On Saturday, November 28, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Paris, Lille, Strasbourg, and Rennes to marched peacefully in response to growing concerns regarding Article 24 of a controversial proposed security law. The bill aims to restrict people from filming and publishing discernible images of on-duty French police officers with the intent of damaging their “physical or psychological integrity,” The Guardian reports.
Read MoreWhat we are seeing happening in Kyrgyzstan is just a microcosm of a larger issue threatening the global political landscape: the decline of democracy and the rise of authoritarian populism. In the last decade, an alarming wave of right-wing populism has swept the globe and endangered many democracies.
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Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Bangkok last Saturday calling for democratic reforms. This comes after two months of demonstrations across the country. Protesters gathered at the Thammasat University campus and at Sanam Luang, a public square close to King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s official residence at the Grand Palace.
Read MoreForeign policy, re-emergence of dictatorial regimes, misinformation, and trivialization of campaigns permeates Indonesia’s 2024 elections. How the population responds will be a better view into the mind and feelings of the young voter.
Read MorePakistan’s democratic history has been quite a struggle due to it being ruled by the military most of the time, and the democracy that is existing in Pakistan at the moment, is a fragile one.
Read MorePresident Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s leader since 1994, could effectively rule until 2034 due to a constitutional referendum but, his prolonged control could also hinder the very democracy he has tried to promote.
Read MoreA group of civil and political leaders from Venezuela visited the School of Diplomacy on October 3 to discuss grassroots democracy and civic participation.
Read MoreThe protests also called for elections and demanded the exit of the interim president, Michel Temer, Rousseff’s former vice president and a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, whose ascension to the presidency is seen as a coup by protesters.
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