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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will boycott January elections amid a deepening crisis for the country’s democracy.

Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial began final arguments Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after authorities filed charges against 47 democracy activists under a law imposed by China to quell dissent.

The famed Harvard law professor tries to outline a set of principles liberals - broadly defined - can agree on. And it's a strong effort, even though I have a few caveats and reservations.

‘Trying to tie the American people's support for this democracy to policy disputes or political disputes that we have in this moment, I think is incredibly short-sighted,’ Democratic senator says

Electoral bonds challenge in Supreme Court is crucial for democracy and rule of law in India. Most countries require full disclosure of political donations and have laws to regulate limits on contributions and campaign spending. We need a separate legislation to mandate public disclosure of donors to political parties, set…

Three years after defaulting on its foreign debt, Zambia is still trying to reach agreement with all its creditors on how to manage this situation. This has left the southern African country in a state of development finance limbo. It is handicapped in raising the funds needed to generate jobs,…

There is a growing threat to the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Europe. It manifests as seemingly run-of-the-mill lawsuits. However, on closer inspection, many lawsuits are not as they seem.

Security researchers say two pro-democracy activists were subjected to attempted state-sponsored hacking

CPS discourages civics tests based on rote memorization. Try a quiz using that approach — and see what schools are doing now instead.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Monday she was quitting Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, which she described as a "global sewer" and a tool to disrupt democracy.

Report card on Modi govt: Slow response to inequality, attacks on democracy, lack of transparent governance. Report highlights reduced parliamentary sittings, limited access to data, rising communalism, attacks on journalists, citizens charged under draconian laws, inequality, rising multidimensional poverty, corruption & irregularities in govt.