Tag: democracy
Missionary priest warns of South Korea’s crossroads as democracy faces test
“But one thing is clear: Koreans want to protect the achievements of democracy at all costs," the priest said
Q&A with Sr. Pinky B. Barrientos, inviting Filipinos to push back...
Barrientos and other sisters led prayers in front of military tanks and heavily armed soldiers who were ordered to disperse the crowd.
Hunger striking Thai democracy activists freed on bail
"Their condition is not well. If the courts were to grant bail requests a day late, they could die," said the activists' lawyer
Chinese leader Xi says Hong Kong ‘reborn of fire’ as visit...
Friday's anniversary marks the halfway point of the 50-year governance model agreed by Britain and China
Pope Francis decries global ‘retreat from democracy’
"We cannot avoid noting with concern how today, and not only in Europe, we are witnessing a retreat from democracy”
Democracy languishes 30 years after Cambodia peace deal
Three decades after end of war, Cambodia's ruler has crushed all opposition, shattering hopes for a democratic future
COVID-19 aggravates global decline in freedom, report says
Transparency was one of the hardest-hit aspects of democratic governance, Freedom House says
Mature democracies should shun political personality cults, pope says
Recent years have seen the rise of populist politicians in the United States, Latin America and some European countries
Democracy darkens: Hong Kong activists reel from Beijing moves
Hong Kong is being ‘mainlandized’ with shocking rapidity, democracy advocates say
What good could a Duterte-Duterte tandem do?
Today, the fight to secure people’s rights under a democracy is being challenged by the patronization of dynastic rule