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Ai Fen: The Whistleblowing Doctor Missing in China (4/21/2020) - It is time that the world unite and hold China responsible for the abysmal human… 
South Africa to Strip Refugees’ Status for Any Political Act (1/17/2020) - A deeply ironic new law now allows South Africa to strip refugees of asylum status… 
Iran Security Forces Have Cracked Down Violently on Protests (11/20/2019) - Iran protests over increasing hardship as US slams sanctions has been met with brutal violence… 
More jail time for Myanmar satirical troupe for making jibes about military (11/20/2019) - Members of the Myanmar satirical troupe known as Peacock Generation Thangyat have been handed more… 
Threats to Czech Freedom, Velvet Revolution dissidents warn (11/19/2019) - Saturday’s demonstrations in Czechoslovakia celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution but also drew… 
Venezuela ‘loosening grip’ on market, tightening on dissent (9/18/2019) - Nicolás Maduro, a long practitioner of tight state control of the economy, has quietly and… 
Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa found guilty of corruption (4/8/2020) - Former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has been convicted on corruption charges. He… 
Why democracies handle crises better than authoritarians (3/23/2020) - Authoritarians have instead taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to pursuing the suppression… 
Hypocrisy in Green (3/21/2020) - Greta Thunberg has been recognized as a great inspiration by almost all political… 
Capitalism, Materialism, and Imperialism Prevent World Peace (2/27/2020) - Capitalism, Materialism, and Imperialism are 3 of 9 social sins that prevent world… 
Mexico: criminal defamation threatens free expression (2/4/2020) - Mexican journalist Sergio Aguayo Quezada exposed corruption in Coahuila State and instead got… 
Deep state poses threat to Sudan’s democratic transition (1/23/2020) - Sudan’s deep state still poses a threat to the democratic process and fixing the security question remains… 
Twitter adds Fact-Check tag on Trump’s tweet, he threatens to regulate social media dictator style (5/27/2020) - Twitter added a fact-check tag/link on Trump’s tweet on mail-in voting. Feeling offended, the President… 
Burundi: Ruling Party Candidate Named Winner in Presidential Vote (5/27/2020) - In a twist of events Nkurunziza who scrapped term limits in 2018 opted not to… 
Internet Throttling: A Hidden Threat (5/25/2020) - There is now more to internet shutdown as governments around the world grow more savvy… 
Illiberal Hungary ‘mounting an ambitious ideological campaign’? (5/22/2020) - Budapest’s response to coronavirus... has been to suspend parliament and give [Premier] Viktor Orbán open-ended… 
Azerbaijan Should Release Jailed Opposition Leader (5/21/2020) - Friday marks two months since Tofiq Yagublu, one of Azerbaijan’s top political opposition figures, was… 
Why democracies are better at managing crises (5/19/2020) - Is there a link between political systems and the effectiveness of crisis response? A new… 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?
Hypocrisy Gone Viral? Officials Set Bad COVID-19 Examples (5/29/2020) - Leaders are expected to be exemplary in their conduct yet some major world leaders have… 
An Atheist Perspective of Our Current Illness(es) (5/2/2020) - Understand, this is a critique of a set of values, myths and rules, not believers.… 
COVID-19’s regime-type fallacy: Autocrats also feeling strain (4/30/2020) - Autocrats have transformed the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity to further restrict freedoms. But they… 
COVID-19’s new pretexts for consolidating autocrats’ power (4/22/2020) - Coronavirus has inspired dictatorships in the world that are not wasting any opportunity to achieve… 
You don’t defeat the virus by bleeding democracy (4/14/2020) - The underlying issues around good governance, respect for human rights, austerity will not be stemmed… 
The political lessons of the coronavirus pandemic (3/30/2020) - Fyodor Dostoevsky once said in regards to prisons that you can tell a lot about… 
WATCH: Pelosi speaks on coronavirus funding for mail-in voting, election security (5/23/2020) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a news conference May 21 on the 100th anniversary of… 
A pandemic nearly derailed the women’s suffrage movement (4/21/2020) - Women overcame influenza, social distancing, and political bias to win the right to vote. National… 
How Suffragists Raced to Secure Women’s Right to Vote Ahead of the 1920 Election (3/30/2020) - President Woodrow Wilson was lukewarm towards suffrage but won re-election. This led suffragists to increase… 
Black Suffragists Helped Lead Charge in Women’s Voting Rights Campaign (2/27/2020) - In the long-drawn fight for universal suffrage, black suffragists helped lead the charge in Women's… 
The roles of African American women in the fight to vote 100 years ago (2/27/2020) - Voting rights did not come easy for women in America. Black American women in particular… 
On the Trail of America’s First Women Voters (2/24/2020) - New Jersey might have been the first to ensure that women have equal voting rights… 
Parkland School Shooting, Coronavirus Pandemic Bookend Hixon’s First Run for Office (4/15/2020) - Steve Schneider interviewed Debbi Hixon on her first run for office on the Broward County… 
The Highest Form of Communism is Transcendental Communism (12/27/2019) - Let us encourage neighbors to create their own social vision and worldview, thinking globally and… 
Next GOP Voter Suppression Ploy Targets Students (7/6/2019) - College students voted at record levels in 2018 midterm, paving the way for the Democrats’… 
College Campus Voting Access Threatened By New Florida Election Law (6/21/2019) - A controversial bill surrounding the administration of elections isn’t sitting well with those who fought… 
Actress Priyanka Chopra Promotes Refugee Education on Ethiopia Visit (5/23/2019) - Chopra is a goodwill ambassador for the UN children's agency. She spoke with Associated Press… Join the World Democracy Movement With DC!
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