BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's governing coalition elected a parliamentary speaker on Friday in a bid to end months of upheaval and violence and build Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy.

Mongolia’s recent change in government has been widely debated, with some international media outlets speculating about foreign interference. Such claims overlook the deeper democratic processes at ...

(Berlin, May 21, 2025) – A bill introduced by a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is designed to gut civil society and strangle freedom of expression and democratic governance, Human Rights ...

Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...

Human rights activist in Iran. She won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Peace while imprisoned for advocating for women's rights. Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran on Jan. 16, 2024. Human ...

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Mongolia has been thrown into fresh political crisis with the country’s prime minister announcing his resignation following weeks of protests sparked by his family’s lavish displays of wealth. Young ...

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Through plenums and public gatherings, people involved in Serbia’s protest movement are trying to reclaim public institutions from the ruling party’s capture and build genuine democracy. Students in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. President William Ruto exits UDA headquarters after chairing the party's National Steering ...