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Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
Trusted news agencies tracing tendencies of democratisation and autocratisation globally
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Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah is on trial in what right groups call 'a sharp escalation' in Cairo's crackdown on press freedom. Attalah has now also been detained.
Yair Nolan, leader of Israel's main political party, was threatened by a man with a knife when he was out in a park in Tel Aviv getting out the vote. Nolan has previously complained he received insufficient security.
New data privacy rules in India do not contain any exemption for the public interest and thus threaten press freedom in the country. That is the argument Indian media are making to the country's Supreme Court. They are now seeking a response from the government.
Flávio Bolsonaro wants to use legal means to prevent Lula from serving a fourth term, even though his party recognises the result of the presidential election in Brazil. US President Trump is fuelling the allegations of electoral fraud.
Argentinian President Javier Milei is accused of helping to create a "climate of intimidation" towards the press after he made violent remarks about journalists. Milei believes he was treated unfairly by the media over an investigation of cryptocurrency fraud.
Ahead of 'La présidentielle" next year, Marine Le Pen has launched her election campaign by calling for a fresh political start in France, invoking the country's position at the end of the Middle Ages. Currently the front-runner, it's her fourth presidential bid
Opposition leader María Corina Machado is back in Venezuela. She is driving through the capital, Caracas, in an open-top car – her supporters are celebrating in the streets. Meanwhile, doubts over the country's democratic future deepen.
The tiny principality of Liechtenstein is seeing a stand-off between parliament and their prince over the question of the country's strict abortion rules. The people and parliament support a time-limit solution, which the prince has vetoed.
France is deploying 70,000 police backed by specialist units in readiness to tackle anticipated street protests on Saturday after violence and looting rocked the country last weekend.
Italy is bracing itself for more street violence after authorities warned that a new wave of protest over soaring living costs and unaffordable housing may well be in the offing.
