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Taiwan has been hailed as a textbook example of a successful transition to democracy. At the end of the civil war in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), lost to Mao Zedong's communist forces and fled to the island. After almost four decades of martial law until 1987,…

Basaveshwara first to profess democracy, equality in society: Harish Rao

Many fear the potential for extreme rightwing rulings on topics ranging from affirmative action to voting rights

More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years

Hong Kong’s leader has promised to revive its struggling economy following a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement

In "Lady Justice," the longtime legal reporter interrogates how female lawyers are coping with authoritarianism

As Nigeria marks its 62nd independence anniversary, many will be checking to see if there is indeed any reason for celebrations.

Since gaining independence on 1 October 1960, Nigeria has struggled to maintain a democratic government.

A Dalit leader with a consistently clean image and a vocal critic of the Modi government, Kharge has been ardently espousing the need for unity of non-BJP parties “to save democracy and the Constitution”