Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for March 28, 2023; Palestinians to Pay the Price as Netanyahu Pauses Judicial Overhaul While Further Empowering Far Right; Nashville Mourns 6 Killed in 129th U.S. Mass Shooting This Year, After Tennessee Loosens Gun Laws;...Monday, March 27, 2023 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for March 27, 2023; Israeli Protests Intensify over Netanyahu Gov’t Weakening Judiciary as Palestinian Rights Ignored; U.N. Warns of Water Wars as 2 Billion People Lack Clean Water with Africa and Middle East Hardest Hit;...Friday, March 24, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
Mar 24 (IPS) - The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons.Afghan girls have been denied the right to attend school and...Friday, March 24, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, whom the opposition and Western politicians often accuse of populist rhetoric, said during his speech in the parliament Friday that government saved the country from “Ukrainization“, and...Friday, March 24, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 24 (IPS) - Over the past two decades Iraq has been affected by several waves of intense conflict and violence. The 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States and United Kingdom...Friday, March 24, 2023 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for March 24, 2023; “France Is Furious”: Anger Grows at Macron for Raising Retirement Age as Millions Strike & Protest; Rep. Ro Khanna on Regulating Banks, TikTok, China, Ukraine & His Vote on the...Friday, March 24, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
SAN SALVADOR, Mar 24 (IPS) - An open hearing in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case is raising hopes that this country and other Latin American nations might overturn or at least mitigate the...Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
BIARRITZ, France, Mar 23 (IPS) - The woman we're meeting in a house on the outskirts of Biarritz -800 kilometres southwest of Paris- is a university professor, the author of several books and hundreds of articles, and a well-known human...Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 23 (IPS) - Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since the end of the...Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
SYDNEY, Mar 23 (IPS) - Elaine Pearson is Asia director at Human Rights Watch“The physical torture was merciless,” said one man, “so we had no option but to present ourselves to the court based on demands and their statements.” Read the...Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for March 23, 2023; A Police Killing Inside a Hospital: Ben Crump on Death of Irvo Otieno During Mental Health Crisis; “Disaster”: Iraqi Journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on U.S. Invasion, Sanctions, Occupation &...Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Democracy Now!
Part 2 of our interview with award-winning Iraqi journalist and author Ghaith Abdul-Ahad about the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
LONDON, Mar 23 (IPS) - Human life is sacred and every individual deserves an equal chance in life. We have a common desire, we all want to lead a free, fulfilling existence, with dignity, where our basic needs are met, with opportunities...Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
GENEVA, Mar 22 (IPS) - Given the complex interplay between geopolitics and financial markets, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sent shockwaves across the global economy. Admittedly, the implications both within and between...Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
NAKURU, Kenya, Mar 22 (IPS) - Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would otherwise find a way out of...Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for March 22, 2023; Andrew Bacevich on China’s Rise as Global Superpower & Decline of U.S. Empire After Iraq Invasion; The U.S. Owes Iraq “Just Compensation”: Muslim Peacemaker Sami Rasouli on 2003...Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
KIGALI, Mar 21 (IPS) - Against a brutally painful historical backdrop, a story of hope and resilience unfolds in Rwanda. Read the full story, “BRAC International Signs MoU with Rwanda to Empower People in Extreme Poverty”, on...Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 21, 2023; “Stop Dirty Banks”: Bill McKibben & Ben Jealous on Ending Big Bank Funding for Fossil Fuel Expansion; U.N. Warns “Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking” as Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Tops...Monday, March 20, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 20, 2023; “Catastrophic”: Iraqi Writers Sinan Antoon & Feurat Alani Reflect on U.S. Invasion 20 Years LaterFriday, March 17, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 17, 2023; Never Again: Human Rights Groups & Japanese Americans Warn Biden Against Jailing Migrant Families; Julian Assange’s Father & Brother Speak Out on His Jailing, Press Freedom & New...Thursday, March 16, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 16, 2023; Blinken Visits Niger, Home to U.S. Drone Base, as Biden Moves to Counter China & Russia in Africa; Will Peace Hold in Tigray? Blinken Visits Ethiopia Four Months After Truce Reached to End War; Death,...Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 15, 2023; Jeremy Scahill on Growing Proxy War Between U.S. and Russia & Downing of U.S. Drone in Black Sea; The Nord Stream Bombing: Jeremy Scahill on Why U.S. Remains Most Likely Culprit in Pipeline Sabotage;...Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 14, 2023; How Silicon Valley Bank & Signature Bank Lobbied to Weaken Regulations That Could Have Prevented Collapse; Autopsy Suggests “Cop City” Protester Sitting Cross-Legged, Hands Up, When Shot 14...Monday, March 13, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
The pro-EU protests in Tbilisi, which forced the government to kill the highly controversial bill on “foreign agents”, have triggered a natural hysteria in occupied Abkhazia, where the narrative has stubbornly been spread as if the West...Monday, March 13, 2023 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for March 13, 2023; China’s Middle East Deal: Iran & Saudi Arabia Reestablish Relations as U.S. Watches from Sidelines; Climate & Indigenous Activists Decry Biden’s Approval of Willow Oil Drilling Project in...Monday, March 6, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
The opposition is creating a coordination council to resist the adoption of controversial bill on “foreign (influence) agents” by the ruling Georgian Dream, which is widely perceived as a kind of foreign policy U-turn for Georgia –...Thursday, March 2, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
Verbal and physical confrontation followed the start of consideration of the anti-Western bill initiated by a political group close to the ruling Georgian Dream in the parliament on Thursday. The opposition urged supporters to gather at...Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
The Conservative Movement, a far-right pro-Russian political party notorious for violence against LGBTQ activists and journalists, was second only to the ruling Georgian Dream in the last quarter of 2022 in terms of donations, according...Monday, February 27, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
Mikheil Saakashvili’s health condition has worsened and if the current trend continues, irreversible processes will start in 1-2 months, states the Council of Doctors set by the Public Defender. “The patient has entered the phase...Saturday, February 25, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
The new far-right government is attempting a legal overhaul many see as a death knell for Israeli democracy. Will it matter for Israel’s global-minded tech industry?Tuesday, February 14, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Robin Dunnigan as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Georgia. Robin Dunnigan is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, and...Wednesday, February 1, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
If Saakashvili’s weight drops below 52 kg, his body will not be able to withstand and he will die, said neurologist who is a member of a medical concilium at the office of Public Defender on Wednesday at the ex-president’s...Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
Mikheil Saakashvili’s condition has worsened so much that he is being taken to intensive care unit, his lawyer said on Tuesday, although later the director of the hospital, where the third president of Georgia is being treated,...Monday, January 16, 2023 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
Georgian far-right pro-Russian political party Alt-Info, which is the organizer of July 5 pogroms in 2021, against LGBTQI activists and journalists assumes responsibility for disrupting public lecture of the liberal politician and...Saturday, January 14, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
An election this fall will determine whether the crucial U.S. ally remains democratic or slides into autocracy, risking instability and more chaos in Europe.Friday, January 13, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
Democracies don’t die in darkness. They crumble, then fade, in broad daylight, with the tacit support of the people.Thursday, January 12, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
Donald Trump walked so DeSantis could run. Now the country will likely have to deal with a more calculated, cunning and dangerous candidate.Wednesday, January 11, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
Republicans were once the party of fiscally responsible conservatives who prided themselves on being Christians. Now the party has become a group of Karens demanding to speak to a manager.Tuesday, January 10, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
The entire Trump presidency was rooted in lies, and those lies have added to the persistent chipping away at democracy.Monday, January 9, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
If we lose democracy, what’s next?Monday, January 9, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
As concerns about the possible end of American democracy persist, let us remember: It’s always been the end.Wednesday, January 4, 2023 from Democracy on Huffington Post
"Democracy is messy," said Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher. So is the speaker's race in the 118th Congress.Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
“It is high time that Congress gets serious about the cost of anti-LGBTQ hatred”. Pulse nightclub shooting survivor Brandon Wolf spoke on Capitol Hill about the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ violence in America.Thursday, December 1, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
The findings indicate that concerns about protecting democracy helped Democrats beat expectations in November’s elections.Wednesday, November 9, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
John Fetterman thanked his supporters after beating Republican rival Dr. Mehmet Oz in the race to become Pennsylvania’s next senator.Monday, November 7, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
"I’m telling you what I see here are parallels to what the history was in this world back in the 1930s in Germany, in Italy,” Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said.Friday, November 4, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
Death prophecies for Democrats and prayers and dancing for Trump. Here’s what we saw when we visited a touring Christian nationalist festival in central Pennsylvania.Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
“We must confront it head on, now.” In wake of the attack on Paul Pelosi, President Joe Biden said that the future of American democracy is at stake.Wednesday, October 12, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
Hundreds of races in state legislatures that have fueled the GOP's hard-right turn could determine the future of abortion rights — and U.S. democracy itself.Thursday, October 6, 2022 from Democracy on Huffington Post
The Wyoming lawmaker highlighted the dangers posed by the election-denying Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state.