The Revolution of Light: An Inspiration for the World
Democracy exists between two seemingly contradictory impulses: an urge to institutionalize politics and a drive to resist and disrupt institutions.…
Theme: Human Rights
Kenya: Calls for justice as assaults on rights escalate
On 25 June 2026, families of victims killed during the June 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests, together with civil society organisations,…
Orbán’s Danube Institute Quietly Launches a Nonprofit Arm in the United States
As former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s political machine confronts political decline at home, one of its main international vehicles…
Leading through uncertainty or what Prague taught me about Europe’s democratic future – by Yuliia Dziuba
The GDC Europe Forum 2026 in Prague organized by EDYN in collaboration with the Global Democracy Coalition reminded me why…
Whistleblower protection in 2026: the gap between law and reality
People around the world risk their careers, finances and personal wellbeing to expose corruption, fraud, environmental harm and other wrongdoing.…
Civil society declaration warns UN goals are off track, urges reforms
The Sustainable Development Goals are falling behind, civil society groups warned in a declaration presented in New York ahead of the UN’s 2026 SDG16…
The Digital Awakening of African Youth: Building a New Table
Africa is a vast, layered, and deeply diverse continent, partitioned by colonial borders and segmented by language, yet bound together…
When censorship becomes a crime: Free expression in systems of gender persecution and apartheid
Freedom of expression violations – including through surveillance, exclusion from public life, restrictions on access to areas of public, social,…
The Second Annual European Ethnic Cleansing Conference Looks to Trump for Inspiration
On May 30, around 500 far-right activists and their supporters traveled to Porto, Portugal, for the second annual Remigration Summit. Speakers focused on…
Coding for Human Rights: How Young Kenyan Innovators Are Building Technology That Serves Communities
A woman in northern Kenya facing gender-based violence should not need a smartphone, internet connection or expensive data plan to…