Democracy at Risk
Five Congolese Reporters ‘Abducted’ by Police Following Critical Story
DR Congo ranks 154th out of 180 countries on the press freedoms index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and...
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Trump Praises Congressman who Assaulted Reporter
Greg Gianforte was sentenced to six months of deferred jail time, 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger...
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Marred by Violence, Afghan Democracy Put to the Test
'It's not that Afghans are tired of democracy. They're tired of this kind of pseudo-democracy.'
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White House Shrugs Off Rise of Brazil’s Far-Right Presidential Candidate
Jair Bolsonaro, an ex-army officer who has repeatedly expressed support for Brazil's former dictatorship, leads the polls and is poised...
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Trump Administration Refuses to Blame Saudis as New Khashoggi Claims Emerge
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared he did not want "to talk about any of the facts," while President Donald...
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Dissident Vietnam Blogger Released, On Way to US
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh became one of Vietnam's most outspoken critics before she was put behind bars in 2017, thanks...
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Top Senate Republicans Vow to Sanction Saudi Arabia Over Khashoggi Disappearance
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham pledged that Congress would "sanction the hell out of Saudi Arabia."
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Trump Vows ‘Severe Punishment’ if Journalist Killed by Saudi
President Donald Trump said the US would inflict severe punishment, if missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by the Saudis.
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Can Congress Do Anything About the Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi?
Whether or not Congressional outrage over the journalist's disappearance will have any meaningful impact on U.S. policy remains to be...
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Vietnam Blogger Sentenced Again After Facebook Posts
More than 50 Vietnamese activists, rights campaigners and bloggers have been put behind bars in 2018, in one of the...
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Myanmar Arrests Three Journalists Over Report Critical of Government
Rights groups criticized the detention of the reporters from Eleven Media, the latest in a long series of cases brought...
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Before Khashoggi, 15 Saudi Journalists Were Abducted or Arrested This Year
At least 15 Saudi journalists and bloggers have been arrested over the past year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on...
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Bulgaria Under Pressure After Journalist’s Brutal Murder
Bulgaria found itself under pressure to find the killer of a television journalist whose brutal murder at the weekend has...
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Denied the Right to Vote: Impacts of US Felony Disenfranchisement
Nationally, more than 6 million people, including one in 13 African Americans, have lost their right to vote. Comparatively, only...
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Google, Facebook Agree on EU ‘Fake News’ Code of Conduct
Major tech companies including Facebook and Google agreed Wednesday on a code of conduct to combat online disinformation in the...
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Austrian Minister Defends Press Freedom After Media Storm
Austria's far-right interior minister, Herbert Kickl, insisted press freedom was "inviolable" as he tried to defuse a storm after asking...
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EU Takes Poland to Court Over Judicial Independence
The E.U. referred Poland to its top court for an alleged breach of the independence of its supreme court, the...
Read moreEx-Columnist Jailed for ‘Abusive’ Posts About Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
A former columnist for state media has been jailed for seven years for "abusive" Facebook posts about Myanmar leader Aung...
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Russians Could Face Jail for Not Deleting News Judged ‘Fake’
Russians who refuse to take down online information that has been judged "false" by a court could be sentenced to...
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Russian Opposition Cries Foul Over ‘Rigged’ Far East Vote
The Kremlin faced a fresh electoral crisis Monday as the opposition cried foul over a key regional poll, drawing crowds...
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