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Erosion of Media Freedom is a Sign of Things to Come in Zambia

Over the past decades, Zambia has been met with democratic erosion that has spread around the globe. Many aspects of a once functioning democracy...

Sudan was a country with a prosperous democratic future in 2019, yet today the nation remains worse off than it initially began. With significant...

In the last two years, El Salvador has witnessed an unprecedented state-led crackdown on gang violence under President Nayib Bukele. The...

Recent events in the Philippines demonstrate how democratic backsliding can be very slow and quiet, but still impactful. In particular, it...

In August of this year Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority blocked the social media platform Instagram as an effort to...

Democratic backsliding is a process often marked not by dramatic coups, but by subtle, legal maneuvers that gradually weaken democratic norms....

Democratic institutions are breaking down and being taken away in Thailand. This is a direct sign of democratic erosion. Democratic erosion or...

With the Government responsible for Poland's democratic backsliding losing legislative control, can its power entrenched in the courts be undone...

The arrest and death of Muhammad Kamran Ashiq in police custody in Greece was a tragedy. While the Greek government and Athens police may...