#Democracy

Myanmar, protests across the country. The Bishop of Mandalay shows his support to the people with the three-finger salute

As thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across the country, in Yangon, Mandalay and Monwya, the Catholic…

Belarus: EU denunciation, “persecutions, torture and expulsions. Authorities must listen to calls for a democratic future”

Hungary: independent radio Klubrádió to be silenced. European Federation of Journalists, “the EU cannot stand by”.

Navalny the tip of the iceberg. Lipke: “Russia- violence, poverty and lack of freedom”

Jesuit Fr Stephan Lipke, director of the St Thomas Institute in Moscow, analyses the situation in the Eurasian country for…

Myanmar: Borrell (EU), condemns the coup. “Unacceptable attempt to forcibly overturn the will of the people”

USA: today Joe Biden to be sworn in as 46th President for a more pluralistic society

Biden will not swear his oath of office before the crowds but in front of a group of selected few,…

Arrest of Alexey Navalny: von der Leyen, “the Russian authorities must immediately release him”. Sassoli, “an offence to the international community”

Violence at Capitol Hill. Pearce (Fordham University): “It all began in November 2016”

“What happened at Capitol Hill on January 6 may not have been unexpected, but I must admit that I dread…

Attack on Capitol Hill: EU leaders support US democracy. “Shocking violence”. “The US Congress is a temple of democracy. Biden legitimate president”

EU Parliament. Sakharov Prize. Tsikhanouskaya, “without a free Belarus, Europe is not free either”

Covid-19 and consecrated life. Fr. Arturo Sosa (Jesuits): “Democracy could become a victim of the pandemic”

“In many nations the pandemic has become a pretext to exacerbate governments’ authoritarian attitudes and halt the democratic nature of…