Fourteen jailed opposition activists in Bahrain have gone a hunger strike ahead of the February 14 anniversary of the suppression of pro-democracy protests.
“They demand an end to the political crackdown. They are protesting against the unfair trial …
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is already violating electoral norms and regulations, Russia’s only independent poll watchdog said today:
Putin, who is widely expected to return to the Kremlin for a six-year term, has illegally started campaigning before the official opening of the campaign season and has …
Members of the Obama administration’s National Security Council are expected to press Egyptian officials to end attacks on democracy and civil society groups at a White House meeting tomorrow, as an analyst warned that the affair could “spin out of …
The United States faces a conundrum regarding Syria, writes Hussein Ibish, in this guest post. But armed conflict will only intensify, while humanitarian, strategic and political imperatives will lead to some form of direct outside intervention. The democratic West, …
Egypt’s justice minister has returned a letter from the U.S. ambassador that called for the lifting of a travel ban on democracy assistance activists, while local news media report that Ministry of Justice officials dismissed claims of a deal between …
Václav Havel was in favor of promoting what he called “the basic values of the West” – a democratic market society with human rights – viewing the “rapid dissemination” of the Western values as “the only salvation of …
Anti-government protests by the M23 opposition coalition in the Senegalese capital “got off to a peaceful start, a day after two civilians were killed by paramilitary police in a similar demonstration,” AP reports:
Several hundred people gathered, holding up signs …
Is Nigeria in a position to lead a sub-Saharan African renaissance? It was the world’s fourth-fastest growing economy between 2001 and 2010, but sustainable development is threatened by a dysfunctional state, Boko Haram’s violent Islamist insurgency in the North …
A “handful” of Americans barred from travel sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo today, as Egyptian and U.S. officials prepared to hold talks in Washington.
The negotiations tried to resolve a deepening row over the harassment and likely prosecution …
A new two-part BBC series on Russia’s democratic regression is essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand the origins and evolution of Putin’s authoritarianism. The programs highlight the Kremlin’s adverse reaction to the democratic breakthroughs on its periphery, the …