Since 2016, Türkiye has enacted numerous laws and regulations that severely restrict press freedom and curtail citizens’ freedom of expression. One such measure is the so-called “disinformation law,” adopted in 2022, which the current government has used to detain many…
Continue reading Shrinking Civic Space in Türkiye: The Proposed “Agent of Influence” Law
On the night of 19 November 2023, Sergio Massa, the representative of the ruling party Peronism, conceded defeat in the presidential election to Javier Milei, the libertarian who made a stormy entry into Argentinian politics. This election represents not only…
Continue reading Argentina At A Crossroads: Milei’s Election And The Implications
Since the start of the pandemic, many countries have been accused of falsifying statistics and silencing whistleblowers; however, unsurprisingly, most of those countries were already infamous for curbing free speech even before the pandemic. So, how did the pandemic worsen…
Continue reading India’s Crackdown on Freedom of Information during the Pandemic:
In her book `Twilight of Democracy`, the author Anne Applebaum takes a closer look at the rise of new authoritarianism in the world. One of the most interesting aspects of her work is her insight on how intellectuals and politicians,…
Continue reading Viktor Orbán and the Rise of Illiberal Democracy
Hungary has undergone a significant transformation in the last decade, one that is often described as a democratic, or rule of law, backsliding. The roots of this negative development can be traced back to the landslide victory of Viktor Orbán’s…
Continue reading The EU’s Response to Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding
Before I go on, I need to make something clear: I firmly believe that the biggest threat to liberal democracy, freedom of speech and tolerance of different ways of life, today, comes from nationalistic and alt-right reactionary movements. The fault…
Continue reading Does Political Correctness Foster Tolerance?
What happened before the video? Since our last general elections in fall of 2017, Austria has had a government consisting of the conservative Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) and the right-wing nationalist Party (FPÖ). This government has been rather controversial. People…
The 37 year old Baobab government, led by the Marxist-Leninist Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), was cut off last year in a deal to allow for a transition of power to Mugabe’s long-time ally, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The…
Continue reading Will “Mnangagwanism” replace “Mugabetarianism’’?
We often take press freedom for granted, especially in western countries. It’s a given that journalists will write what they like, and though we might think some are biased or partisan, it occurs to very few people to argue they…
