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A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison

Polarization is both essential to a functioning democracy and a threat to it.

Proponents of the expansion say it is needed to curb corruption, but critics fear the laws could weaken self-ruled Taiwan's democracy against the influence of China -- which claims the island as part of its territory.

Recent elections show a decline in concession speeches, raising concerns about democracy and governance.

WATCHING the election coverage is like watching a Mirror World where whole chunks of reality are missing.

THIS General Election campaign is an insult. If we had a functioning democracy, here is what would happen ...

A year into his administration, Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the National Anthem Bill into law, replacing an anthem adopted in 1978 with its predecessor. The decision generated debate among Nigerians, some of whom felt it did not rank on the list of social, economic and security challenges confronting…

Independent media alliance says news ban would be ‘terrible for not only the industry but also for Australian democracy’

Past politicians tried to undermine democracy. They failed because Americans refused to tolerate their wrongdoing

Sky News presenter tells Gove: ‘It’s a democracy. If they’ve been given a mandate, they’re not rigging the system’

The son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "concerned" about her health, he told AFP on Wednesday, as the Nobel laureate turned 79, passing another birthday in military detention.