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Turkish court jails 7 journalists after protests
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» ISTANBUL - A Turkish court on Tuesday remanded in custody seven journalists for covering the mass protests that erupted following the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, in a crackdown that has led to the arrests of more than 1,400 people.
Far-right candidate excluded from Romania presidential vote
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» BUCHAREST - Romania's electoral bureau on Sunday rejected far-right hopeful Calin Georgescu's candidacy for the re-run of last year's annulled presidential election, sparking outrage among his supporters in Bucharest.
Georgia police arrest two opposition leaders at protest
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» TBILISI - Georgian police arrested two opposition leaders during a street protest against the ruling party Sunday, a moved quickly denounced by the European Union, which denounced Tbilisi's "brutal crackdown".
South Korea's Gen-Z divided over political crisis
AFP, Published on 13/01/2025
» SEOUL - In the shadow of Seoul's centuries-old Gwanghwamun Gate, young businesswoman Shin Ji-young wears a rainbow headband and waves a flag criticising South Korea's impeached president alongside thousands of protesters.
Inside rightist YouTube world embraced by Yoon
News, Published on 17/12/2024
» When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as justification for imposing a short-lived martial law, right-wing YouTuber Ko Sung-kook had heard it before.
Bare-knuckle politics
News, Published on 14/12/2024
» For a long time, local elections had been trivialised and dismissed as an insignificant gauge of public opinion.
Democracy is in need of workers
Published on 12/12/2024
» Donald Trump shocked the world in 2016 when he was elected US president, winning swing states in America's Rust Belt, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, that had traditionally backed Democrats.
Calls grow for South Korean president to quit
Published on 04/12/2024
» SEOUL — South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday proposed impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for his sudden decision to declare martial law, which he rescinded after a chaotic standoff between parliament and the army that damaged the country’s standing.
Trump victory caps amazing comeback
Published on 06/11/2024
» PALM BEACH - Donald Trump has been elected US president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad.
Democracies uniting to counter global populism
News, Jan-Werner Mueller, Published on 22/08/2024
» Think back to late June and early July. The French far right was favoured to win a snap parliamentary election. Trumpist judges in the United States were conveniently resolving the legal woes of the former president, who seemed to be gliding to victory after President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance. And while Britain was getting a Labour government, a new anti-immigration party led by the chief Brexiteer, Nigel Farage, had made unprecedented gains. Faced with it all, pundits warned that a wave of populist, "anti-incumbency" rage was sweeping across the world's democracies.