Media Jun 6, 2018 Zimbabwe opposition rallies to demand election reform (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition on Tuesday marched to the independent election agency demanding reforms it said were vital for a credible vote and accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of using…
Media Jun 6, 2018 Another win for Erdogan is no longer a foregone conclusion (The Washington Post) –With his growing authoritarianism, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seemed unassailable a few months ago when he decided to advance presidential and parliamentary elections by more than…
Media Jun 6, 2018 Iran’s renowned rights lawyer Sotoudeh arrested (France 24) – Iran’s award-winning human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on Wednesday, her husband said in a Facebook post. “A few hours ago Nasrin was arrested at home…
Media Jun 5, 2018 Ethiopian Parliament Votes to End State of Emergency (VOA)–Ethiopian lawmakers voted Tuesday to lift a state of emergency imposed three months ago across the country to curb widespread anti-government protests. The ending of the emergency rule two months…
Media Jun 5, 2018 Young Jordanians taste political protest for the first time (Reuters)–Jordanian accountant Leen Samer has never attended a protest in Amman before. But since last week, she and her friends have flocked to rallies near the cabinet office every night…
Media May 23, 2018 Aides Jailed For Anti-Putin Protests As Navalny Appeal Rejected (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty) – A Moscow court has ordered the press secretary of jailed opposition politician and anticorruption campaigner Aleksei Navalny to be jailed for 25 days over…
Media May 18, 2018 Venezuela election: Maduro ‘ready for battle’ as voters vow to flee if he wins His country is plagued by hyperinflation, chronic shortages of food and medicine, soaring murder rates and one of the most severe migration crises in recent Latin American history.
Media May 17, 2018 Burundi votes on extending president’s power until 2034 (The Washington Post) –Burundi’s president joined long lines of voters Thursday in a referendum that could extend his rule until 2034, despite widespread opposition and fears that the country’s years…
Media May 17, 2018 Hong Kong Journalist Is Roughed Up and Detained by Police in Beijing HONG KONG — A cameraman from a Hong Kong news station was roughed up and detained by the police in Beijing while trying to cover a human rights lawyer’s disciplinary…
Media May 14, 2018 Violence at protests in Nicaragua leaves 2 more dead (The Washington Post) – Protesters opposed to President Daniel Ortega’s government clashed with riot police and Sandinista Youth groups in cities across Nicaragua Saturday, with demonstrators burning tires and setting…
Media May 11, 2018 What to expect from Iraq’s election on Saturday Tomorrow, Iraqis will be voting for the first time since their territory was liberated from the Islamic State’s rule. Given the current security-related, sectarian and economic challenges facing the country…
Media May 7, 2018 Putin Starts Fourth Presidential Term (NPR) – Russian President Vladimir Putin took the oath of office for a fourth term as president – solidifying his place as the country’s longest-serving leader since Communist dictator Josef…
Media May 22, 2022 The Kim-Trump Peace Talks Are a Tragedy for the North Korean People In yet another sign of how the international community continues to legitimize the North Korean regime, it emerged Tuesday that the U.S. government has already been minting commemorative coins to…
Media May 2, 2018 Malaysia’s opposition leader Mahathir under investigation for ‘fake news’ (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities are investigating opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad under an anti-fake news law over claims that his plane was sabotaged in the run up to a general election…
Media May 1, 2018 Myanmar Sentences Policeman who Testified Reuters Reporters were Framed A police officer who testified that police framed two Reuters reporters has been sentenced to an undisclosed prison term for violating Myanmar’s Police Disciplinary Act, a police spokesman told Reuters on Sunday, without elaborating.
Media Apr 30, 2018 Danish Man Is First Person Sentenced Under Malaysia’s Anti-Fake-News Law A Danish citizen in Malaysia has pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing fake news by posting a YouTube video critical of police, making him the first person punished under the country’s…
Media Apr 30, 2018 Comoros to hold referendum on presidential term limits in July (Yahoo) – Comoros President Azali Assoumani is considering announcing and contesting nationwide elections in 2019 if a controversial constitution-altering referendum is passed in July, one of his advisers said Monday….
Media Apr 27, 2018 Myanmar Jails Two Reporters for Exposing a Massacre Last month, Chit Su Win sat on a bench outside a courtroom in Yangon, after visiting her husband, Kyaw Soe Oo, a reporter who was spending his hundredth day in…
Media Apr 27, 2018 Malaysian news company seeks to have anti-fake news law revoked (Reuters) – A Malaysian media company on Friday filed a suit seeking to declare unconstitutional a new law against fake news, which critics say is aimed at curbing dissent and…
Media Apr 26, 2018 Turkish court sentences journalists to years in prison for ‘terrorism’ charges (CNN) – A Turkish court has sentenced 14 employees of a newspaper that has been critical of President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s government to prison, convicting them on ‘terrorism’ charges. The…
