Since Jan. 20 with Donald Trump functioning as a dictator nearly each day, we witness the further erosion of our nearly 250-year-old democracy and our rule of law. President Trump now has ...

They, and hundreds of thousands like them, saved the world from German dictator Adolf Hitler. Now we have a president who admires Hitler — and follows Hitler's playbook — within our own borders.

'Don't expect judiciary to make rulings based on your opinions.' ...

In 1978, a court ruling issued while Brazil was still under dictatorship ordered an investigation into the circumstances of his father’s death.

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Brazil's government has formally apologized for the killing of journalist Vladimir Herzog during the military regime 50 years ago.

India at the Edge of Dictatorship The Emergency period was a moment when India came perilously close to becoming a dictatorship.

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Suppressing peaceful protests, muzzling the media, and silencing dissenting voices are hallmarks of creeping authoritarianism ...

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Siarhei Tsikhanouski was in solitary confinement in a Belarus prison for most of the past five years ...