Eurasia’s authoritarian regimes use “bribes and gifts” to prevent the Council of Europe from criticizing “rampant human rights violations,” says a senior European diplomat.
That’s another reason why Europe needs an autonomous nongovernmental body to advance democracy and human rights, …
The United States “will support democracy from Asia to Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom,” President Barack Obama …
China‘s new Internet restrictions requiring that Internet users provide their real names to register has triggered “heated discussion” amongst the country’s netizens, according to reports.
“Since the party congress, we’ve seen increased measures, not lessened,” Stanford University’s …
Global megatrends could be leading to a new era of democratization, according to a new report from the U.S. government’s National Intelligence Council.
But that is only one of several scenarios outlined in the report, Global Trends 2030, which …
The pro-democracy revolts across the Arab world are reportedly inspiring a fresh wave of protests across Cuba, reports suggest. Dissidents and civil society groups have stepped up public protests in Havana and eastern Cuba, prompting a spate of arrests.
As …
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Democracy activists and media analysts will join New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Canadian premier Kim Campbell – now Chair of the World Movement for Democracy – and more than 40 democratic former heads of state and government in New …
The Islamic Republic’s “cyber-jihad” is not only inhibiting the resurgence of Iran’s Green opposition. It is also demonstrating the inherent limitations of liberation technology, analysts suggest.
New digital media and communications technologies are not necessarily liberating: the same technologies …
Internet freedom should be an integral element of U.S. foreign policy and a broader strategy for promoting democracy, a new report contends, ”one that tilts the balance in favor of those who would use the Internet to advance tolerance and free …
The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school techniques, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. From China’s high-level malware attacks to Syria’s brute-force imprisonments, this may …