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Global Initiative To Free Political Prisoners Launched (3/27/2022) - Freedom House has begun a new campaign to free political prisoners around the world, with… 
Martial Law Brings Crackdown in East DR Congo (3/24/2022) - Since the DRC government established martial law in the conflict-ridden east ten months ago, the… 
Russia Seeks 13-Year Jail Term For Kremlin Critic Navalny (3/18/2022) - Russian prosecutors asked a court to sentence Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to 13 years on… 
New Culture Of Dissent Remaking Cuba’s Politics (3/18/2022) - Living standards in Cuba have steadily fallen over the last few decades. If better institutions… 
Africa’s Whistleblowers Pay A High Price For Their Courage (3/18/2022) - Whistleblowers in Africa countries face dismissal, violence and murder. Extensive legislation seldom offers real protection… 
Popular Tibetan Singer Dies Of Self-Immolation Protest (3/15/2022) - Tsewang Norbu, 25, famous Tibetan singer died of self-immolation on 25 February this year protesting… 
Russian Mercenaries Are Putin’s Anti-Democracy Tool in Africa (4/26/2022) - Although pinned on France, evidence led to the mysterious mercenaries of Russia's Wagner… 
What We Get Wrong About Putin’s Motivations. And Money. (4/18/2022) - 7 weeks into the Ukrainian invasion our collective media is still wasting time… 
Government Disinformation And Freedom Speech In A Post-Truth Era (4/16/2022) - Much attention has been dedicated to the spread of disinformation, but little focus… 
On Confronting A Lie (4/9/2022) - The problems that we are dealing with are because of the consistent misrepresentation… 
Lords Of Impunity – How The United Nations Failed The World (3/18/2022) - White privilege, misogyny, impunity at the UN create a toxic work environment that… 
In the Ukraine War, We Can Make Oligarchs – Everywhere – the Big Losers (3/10/2022) - The war on Ukraine is an eyeopener. Putin's regime is propped up by… 
Prominent Hong Kong Democracy Advocates Arrested (5/17/2022) - China has made new arrests in its crackdown against democracy in Hong Kong. Among the… 
Guinea Junta Bans Political Protests (5/17/2022) - The military junta ruling Guinea has banned political protests after announcing a three-year transition period… 
New Cuba Penal Code Tougher On Dissent (5/17/2022) - Officials in Cuba say the new penal code is modernizes the country's laws but human… 
Concerns Remain As Egypt Frees Activists And Critics (5/8/2022) - Towards Ramadan's end on April 24, Egyptian authorities freed about 40 unjustly detained, including journalists. But this… 
VPN Use Skyrockets In Russia During Ukraine Invasion (5/8/2022) - To overcome the tight controls on the internet aimed at reducing conversations on the Ukraine… 
How China Is Stepping Up Harassment Of Foreign Correspondents (5/8/2022) - Journalists reporting the deadly floods of 2021 in Zhengzhou city, Henan province, were accused of… 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?
Links Between Terrorism, Authoritarian Attitudes, And Democratic Backsliding (5/3/2022) - Terrorism threat shifts libertarians toward conservativism; normative threats widen gap between autocratic and libertarian attitudes. 
How Moral Echo Chambers Increase Likelihood Of Radicalism (4/21/2022) - Moral convergence - group of people who share moral standards - emerges in online situations… 
How Democracies Spy On Their Citizens (4/21/2022) - The intimate tale of the world's most notorious commercial spyware and the struggle against it… 
What Can Games Teach Us About Democracy? (4/14/2022) - In play we can imagine change, explore...futures, and adjust the rules to reflect changing needs.… 
The Importance Of Assisting Transitional Democracies (4/5/2022) - The US should abandon its post–Cold War habits of sometimes-forcible democracy promotion" for advancing human… Global Initiative To Free Political Prisoners Launched (3/27/2022) - Freedom House has begun a new campaign to free political prisoners around the world, with… 
Faces of Genders Are Perceived Differently By Liberals And Conservatives (4/14/2022) - Liberals and conservatives differ in how they perceive dominance in women, which may influence their… 
The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Women In Politics (3/27/2022) - The gender gap in politics remains the largest gender gap across sectors. In 2022, women are still… 
Women’s Rights and Democracy Are Inextricably Linked (3/18/2022) - Without initially looking at the problem of gender equity, we can't hope to measure the… 
Women and the Ranked Elections That Put Them in Power (3/16/2022) - Ranked choice voting (RCV) is reducing the chances of vote splitting and encouraging women and people… 
Protecting Women During Elections In Malawi (3/11/2022) - An Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) study suggests that sexism, harassment, violence against women are common in… 
International Women’s Day and Proportional Representation (3/9/2022) - Highlighting how women around the world benefit from proportional representation because it encourages women to reach the… 
Youth Suffrage Proposal Rejected By Voters In Zurich (5/17/2022) - Proponents of the right to vote for youth as young as 16 in Switzerland suffered… 
Adolescents In The US Are Becoming More Politically Polarized (5/6/2022) - In contrast to the findings of the 1960s an update to the socialization literature shows… 
PODCAST: What Student Debt Says About Democratic Institutions (4/26/2022) - In a new book, Josh Mitchell draws alarming parallels to the housing crisis, showing the… 
Polling Places Coming To New York College Campuses (4/14/2022) - New York State has passed new law mandating polling places on campuses with 300+ students… 
How Dark Money Shaped The School Safety Debate (3/11/2022) - Polls show strong support for school mask mandates, and January, teachers, students demonstrated to support more safety protocols. 
How Dark Money Undermines Public Education (3/7/2022) - If money is going for scholarship then they're going to private schools rather people taxes… Join the World Democracy Movement With DC!
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