All posts tagged rule of law

Attacks on Russian journalists exemplify ’systematic and relentless’ assault on media freedom

The Obama administration has called on Russian authorities to punish the perpetrators of the “heinous” assault on Kommersant reporter Oleg Kashin. “A free and independent press is central to a vibrant and well-functioning democracy,” said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley “Journalists around the world must feel free to do their jobs without fear of intimidation or

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Russia’s rule of the lawless | National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): President Dmitri Medvedev came to office making laudable statements on the need to curb Russia’s endemic corruption and

Why China won’t rule the world

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The blend of political authoritarianism and market capitalism that is now lauded as the China model—or Beijing consensus

Zhovtis case shows Kazakh institutions’ failure to deliver

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A senior OSCE parliamentarian has met with imprisoned human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis at a prison colony in

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