Our mission is to identify and publicize authoritarian behaviors, policies, and attitudes
by Brian Schwartz, CNBC, June 2019 The political arm of the network funded in part by libertarian billionaire Charles Koch is turning over a new leaf for the upcoming elections and expanding its engagement to include...
by Ivana Kottasova and Angus Watson, CNN, June 2019 A Vietnamese environmental activist and blogger has been sentenced to six years in prison under the country’s new law that cracks down on online dissent. Nguyen Ngoc Anh,...
by Kareem Chehayeb, AlJazeera, June 2019 Three Saudi clerics reportedly on death row and dozens of activists are believed to have endured brutal treatment. Days after Saudi Arabia announced it would allow women to drive in...
by AFP News Agency via AlJazeera, June 2019 Nigeria’s broadcasting authority shut down private radio and television stations owned by a key opposition figure who hours earlier said his media operations were being targeted in...
by Ben Lefebvre and Anthony Adragna, Politico, June 2019 The Trump administration is joining calls to treat some pipeline protests as a federal crime, mirroring state legislative efforts that have spread in the wake...
by Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 2019 A dramatic, multi-level, and increasingly dark scandal has been engulfing the Brazilian presidency of Jair Bolsonaro for the last month. It began just weeks after his stunning...
by Claire Che/David Ramli/Dandan Li, Bloomberg, January 2019 China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closer to reality, with Beijing set to adopt...
by Colin Kalmbacher, Law and Crime, December 2018 The Republican Party of Texas is riven with fractures and infighting as a local branch attempts to remove a Muslim man from his leadership post simply because...
by Sam Jones, The Guardian, December 2018 The far-right Vox party took 12 seats in the Andalucían regional election on Sunday, becoming the first such group to triumph at the ballot box since Spain’s return to...
by John Bowden, The Hill, December 2018 Defense Secretary James Mattis said Saturday that Russian operatives attempted to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections, apparently confirming for the first time that Moscow attempted to meddle in last...
by Carol Anderson, The Guardian, December 2018 Donald Trump wants Brad Raffensperger to be secretary of state overseeing elections in Georgia. That, alone, should give any self-respecting American pause. What the state needs is not more...
by Julian Borger, The Guardian, November 2018 How did a forum for global cooperation become a stage for authoritarians? When the G20 first met in 2008, it was in the heat of a global economic...
by Agence France Presse, The Guardian, November 2018 An Indonesian city plans to fine its gay and transgender residents 1m rupiah ($70) for disturbing “public order”, reflecting a rise in discrimination against the Muslim-majority nation’s...
