We Can’t Depend on Elections and Legal Battles Alone to Defend Democracy
By Igor Shoikhedbrod |TRUTHOUT Karl Marx warned how easily democratic representation and rights can be lost to the forces of authoritarian reaction. By all accounts, liberalism is in a state of crisis globally. Liberalism finds itself especially under threat in its contemporary “homeland” — the U.S of the post-2016 Trump era, prompting
Another Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case
By Megan Butler Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro entered a plea agreement while potential jurors began filling out questionnaires. Kenneth Chesebro, one of the defendants in the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 17 others accused of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, accepted a plea deal
Constitutional amendment proposal for Indigenous Voice defeated in Australian Referendum
By Mike Head The scale and social content of last Saturday’s overwhelming rejection of the Australian Labor government’s referendum to entrench an indigenous advisory body called the Voice into the country’s constitution is becoming clearer. Overall, the referendum was defeated by about 61 percent to 39 percent, with postal votes still being
Indian Supreme Court bows down to the far-right, rejects same-sex marriage rights
By Staff Writer The Supreme Court in India today (17) refused to grant legal recognition for queer marriages, in a landmark judgement, denying equal rights to tens of millions of people. A five-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, ruled that the court could not “be re-drafting
Arundhati Roy and Kashmiri activist targeted by Modi government for criminal prosecution over 2010 remarks
By Kranti Kumara India’s Narendra Modi-led, far-right government is targeting internationally acclaimed author Arundhati Roy and former Central University of Kashmir international law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain for criminal prosecution for remarks that they made at a conference held 13 years ago. This flagrant attack on free speech is part of
Israel commits war crimes in Gaza: Will ICC issue arrest warrant against Netanyahu now?
By Staff Writer Friday (13) Israeli air force distributed leaflets in the North of the Gaza Strip informing the Palestinians there to evacuate to the southern part of Gaza, in view of their planned ground operations against Hamas fighters. Courtesy of AlJazeera Israel has already confirmed that it had dropped more than 6000
Popular cartoonist Awantha Artigala and journalist activist Shantha Wijesooriya petition against the Online Safety Bill
By Staff Writer Renowned Cartoonist Awantha Artigala and senior journalist Shantha Wijesooriya today (12) filed a case (SD No. 91/2023) in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka challenging the "Online Safety Bill", one of the draconian law proposals of the President Ranil Wickremasinghe's government. Since October 03, when the Bill was placed
British government seeks to outlaw pro-Palestinian protests
By Thomas Scripps. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman are utilising Israel’s war on Gaza and the Palestinians to launch the gravest attack on free speech and the right to protest in post-war British history. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman are using Israel’s
India’s Modi government uses “anti-terror” laws to persecute NewsClick Journalist and Staffer
By Kranti Kumara In a move befitting a fascist regime, India’s Narendra Modi-led government is wantonly trampling on basic democratic rights to intimidate and silence the left-wing news website NewsClick. Following police raids Tuesday on its offices and the homes of scores of people associated with the website, police have arrested
Journalists across Europe face legal threats, judicial harassment, and declining safety
By Dunja Mijatović Following speech was delivered by Dunja Mijatović, on behalf of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Conference “The Pen is Mightier than the Sword? Meeting today’s challenges to freedom of expression and the safety of journalists”, organised under the Latvian presidency of the Committee