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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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Sergei Sokolov left Moscow’s Investigative Committee as a witness, not a suspect—but the search of the Novaya Gazeta editor’s home has renewed fears for the newspaper’s jailed journalists. The case offers a glimpse of the pressure that independent media in Russia are facing.
The latest demonstrations, continuing for a third day, were organized by student groups seeking education reforms. Protesters have joined a broader anti-government campaign which opposes a development project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
A same-sex couple are suing authorities in Slovakia for refusing to register their Austrian marriage in a test of whether a landmark EU court ruling can turn recognition abroad into legal security at home.
Costa Rica has opened a new mega-prison which is modeled after El Salvador's maximum-security CECOT facility. It is part of the central American country's efforts to strengthen its response to organized crime.
The Czech Chamber of Deputies has rendered ineffective a presidential veto by pushing ahead with a controversial reform which will make it easier to dismiss public employees.
With an election just around the conwer, experts in Serbia fear authorities will try to eliminate the last pockets of independent reporting. Now a media appointment has sparked protest from journalists.
Turkish pro-opposition broadcaster Halk TV said on Wednesday that police had raided its office in Istanbul and that a government trustee had been appointed to run the channel, in the latest blow to media freedom in the country.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed optimism about the country's future when speaking to schoolchildren in the country, saying she still believed the defenders of democracy were strong enough.
Albanians have marched every night for months in protest against a luxury resort on one of the Mediterranean’s last unspoilt coastlines. The government calls it a fuss about flamingos. The protesters say it is about who owns Albania.
Iran’s execution machine went into motion again this week as another person was put to death for allegedly working with the United States and Israel. Human rights watchers say the number of executions is much higher than announced by the regime.
