central European countries according… 
Repressive Prison Terms For Former Cambodia Opposition Leaders (3/6/2021) - Recent jail sentences for exiled senior leaders of the dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party are… 
Myanmar Protesters Persist Following Deadliest Day (3/5/2021) - Following the deadliest day so far in protests against a military coup, protesters took to… 
Prominent Russian Rights Organization Dissolves Amid Crackdown (3/4/2021) - Individuals and unregistered civic movements in politics and receiving foreign funding can now be labeled… 
Cameroon: Survivors of Military Assault Await Justice (2/26/2021) - Yet another atrocity committed by Cameroon’s armed forces in the English-speaking regions has come to… 
Think Tanks as Platforms for Authoritarian Influence (2/22/2021) - Report describes the ways in which authoritarian countries seek to use think tanks as instruments of… 
China Censors the Internet. So Why Doesn’t Russia? (2/21/2021) - China and Russia are among the world’s most repressive states. But for some reason China… The following list of nations, although not exhaustive, is another great way for you to explore world democracy at DC. Click any country for the latest articles!
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towards more democracy in the world
The world democracy movement is being driven forward by the relentless advances of technology that have defined our era. The internet is the modern version of the printing press on steroids. We are living in an era of world democracy protest that rivals the largest political eruptions of people power in history, while at the same time the number of individuals taking part is on an unrivaled historical scale. The time is now to show your support for the democracy movements across the plant. This will be a definitive time in history. Which side are you on?
Worldwide All-time High Proportion of Women Parliamentarians (3/7/2021) - The proportion of women parliamentarians worldwide reached more than 25 per cent last year– a… 
Podcast: Anne Applebaum On Why Democracy Is Not Inevitable (3/4/2021) - Journalist, author, and historian Anne Applebaum says that democracy is not like running water —… 
Report: The Global Decline In Democracy Has Accelerated (3/4/2021) - The annual gap between losses and gains increased in 2020, and less than a quarter… 
Most Killings of Human Rights Defenders Don’t Make the News (3/4/2021) - The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders’ report predicts little improvement in the safety… 
Political Finance Reform As Tool To Promote Gender Inclusive Democracy (3/2/2021) - The lack of access to sufficient funding from their parties and external networks is a… 
Worrying Rise in Online Violent Threats Against Women Journalists (3/2/2021) - Violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent human rights violations but… Worldwide All-time High Proportion of Women Parliamentarians (3/7/2021) - The proportion of women parliamentarians worldwide reached more than 25 per cent last year– a… 
Towards a Pan-African Women in Political Participation Barometer (3/6/2021) - IDEA has released a new concept note outlining the importance of validating the Women in… 
South Asia’s Women’s Rights Activists Should Be Heard (3/4/2021) - As 2020 came to an end, protestors across South Asia, demanded redress of systemic sexual… 
The Woman Who Was Key In Getting Us the Voting Rights Act (2/27/2021) - Little known, Amelia Boynton played a key role in getting us the voting rights act… 
Bern, the Swiss Capital of Women in Politics (2/24/2021) - Bern in Switzerland is known for its bear pit and for being a World Heritage… 
How the Global Battle for Female Suffrage Influenced Switzerland (2/10/2021) - A great review of this subject comes from a really interesting article at Swissinfo, produced… 
Massive Investment In Social Studies And Civics Education Proposed (3/4/2021) - A detailed plan reimagining civic education shows a way toward a healthy American democracy at… 
India Fake News Problem Fueled By Digital Illiteracy (3/3/2021) - For more than 90% of India's population, digital literacy is almost non-existent. This situation is… 
Over 90 US College Campuses Now Use Ranked Voting (2/28/2021) - Over 90 US college campuses now use ranked choice voting as Georgia State University adopts… 
Towards the development of a pedagogy for democracy (2/16/2021) - Mainstream science education generally does not, but should, educate students against fascist views such as… 
New Guide for Educators to Teach Sortition in Schools (2/10/2021) - Resources range from short cartoons to academic papers and journals, so there is something there to appeal… 
NJ Closer to Requiring Civics Classes in Middle School (2/2/2021) - The state Senate passed bipartisan legislation that would require classes on civics to be taught… Join the World Democracy Movement With DC!
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