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Authoritarianism

'Racist, Unconstitutional, and Anti-Democratic': Florida Senate Passes GOP Anti-Protest Bill

Demonstrators at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Miami, Florida on June 6, 2020. (Photo: LightRocket/Getty Images)

Amnesty International's Annual Global Human Rights Report Details Harm—and Heroism—Amid Pandemic

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A protester holds a sign showing the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic outside Pfizer's headquarters in New York City on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erick McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"Covid-19 has brutally exposed and deepened inequality both within and between countries, and highlighted the staggering disregard our leaders have for our shared humanity."

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'Threat to Democracy': Brazil's Bolsonaro Faces Growing Calls to Resign

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Protesters gather in São Paulo, Brazil for a demonstration on March 31, 2021 marking the anniversary of the 1964 military coup that overthrew democratic rule and replaced it with 21 years of military dictatorship. The sign on the left reads, "Bolsonaro Out." The one on the right says "Lula: Anti-Coup Candidate." (Photo: Cristina Szucinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"We have a president who is trying to pressure the armed forces into serving...

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As Junta Kills Over 100 in Myanmar, UN Expert Says It Is 'Past Time for the World to Respond'

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Medics attend to a protester who was shot and injured by security forces on March 27, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo: Stringer/Getty Images)

"The military celebrated Armed Forces Day by committing mass murder against the...

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During a peaceful protest over the killing of George Floyd, a demonstrator holds her hands up while kneeling in front of police officers on June 1, 2020 in Anaheim, California. (Photo: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

'Shameful': Florida House Passes GOP's Anti-Protest Bill

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, speaks during a press conference on March 10, 2021 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Photo: Cris Faga/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Brazil's Lula Urges Biden to Call Emergency G20 Summit to Promote Global Vaccine Equity

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), speaks during a news conference to announce the introduction of S. 1, the For the People Act, in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

After Introduction of For the People Act, Senate Dems Told to 'End the Filibuster and Pass' It

Demonstrators stand outside of the Georgia Capitol building to oppose HB 531, a recently passed bill that seeks to add voting restrictions to the state's upcoming elections including restricting ballot drop boxes, requiring an ID requirement for absentee voting, and limiting weekend early voting days, on March 3, 2021 in Atlanta. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Analysis Details How Bill in Congress Could Stop GOP Voter Suppression Nationwide

A pro-democracy protester is wounded during a crackdown by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup in the Hlaingthaya township of Yangon, Myanmar on March 14, 2021. (Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Martial Law Extended in Myanmar After Junta Kills More Than 50 Protesters

People gather during the Count Every Vote Rally at Independence Hall on November 7, 2020 in Philadelphia. (Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for MoveOn)

'They Run on Shrinking the Vote': Tens of Millions Threatened by GOP Attack on Voting

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, speaks during a press conference on March 10, 2021 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Photo: Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)

Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro's 'Moronic' Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic

"I knelt down… begging them not to shoot and torture the children, but to shoot me and kill me instead," Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng said of her attempt to dissuade police officers in Myitkyina, Myanmar from shooting people at a pro-democracy demonstration on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Twitter screengrab via Reuters)

'Kill Me Instead': Despite Nun's Pleas, Military Junta Shoots Pro-Democracy Protesters in Myanmar

A woman participates in a protest against President Rodrigo Duterte's Anti-Terror bill on June 12, 2020 in Quezon City, Philippines. Activists marked Independence Day by staging protests against the draconian anti-terrorism legislation. (Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

'Bloody Sunday': Left Activists, Labor Leaders Executed in Philippines After Duterte Says 'Finish Off' the Communists

During a peaceful protest over the killing of George Floyd, a demonstrator holds her hands up while kneeling in front of police officers on June 1, 2020 in Anaheim, California. (Photo: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP Bill That 'Does Nothing But Criminalize Peaceful Protest' Advances in Florida Legislature

Participant holding a sign at a climate justice march in New York City on September 20, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

After Trump Acquittal by GOP, Sunrise Movement Says 'Time Is Now to Abolish the Filibuster'

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump occupy the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Poll Shows Nearly 60% in US Believe Senate Should Have Convicted Trump

Newswire

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

New Project Documents How Governments are Using COVID-19 to Impose Authoritarian Policies

Free Press

Free Press and Allies File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Executive Order Against Social-Media Companies

ACLU

ACLU Comment on Trump Tweet About Delaying Election

ACLU

ACLU Secures Release of U.S. Resident Unlawfully Detained Under Patriot Act

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Trump’s Memorandum Targeting Undocumented Immigrants in the 2020 Census is Totalitarian and Unconstitutional

350.org

New Brazilian Government Must Uphold Climate Commitments and Safeguard Human Rights

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John Feffer

Curbing the Spread Of Global Hate

Robert C. Koehler

Armed Racism Keeps No One Safe

Basav Sen

The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Turning to Far-Right Authoritarians

Jim Hightower

Republican Officials No Longer Support Democracy

Joe Emersberger

Western Media Defends US-Backed Bolivian Coup Leader After Arrest

Alan MacLeod

Dismay Over the Freeing of Lula Da Silva Illustrates the Opposition of the Business Press to Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Robert C. Koehler

Voter Suppression: The Deep Roots of Racism in the GOP's Pursuit Towards Autocracy

Marion Brady

Salvaging Public Schooling

Canadian Foreign Policy Institute

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Regarding Haiti

Tom Engelhardt

The American Century Ends Early