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US backs autocrats, calls it democracy

Trump regime is supporting a range of ruling-class right-wing leaders who will do as America orders

Salon · Sep 1

"Lowest score since 1975": P Chidambaram flags India's 106 rank on Electoral Democracy Index

Congress leader P Chidambaram has flagged India’s 106th position among 179 countries in V-Dem’s Electoral Democracy Index. India scored 0.38 for 2025, its lowest since 1975, according to V-Dem, which classifies the country as an “electoral autocracy”.

The Economic Times · Sep 1

Singapore diplomat, Myanmar activist, Bangladeshi aid giver win Magsaysay awards

Three Asian individuals received the Ramon Magsaysay Awards for their significant contributions. A Singaporean lawyer led the adoption of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. A Myanmar activist documents human rights atrocities and advocates for democracy. A Bangladeshi teacher provides aid and opportunities to the country's poorest…

The Economic Times · Aug 31

Israeli-American Emory Professor's Defamation Case Against CAIR Georgia and Emory Student Can Go Forward (in Part)

Some excerpts from the opinion yesterday by Judge Thomas Thrash (N.D. Ga.) in Winer v. Mohammad: This action arises out… The post Israeli-American Emory Professor's Defamation Case Against CAIR Georgia and Emory Student Can Go Forward (in Part) appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 27

Gdansk Shipyard: Art atelier fights to save site's historical legacy amid redevelopment threat

Gdansk Shipyard - the place where Lech Wałęsa led the strikes that brought about the fall of communism and Poland's transition to democracy - is now undergoing another transformation. Private developers are turning the site into new housing estates and business spaces.

Euronews · Aug 27

Count Binface makes Edinburgh Fringe debut with brutal dig at Nigel Farage

Count Binface made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe by taking a brutal dig at Nigel Farage

The National (Scotland) · Aug 26

Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree

Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy, says Neal Lawson, director of Compass

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26

Human rights in Myanmar hit 'new low,' fuelled by illegal mining and scam centres, UN warns

Myanmar's ruling junta seized power in a coup in 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the country into turmoil and a humanitarian crisis.

Euronews · Aug 26

Australia’s lobbying rules ignore most lobbyists. It’s time for an overhaul

The secret world of political lobbying has been thrown into the spotlight by ABC Four Corners this week. The program examined the loopholes in lobbying regulations in the context of the Albanese government’s recent gambling reforms.

The Conversation · Aug 24

‘She’s not afraid of anyone’: the prison writings of one of Hong Kong’s last outspoken democracy activists

Chow Hang-tung has been detained since 2021, and written about everything from clothes to Tiananmen Square and the meaning of freedom

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21