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Dec 09 2021
Opinion
Biden's democracy summit already sending wrong signals to authoritarian regimes
This year, 2021, has been a record-breaking one in many ways, and unfortunately, according to Freedom House’s 2020 Freedom of the World Report, the world is at a 15-year low for "Free countries" and a 15-year high of "Not Free countries." We find democracy in retreat across the globe, and the trends are more worrying each day.
Some are quick to blame the COVID-19 pandemic for this
Sen. Jim RischApr 11 2024
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Man awaiting trial for insulting Belarusian president dies in jail
TALLINN, Estonia — A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. Aliaksandr Kulinich, 51, died Tuesday in a detention center in the western city of Brest that is notorious for harsh treatment of opposition activists, the Viasna human rights center said. His death
Washington PostJun 25 2018
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Donald Trump’s authoritarian power-grab: Due process is for wimps
There is a tendency among the punditocracy to dismiss President Trump's authoritarian rhetoric as nothing more than red meat for his worshipful base: passing Twitter tantrums or hyperbolic salesmanship. He's been doing it from the moment he announced his run for president, when he insulted Latino immigrants as rapists. It continued through the campaign as he endorsed torture, summary
SalonMay 28 2023
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JUST IN: Turkey's Erdogan Claims Victory in Presidential Runoff, Extending Authoritarian Rule Into 3rd Decade
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday claimed victory in the presidential runoff against challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu. “The only winner today is Turkey,” Erdogan said according to AP. Erdogan has been in power for 20 years. The latest victory will give Erdogan another 5 years in office. Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in his country’s
The Gateway PunditApr 09 2024
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The Shadow of Tyranny
“We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” To Thomas Jefferson, in a note attached to a draft of The storm clouds of authoritarianism,that engulfed Europe in the 1930’s, under the iron fist of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis enablers, loom once more. In Hungary, Viktor Orban, and his Fidesz Party remain staunch opponents of immigration,LGBTQ rights,
Daily KosMar 22 2023
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Senate Democrat calls Xi-Putin summit a ‘three-day bro-fest celebrating authoritarian power’
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) blasted Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia for “celebrating authoritarian power” on Tuesday.
“This was a three day bro-fest celebrating authoritarian power,” he said on “CNN This Morning.”
Merkley, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that China and Russia are “very comfortable” together and want to “flex their muscles” to
The HillOct 07 2020
Analysis
These countries quietly slid into authoritarianism. Should the US be concerned under Trump?
Analysis: Experts both sound and quiet the alarms. "Fascism is not just any politics you don't like. ... What matters is that the 2020 results are respected."
Democracy did not die in Hungary in 2015 when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán decided he needed an expensive border wall to see off a nonexistent "invasion" of asylum seekers.
When Poland's government that same year started
USA TODAYApr 07 2024
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Mexico withdraws diplomats from its embassy in Ecuador after raid
Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy to arrest ex-Vice President Jorge Glas has severed ties between the two countries. Mexico has withdrawn personnel from its embassy in Ecuador following the unprecedented storming of the building by security forces, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said. The two countries severed ties after the raid made on Friday in a bid to arrest former Ecuadoran
Al JazeeraApr 07 2024
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Rep. French Hill: GOP Voters Want Putin Defeated in Ukraine
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson if he puts Ukraine aid to a vote and reauthorizes key surveillance tool 702 is a misguided step, because GOP backers want to see Russian President Vladimir Putin defeated, Rep. French Hill told CBS News' "Face The Nation" on Sunday. "We should draw the line on authoritarian dictators, particularly permanent members of the
Newsmax (News)Apr 07 2024
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Russian talking points being heard on House floor, Ohio Republican says
“To the extent that this propaganda takes hold, it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as an authoritarian versus democracy battle, which is what it is,” Turner said. Some House Republicans, most notably Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), have pushed to prevent Congress from approving more aid to Ukraine, with Greene threatening to hold a vote to remove House Speaker Mike
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