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The five biggest perpetrators of transnational repression last year also included the governments of Myanmar and Turkmenistan, according to report

More than half of the world’s population will see an election in 2024. Michael Abramowitz, president of nonprofit democracy watchdog Freedom House, joins CBS News to look at some of the countries where the future of democracy is on the ballot. Source

Over four billion people in more than three dozen countries will have the opportunity to vote for new leadership in elections in 2024. Panelists discuss the strength of democracies in the year ahead …

The third anniversary of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol comes as experts are sounding the alarm over the state of American democracy as the country enters an election year divided over the significance of the day. The violent rampage led to multiple deaths, the ransacking of the Capitol, the prosecution of former President Trump…

The U.S. State Department released a statement Friday condemning China's National Security Law on the anniversary of the police raid on the Stand News in Hong Kong.

At a key meeting, U.S. stage management stops the world from hearing critics of Israel’s war on Gaza. Jon Schwarz, December 12 2023,  https://theintercept.com/2023/12/12/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-state-department/?fbclid=IwAR3RvuNtk5azWxFu4KHGXg4zyZmA4dVF724kTpsKCcMOiiy4ScuWLkYYulQ LAST WEEK, Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted a meeting with leaders of human rights organizations to mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration...

U.S. stage management stops the world from hearing leading critics of Israel’s war on Gaza.

APN's mission is to educate and persuade the American public and its leadership to support and adopt policies that will lead to comprehensive, durable, Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab peace, based on a two-state solution, guaranteeing both peoples security, and consistent with U.S. national interests.

Industry leaders at the conference were asked about what’s next for artificial intelligence, the economy, health care and more.

Experts say host countries bear responsibility for ensuring that journalists in-exile are adequately protected.