THE interaction @Ostrov_A and I had with @Twitter’s representative during the Knesset hearing that exposed the double standards on their platform. #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate #AdoptIHRA pic.twitter.com/l5pD55XHSL — מיכל קוטלר-וונש – Michal… Read more »
Why are some observers more sensitive to autocrats’ perceptions than democrats’ need for solidarity? Excellent riposte from @NEDemocracy board member @AmbDanFried https://t.co/rvra4LvJuB — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 29, 2020… Read more »
Disinformed to Death https://t.co/DFOqGBbXwm via @nybooks — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 3, 2020 For the better part of four years, those sounding the alarm about the dangers of fake news… Read more »
The newest way to silence journalists, @JRezaian writes: Jail them during a pandemic https://t.co/gsEqH4Adom — Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 3, 2020 The same global health crisis that is helping the… Read more »
Some 60,000 people joined an opposition rally in Belarus, where presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she was “tired of being afraid” and wanted to bring about peaceful change in the… Read more »
The #Castro regime has aged badly. Cuba’s rum was legendary, before the regime stole it to finance their repression. Now every bottle sold keeps Cuba’s dictatorship in power longer…. Read more »
My column this week: Peru is heading towards a dangerous new populism https://t.co/m3cMa5pb7z — Michael Reid (@michaelreid52) July 23, 2020 In her 2017 book, Democracy: Stories From the Long… Read more »
China has employed high-tech surveillance tools and thousands of law enforcement officers to lock down the restive Xinjiang province in a bid to halt the largest outbreak of Covid-19 since… Read more »
Bello – The return of rigged elections in Latin America https://t.co/4yXJS4TPMY — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 30, 2020 Latin America is facing a ‘decline of democracy’ under the Covid pandemic,… Read more »
Efforts to bring stability to Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region have failed to reassure residents fearful of rising violence which has cast a shadow over peace negotiations, Reuters reports (HT:FDD)…. Read more »