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Venezuela: Pro-Maduro Assembly to Take Powers of Opposition-led National Assembly

August 18, 2017

Freedom House issued the following statement in response to the days-old constitutional assembly announcing that it is taking over all legislative powers of the National Assembly. 

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Hong Kong Imprisons Democracy Activists

August 17, 2017

 Hong Kong authorities imprisoned three young leaders of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Alex Chow. 

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United States: Extremism — and the Failure to Condemn It — Weakens Democracy

August 16, 2017

Extremism, and the failure to recognize and unambiguously denounce it, pose threats to our democracy. 

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Kenya: Government De-Registers Human Rights NGO

August 14, 2017

Kenya's Non-Governmental Organization Coordination Board canceled the registration of the Kenya Human Rights Commission.  

Breaking Down Democracy:
Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians

Modern authoritarianism has succeeded, where previous totalitarian systems failed, due to new strategies of repression, the exploitation of open societies, and the spread of illiberal policies in democratic countries themselves.

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Narendra Modi. (Flickr/Creative Commons). 

 

Challenges New and Old Expose Cracks in India’s Democracy

August 14, 2017

As India marks 70 years of independence, its democratic institutions are suffering from weaknesses that the government has done little to address.

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Thailand's military junta leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand on August 8, 2017. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

Quietly Erasing Democracy Promotion at the U.S. State Department

August 8, 2017

America’s formal greetings to the world no longer stress the importance of democratic institutions.

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