Tag: Authoritarian
“Get rid of this authoritarian regime”
Published: Less than 20 min ago previous full screen Next Turkey’s presidential election is between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. This is what the ballot looks like. 1 of…
The challenger: "Get rid of this authoritarian regime"
As Kiliçdaroglu casts his vote in a polling station in the capital, he says the election is taking place under particularly difficult circumstances, “with a lot of defamation and slander”.…
The election decided – Turkey more authoritarian
By: Mia Holmberg Karlsson/TT Published: Less than 10 min ago Supporters of incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outside the AKP headquarters in Istanbul during election night on May 14. 1…
The election decided – Turkey more authoritarian
Facts: The election in Turkey On May 14, Turkey held presidential and parliamentary elections. 64 million were eligible to vote, of which 61 million live in the country. When the…
Erdogan: the origins of an authoritarian drift
In power since 2003, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has never been in such bad shape since the beginning of his political career. This Sunday, May 14, he is running for the…
Record protests against draft law in Israel – fear of authoritarian regime
Anger is high over the bill from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-right government – and there are no signs the protests will abate. In some cities, a record…
Russia, China… Let’s not give in to the imperialist fever of authoritarian regimes!
The bombs are still thundering in the East. But it is not only in Ukraine that the population undergoes the warlike fantasies of a leader in lack of adrenaline. On…
Authoritarian Russians, eccentric Englishmen… Where do our prejudices come from?
It is well known: mothers-in-law are cowhides, criminals have a dirty mouth, and the Chinese eat dogs. But where exactly do these stereotypes come from? Prejudices die so hard that…
New authoritarian states to the UN Human Rights Council
Facts: UN Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council was established in 2006 and replaced the former Human Rights Commission. The Council has its seat in Geneva. It is…
Iran, Russia, the Gulf… How authoritarian states exploit textbooks
From Tehran, these images have gone around the world: teenage girls who, within their own establishment, tear up their textbooks, trample them and then burn them. Their gesture, of incredible…