An new coalition of pro-democracy groups has accused Egypt’s new Islamist president of reneging on campaign promises to form a national unity government, but a leading analyst claims it is the rise of “undemocratic liberals” that poses a threat …

“A decade ago, Bill Browder was flying high as one of the most successful foreign investors in Russia. With $4.5bn under management, Browder had committed his career and a lot of his investors’ money to proving his proposition that the …

“Tajik soldiers are gaining the upper hand over armed opposition groups along the Afghan border, with a growing number of rebels surrendering their weapons in hopes of gaining amnesty,” according to reports:

Word of the fading resistance in the …

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong parents are protesting a new civic education curriculum from Beijing that an official admits is tantamount to brain-washing.

Demonstrators shouted slogans such as: “We want independent education back! We want critical thinking!” as they …

“In the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the transition from dictatorship to democracy has been mostly smoother than in neighboring countries, with no power-hungry military or armed militias to stifle the process,” AP reports. “But as a moderate Islamist …

Authoritarians are developing new tactics and strategies to preempt and repress their citizens’ democratic aspirations, a new book suggests. But pro-democracy activists are also adapting, notes David Lowe, and they may have history on their side.

–An opposition leader in …

The Obama administration has responded coolly to overtures by Cuba’s communist authorities.

State Department Assistant Secretary Mike Hammer said that while Washington was willing to engage the regime, the government should first respect Cubans’ human rights.

“This administration has …

“After a year and a half of anti-government demonstrations, factional clashes, and political uncertainty, the economy of consistently impoverished Yemen has been pushed to the brink of collapse, and all but the wealthiest Yemenis are under enormous economic strain,” reports suggest…

A prominent human and labor rights defender in Uzbekistan has been stabbed to death in Tinchlik, 40 kilometres from the capital Tashkent, News Briefing Central Asia reports:

Akromhoja Muhitdinov (fourth from left), 59, died on July 25, in the ambulance …

Tragic as this week’s death of President John Atta Mills (left) was, it nevertheless demonstrates that “democracy and the rule of law in Ghana has worked,” writes John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the …