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Biden says he plans to visit sub-Saharan Africa soon

President Joe Biden on Thursday said he will soon make a visit to sub-Saharan Africa, announcing bare details of his travels plans as he wrapped up the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit aiming that he’s serious about increasing U.S. attention on the growing continent

The Independent UK

Maria Ressa's 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' is a memoir and manifesto

In 2013, Ressa laid out her forward-looking vision for the future of public service journalism to me. Her book traces a humbling, harrowing journey from social media advocate to democracy defender.

WEKU

Dear Comrade President: book highlights ANC leader Oliver Tambo’s role in preparing South Africa for democracy

More than three decades have passed since the apartheid government in South Africa unbanned the African National Congress (ANC), the country’s leading liberation movement, and released its leader, Nelson Mandela, from prison. This launched four fraught years of negotiations and violence that led to South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections.

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Tunisia's Saied unpicks 'Arab spring' democracy

President Kais Saied has dramatically reshaped Tunisian politics in his favour since mid-2021, amassing near total power in what critics see as a march to one-man rule set to culminate on Saturday, when voters will elect a largely toothless parliament.

Reuters

Voters in five Texas cities approved decriminalizing marijuana. Now city officials are standing in the way.

Some local leaders say they worry the changes violate state law, while residents who supported decriminalizing marijuana say the pushback disrespects democracy.

The Texas Tribune

Americans are sick of lawmakers bickering. They don't have much hope that will change

Three-quarters say they want members of Congress to compromise with each other across the aisle, but 58% say they have no confidence they will, more than double the percent who said so in 2008.

WEKU

POINT: Panel’s work is crucial to preserving freedoms and democracy

How do you draft a blueprint to ensure accountability for a violent attack on our democracy and prevent similar attacks in the future? Over the last several months, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been doing that critical and unprecedented work.

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Google Says Does Not Change Search Results after Hong Kong Anthem Row

Google said Thursday it does not manipulate search results, after Hong Kong's government said the tech giant had refused its demand to remove a popular protest song. The controversy began after it emerged that links to the pro-democracy song "Glory to Hong Kong" appeared ahead of China's official "March of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

ANC in crisis: South Africa's governing party is fighting to stay relevant - 5 essential reads

South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), is in a crisis. Having dominated the country’s politics since democracy in 1994, it has been losing voter support in the last three national elections. Since the 2016 local elections, the party has also been losing some of its strongholds.

The Conversation

Ian Blackford: Westminster is ‘denying democracy to people of Scotland’

The SNP MP told the Commons: ‘It is the people of Scotland that are sovereign’.

The Independent UK

China removes 6 diplomats after Manchester consulate violence: UK

Britain had asked they waive diplomatic immunity and be questioned by police over attack on pro-democracy activist.

Al Jazeera

Democratic erosion across Asia and the Pacific undermines climate solutions

Progress as countries like NZ and India incorporate indigenous systems of knowledge and law into their existing legal systems, recognising forests and rivers under a 'rights of nature' doctrine.

Newsroom.co.nz

The World Is Still Getting Less Free. A Distressing Number of People Think That's Fine.

Report: “Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline.”

Reason

EU Says Committed to Building Partnership with Sudan

The European Union delegation to Sudan said it is committed to building a partnership with Sudan based on the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the principles of equality and solidarity. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2022, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Salon

John Roberts won't save democracy

Roberts may seek a compromise in the Independent State Legislature case — one that locks down minority rule

Reuters

Hong Kong democracy activist wins appeal on Tiananmen vigil assembly

Democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung won an appeal on Wednesday against her conviction and sentence over a "banned" candlelight vigil in Hong Kong last year to commemorate victims of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

AFP

Hong Kong police wrong to ban Tiananmen vigil, court rules

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong police's decision to ban a Tiananmen vigil last year was unlawful, a court ruled on Wednesday, as it overturned the conviction of jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung.

Daily Record

SNP announces plans for new bill on Scottish independence vote

We will seek to take control of Parliament’s order paper to unlock Westminster’s denial of democracy, vows SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

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Suddenly, with its new criminal code, Indonesia is a democracy in crisis

The country’s new laws takes human rights back to the bad old days, activists say, and are ‘oppressive and vague’ and ‘deeply flawed’.

Bangkok Post

Between rule of law and law of rule(r)s

The term "rule of law" has a resonant ring which sounds both familiar and distant. It seems familiar because it is employed frequently by lawyers to analyse the makings of a legal system. Yet, it is distant because it sounds "legalese", harbouring both the thin version and the thick version…

Chicago Sun-Times

To protect journalists from government harassment, PRESS Act is now on Senate’s fast track

It’s critical that we protect this pillar of our democracy. I support the PRESS Act and have cleared it for fast-track consideration on the Senate “hotline.”

Salon

Bored of Trump? OK, but don't look away

Yes, Trump craves attention and suffers without it. But pretending he isn't there won't make him go away

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Inches Closer to Power with New Parliament Speaker

Israel's parliament on Tuesday elected a new speaker closely allied to the country's likely next prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, setting the stage for a flurry of contentious new legislation to appease the former leader's expected coalition partners. Lawmaker Yariv Levin's election as speaker comes as Netanyahu continues negotiations to forge…

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong court delays Jimmy Lai security trial by 10 months

The national security trial of pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was pushed to September 2023 by a court on Tuesday, as authorities seek to have his overseas lawyer barred from the defence.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Lawmakers want freedom from oversight. Supreme Court seems rightly skeptical

In a rare bit of good news out of the U.S. Supreme Court, there are signs that three of the court’s six conservatives are poised to join its three liberals to oppose a radical legal theory that threatens to enable partisan electoral sabotage in statehouses around the nation. The theory…

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