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Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, is escorted in handcuffs into a ...

World Dec 04

Dictatorial governments are reaching beyond their borders to silence critics

By Benedict Moran

World May 25

Watch 8:42
Taiwan’s foreign minister says China is ‘preparing for war.’ Here’s Taiwan’s response plan

Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province, is the most tense issue between Beijing and the U.S. Taiwan argues it is on the frontline of democracy against Chinese authoritarianism and is increasingly facing military harassment. Nick Schifrin speaks to Joseph…

By Nick Schifrin

Nation Oct 01

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The risks of politicizing the U.S. intelligence community

Is the Trump administration politicizing intelligence and the community that provides it? Johns Hopkins University’s John McLaughlin, who was acting CIA director during the George W. Bush administration, and Larry Diamond, who also served under President George W. Bush and…

World Aug 24

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Despite Lukashenko’s threats, Belarus protesters stay on the streets

Protests in Belarus have not let up, two weeks after an election denounced as a fraud by the U.S., the European Union and the opposition to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Now, leaders of that opposition movement, including Nobel Prize-winning writer…

By Simon Ostrovsky

World Aug 19

Watch 6:07
Protests continue in Belarus as embattled Lukashenko clings to power

In Belarus, riot police dispersed protesters from the streets of Minsk Wednesday in a show of force, albeit a less brutal one than they were met with after last week's disputed presidential election. Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is calling…

By Simon Ostrovsky

Aug 17

Watch 5:47
In Belarus, ‘extraordinary’ wave of protests could threaten Lukashenko’s reign

In Belarus, pressure is mounting for President Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest last week’s election, which was widely denounced as fraudulent. And the ensuing brutal…

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Aug 11

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Challenger to Lukashenko flees Belarus amid post-election unrest

By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran

More than 2,000 people in Belarus have been detained in violent anti-government protests over Sunday’s disputed election. Amid the crackdown, the top opposition candidate on Tuesday was forced to flee the country and urge her supporters to stop the unrest.

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Aug 07

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In Belarus, these 3 women are challenging a longtime authoritarian

By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran

Voters in Belarus will head to the polls this Sunday in the country’s most contested election in decades. Alexander Lukashenko has been called Europe’s last dictator, leading a regime accused of human rights abuses, stifling dissent and running sham elections.

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Aug 04

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How authoritarianism has spread since the coronavirus pandemic began

By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran

According to pro-democracy institutions, authoritarianism was on the rise globally even before the coronavirus pandemic hit. But experts say the distraction of the crisis has allowed some leaders to indulge their dictatorial impulses without attracting much attention from the people…

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Feb 26

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Former NATO secretary general on ‘very serious’ divide between U.S., Europe

On Capitol Hill Tuesday, national security experts raised the alarm about authoritarianism's global rise. Among those participating was former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who called Russia and China “hostile geopolitical rivals.” Rasmussen talks to Judy Woodruff about how…

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