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Tag: Freedom House

Posted inTechnology

Kazakhstan bares its digital authoritarian teeth

by Margaret Hu January 25, 2022January 26, 2022

The Kazakhstan government shut off the internet nationwide on January 5, 2022, in response to widespread civil unrest in the country. The unrest started on January 2, after the government lifted the price cap on liquid natural gas, which Kazakhs use to fuel their cars. The Kazakhstan town of Zhanaozen, an oil and gas hub, […]

Posted inUnited States

China makes hay of Biden’s democracy summit

by Richard Javad Heydarian December 7, 2021December 13, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Will Democracy Summit lead to collaboration or conflict?

by George Koo December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
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The growing threat of transnational repression

by Daniel Williams August 10, 2021August 11, 2021
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Iran wages war on Instagram and the internet

by Kourosh Ziabari January 29, 2021February 1, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to realize China's reunification and broached the "one country, two systems" framework as a solution for Taiwan during a key speech in early January.  Photo: Twitter via AP
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan

Two systems a distant dream

by Gary Sands February 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Djibouti hosts a growing number of foreign military bases. Map: Wikimedia
Posted inAustralia, Beijing, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Risks bubbling beneath Djibouti’s foreign bases

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Thor Halvorsen at the press conference of the 2018 Oslo Freedom Forum. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Taiwan to play host to ‘freedom forum’

by Gary Sands November 5, 2018
A Chinese police officer wears a pair of facial-recognition smart glasses at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Beijing’s online Big Brother beefs up, expands reach overseas

by Chris Taylor @chrisvtaylor November 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Taiwan strait map close up  in an small world globe (this picture has been shot with a High Definition Hasselblad H3D II 31 megapixels camera and 120 mm f4H Hasselblad macro lens). Image: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Laos, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Taiwan resilient in face of Beijing’s coercive tactics

by Xuan Loc Doan July 8, 2018
The growth of anti-democratic governments around the globe is a worrying trend, but shouldn't be considered irreversible. Western democracies must put their own houses in order to set an example to countries where backsliding into authoritarianism is rampant.
Image: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

Why the death of global democracy isn’t inevitable

by Tej Parikh May 13, 2018May 14, 2018
Indonesian journalists wearing masks observe World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 3, 2016. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, World

Democracy takes a step back in Indonesia

by John McBeth March 26, 2018February 18, 2020

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