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Thailand improves but still ‘not free’

Thailand has improved slightly in an annual assessment by Freedom House but remains “not free” overall, the US democracy research group said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Mar 9, 2023

NL Baithak: Interact live with Team NL

An independent media platform is important to us. We think this is so for most people who value democracy and freedom of speech. It is with this belief that we launched the Newslaundry experiment of Pay To Keep News Free in 2014.

Newslaundry · Mar 9, 2023

Global declines in democracy may be slowing, Freedom House says in a new report

The report, "Freedom in the World 2023," finds that the gap between the number of countries where freedom has improved and where it has declined is at its narrowest in 17 years.

WEKU · Mar 9, 2023

Tunisian President to Dissolve Municipal Councils Months before Local Elections

Tunisian President Kais Saied said late on Wednesday he will dissolve municipal councils months before they were due to be elected, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 revolution that brought democracy. "We will discuss a decree to dissolve municipalities and replace them by special councils," he…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 9, 2023

Democracy's global decline hits "possible turning point," report finds

A 17th straight year of decline, but reasons for optimism.

Axios · Mar 9, 2023

Anderson Cooper says Tucker Carlson would have been ‘wetting his pants’ if he was in Capitol riot mob

Cooper said Carlson was trying to ‘rewrite history’ about one of the ‘biggest threats to American democracy’

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Why the 2024 election cycle could result in more threats to US democracy

“I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.” These were the words of former US president Donald Trump during an address to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4. In a speech laced with threats…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023

What MTG's "safe space" would look like

When Marjorie Taylor Greene talks of a "safe space" of civil war she is making an existential threat to the nation

Salon · Mar 8, 2023

Media warnings are too little, too late

The media's belated coverage of the GOP's anti-democracy attacks will never catch up

Salon · Mar 7, 2023

Trudeau orders probe into alleged election meddling by China

PM Trudeau and Canadian security officials have acknowledged interference attempts by China in Canada’s elections.

Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2023