Biden warns ‘equality and democracy under assault’ by Trump-led extremism

Biden warns 'equality and democracy under assault' by Trump-led extremism

Issued on: 02/09/2022 – 02:14 U.S. President Joe Biden charged Republican allies of Donald Trump with undermining the country’s democratic foundations and urged voters on Thursday to reject extremism ahead of midterm elections in November. Biden accused “MAGA forces” – those people devoted to Trump‘s Make America Great Again agenda – as willing to overturn democratic elections and

Myanmar junta to extend emergency rule into 2023

Myanmar junta to extend emergency rule into 2023

Issued on: 01/08/2022 – 08:03 The head of Myanmar’s junta on Monday blamed instability for stalling efforts to implement a peace plan agreed with other Southeast Asian countries as he extended emergency rule for another six months. The junta first declared a state of emergency after seizing power from the elected government of Aung San

Harsh presiding officers or unruly MPs, who are to blame for spate of suspensions | India News

mass MP suspensions over the years

With over two dozen MPs suspended from Parliament this week for various lengths of time, the spotlight is on the punitive approach of presiding officers under the NDA government. While some argue that the behaviour of opposition MPs in the two Houses of Parliament has greatly degenerated over time, inviting strict action from the chair,

Myanmar executes democracy activists in new turn against dissent

Myanmar executes democracy activists in new turn against dissent

Issued on: 25/07/2022 – 04:10 Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades. The four, who included another prominent democracy activist, were executed for leading “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the Global New

China accused of ‘intimidation’ to stop dissident from running for US congress

China accused of ‘intimidation’ to stop dissident from running for US congress

Issued on: 09/07/2022 – 16:43 In an unprecedented joint address, the directors of the FBI and MI5 warned on Wednesday of the multifaceted threat posed by Chinese espionage. They highlighted one potentially violent effort to prevent a Chinese dissident turned American citizen from running for a seat in Congress.  The heads of the American FBI and

Vietnamese blogger arrested on ‘propaganda’ charge — Radio Free Asia

Independent journalist and former RFA blogger  Nguyen Tuong Thuy is shown at his trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Jan. 5, 2021. Credit: Reuters

UPDATED at 5:45 p.m. EDT on 2022-07-05 Vietnamese police on Tuesday arrested a prominent political activist and blogger on a charge of spreading anti-state “propaganda” that could land him in jail for as long as 20 years, as authorities continue to crack down on dissenting voices in the one-party communist country. Nguyen Lan Thang, a

analysts — Radio Free Asia

Students gather at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 22, 1989.

Democracy is unlikely to come to China unless a number of circumstances fall into place at just the right time under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), exiled dissidents told RFA ahead of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. Wang Dan, a former leader of the 1989 student-led democracy movement in China and the

Top EU body launches procedure to strip Hungary of funding over corruption

Top EU body launches procedure to strip Hungary of funding over corruption

Issued on: 05/04/2022 – 20:14 The EU executive on Tuesday launched a never-used procedure against Hungary that could see the Hungarian government stripped of EU funding for falling short on anticorruption and flouting democratic standards. The move comes two days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won re-election with an overwhelming majority, claiming his victory

Tunisian police close offices of top judicial watchdog, lock staff out

Tunisian police close offices of top judicial watchdog, lock staff out

” I will never interfere with the judiciary,” he stated, including that he had actually only taken the CSM choice “due to the fact that it had actually become needed, and due to the fact that the Tunisian people desire the nation to be cleaned”.” But critics state Saied has pushed the nation down an

wife — Radio Free Asia

wife — Radio Free Asia

Authorities in the main Chinese province of Hunan have actually held the subversion trial of activist Ou Biaofeng, who publicly supported the pro-democracy motion in Hong Kong, in trick, RFA has actually found out. Ou stood trial behind closed doors in Hunans Zhuzhou city on Jan. 27, facing charges of “subversion of state power,” inside

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