Tag: authoritarianism
“In Russia, authoritarianism and autarky are the two pillars of the digital space”
A Yandex food delivery robot, in Moscow, August 11, 2022. ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP Lhe “Russian Google” will become truly Russian and 100% “Putinian”. After months of negotiations, Yandex NV…
In Bangladesh, the prime minister has pushed her country into authoritarianism
Lawyers close to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demonstrate on the occasion of International Human Rights Day in Dhaka, Sunday, December 10, 2023. MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU / AP The grounds…
Nobel Peace Prize Speech: “The war in Ukraine is not a war between two states, but between two systems: authoritarianism and democracy”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk during an interview in Oslo on December 10, 2022. SERGEI GAPON / AFP This year, the whole of Ukraine was eagerly awaiting the announcement…
US unites 55 countries in coalition against ‘rise of digital authoritarianism’
The United States announced, Thursday, April 28, the formation of a coalition aimed at supporting an Internet “open, free, global, interoperable, reliable and secure”. Fifty-six countries have subscribed to this…
Putin’s authoritarianism is nihilism
Putin has now been in power for twenty-two years. During this time he has not presented a single political program or a single political idea, but only created an ideological…
liveLIVE. Presidential: Le Pen denounces Emmanuel Macron’s “authoritarianism”
A trip dedicated to ecology for Emmanuel Macron, the first big meeting of the between-two-rounds in the south for Marine Le Pen: the two presidential finalists go back to the…
Faced with gang violence, El Salvador sinks into authoritarianism
Repression Article reserved for subscribers The Salvadoran Parliament has adopted a text severely punishing the dissemination of messages from gangs. An additional repressive measure in a country placed under a…
‘Heading towards authoritarianism’: How Johnson is rebuilding Britain
“Heading towards authoritarianism” How Johnson is rebuilding Britain 01/25/2022, 09:35 am British Prime Minister Johnson is controversial even within his own ranks because of various scandals and parties. But the…
“We have entered the era of digital authoritarianism”
Maria Ressa, co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, in Taguig City (Philippines), October 9, 2021. ELOISA LOPEZ / REUTERS Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, former CNN correspondent in Southeast Asia,…