Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Democracy

Biden holds second democracy summit amid doubts over progress

World leaders will gather virtually this week for the second U.S.-organized Summit for Democracy, an event critics say illustrates the halting progress the Biden administration has made in advancing human rights and democracy as a focus of its foreign policy.

Reuters

ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle faces trial after immunity defence fails

Human rights advocate says decision is a ‘major blow for Australian democracy’ and shows whistleblower protections are ‘utterly broken’

The Guardian - AU

Randall Robinson, human rights activist and lawyer, has died at 81

He died in St. Kitts of aspiration pneumonia. He was known for his advocacy against South African apartheid and for Haitian democracy.

WEKU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'Democracy is at threat as UK government is doing little to help those unable to vote'

With nearly one third of the young people Electoral Commission believes are adrift less likely to choose Tory, Kevin Maguire argues more should be done to let everyone get the chance to vote

Daily Mirror

Democracy Died in Darkness in Harvard Trial Sidebars

Judge Allison Burroughs refused to unseal an anti-asian joke shared by a federal employee to Harvard's Dean of Admissions.

Reason

Israel's military reservists are joining protests – potentially transforming a political crisis into a security crisis

The judicial overhaul plan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, introduced in January, has thrown the country into its most severe domestic crisis since 1973. That crisis intensified on March 26, when Netanyahu fired the country’s defense minister, who had – less than 24 hours before – called on…

The Conversation

Indian opposition leader's speeches in Britain cause ructions at home

For the past fortnight, India's ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Congress, the main opposition, have been engaging in a war of words in parliament over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Indian democracy during a recent visit to London.

Radio France Internationale

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Those who weaken democracy can't observe 'Satyagraha': UP CM Yogi Adityanath's dig at Congress

LUCKNOW: Taking a jibe at the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said those who weaken democracy cannot observe "Satyagraha".

The Times of India

"It is damaging to Indian democracy": Shashi Tharoor on move to disqualify Rahul Gandhi

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday wondered whether it was good for the democracy of this country when a principal opposition leader is not allowed to raise his voice in Parliament. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

"Bigger question is whether democracy will survive": Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the bigger question facing the country is whether democracy will survive or not. "The biggest question is whether democracy will survive or not. BJP is not a party, it is an organization,". Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

"Our family nurtured democracy of this country with their blood": Priyanka Gandhi lashes out at BJP

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday trained her guns on the ruling BJP and vowed to keep fighting for the people at the party's Sankalap Satyagraha to protest against the move to disqualify her brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Is democracy turning the tide?

Eight small countries have fought back hard against authoritarianism — oh, and there's Brazil and the U.S. too

Salon

Jonathan Bernstein: Wisconsin judicial election is bad for democracy

If you want a good summary of all that’s wrong with U.S. politics right now, you could do worse than “The most important U.S. election this year is the runoff for a seat on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.”

Tribune News Service

‘Democracy is broken’: French public divided on pensions and protests

Seven people share their opinions of Emmanuel Macron’s plan to shake up the country’s retirement system

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Taiwan president reviews troops ahead of sensitive U.S. visit

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited army engineers on Saturday and reviewed their training, saying that defending democracy is the armed forces' "great" mission, ahead of a trip next week to the United States and Central America.

Newcastle Herald

How the Hunter could tip the NSW election scales as voters go to the polls

On a grey and rainy day in the Hunter, voters turn out with the potential to decide the outcome of the NSW election in 2023.

Bangkok Post

Next poll brings old guard new priorities

Now that the country is heading towards an election, which is to take place on May 14, it seems the dictator vs democracy dichotomy has largely faded as most political parties are forced to focus on measures to tackle economic problems in order to boost their chance of winning in…

Al Jazeera

Reactions to India’s Rahul Gandhi losing parliament seat

Opposition leaders condemn Gandhi’s disqualification and accuse PM Narendra Modi’s government of ‘killing democracy’.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak can’t afford to ignore Israel’s collapsing democracy – it’s everyone’s problem

Interference in the judicial system by the rogue Netanyahu government threatens to wreak havoc in the Middle East, says economist Eran Yashiv

Salon

"The View" is totally wrong about MTG

The ladies of "The View" argued that extremists like Lauren Boebert and MTG should be ignored

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong department store removes artwork with hidden ‘political content’

Patrick Amadon, whose work flashed up names from pro-democracy protests, says it had to be taken down ‘to be a completed piece’

France 24

‘Democracy at stake’: French protesters vent fury at Macron over pension push

French protesters downed their tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities on Thursday, galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram his deeply unpopular pension reform through parliament without a vote, in what critics have branded a “denial of democracy”.

The Guardian - UK

Euro 2024 will put football back in the spotlight and boost a continent’s self-belief

Europe will need to reflect on how fortunate it is to host a tournament in a democracy and create a spirit of optimism

The Independent UK

Israel passes new law protecting Netanyahu ahead of UK visit

Rishi Sunak urged to raise democracy and Palestinian rights in meeting with Israel’s PM

Radio France Internationale

Podcast: testing French democracy, surviving eco-anxiety, naming children

Is the French government denying people their democratic rights by passing its controversial pension reform without a vote in parliament? No, says a constitutional expert, but it has led to a political crisis. Fighting eco-anxiety by searching out France's eco-optimists. And a Napoleonic law that limited how you could name…

1 … 164 165 166 167

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

373 stories

Shashi Tharoor

315 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

the National Assembly

the Electoral Commission

268 stories

National Security Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.