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Australian Parliament vetoes a bill that would authorize the Australian Communications and Media Authority to implement detailed surveillance on digital platforms and enforce anti-misinformation punitive measures on them, which opposition politicians condemn as "censorship laws" and a betrayal to democracy.
2024-11-25

Thai pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa, who led protests in 2020 and 2021, is sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of royal insult.
2023-09-26

Police in Hong Kong arrest four members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the pro-democracy organization in charge of the Tiananmen Square protests anniversary vigils as police say that the group refused to submit information on national security grounds. Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemns the group and welcomes the arrests.
2021-09-8

The pro-democracy newspaper "Apple Daily" announces that its final edition will be released on Thursday and that it will later cease activities after five top executives were arrested under the national security law and the newspaper's assets were frozen. "Apple Daily" founder Jimmy Lai is already imprisoned and awaits trial, along with 46 others, on subversion charges.
2021-06-23

Algeria reports their first two cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant in a healthcare worker from Algiers and a person who traveled to France.
2021-02-25

Thousands of protesters flood the streets of Algiers to protest the presidential election currently underway. As all five candidates have ties to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, protesters call the election a sham and demand that the military withdraw its influence from political life.
2019-12-12

A Chinese court sentences dissident Chen Wei to nine years imprisonment for "inciting subversion of state power", after he published essays online calling for multiparty democracy.
2011-12-23

Pro-democracy activists in Morocco call for renewed demonstrations, saying reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI are not enough.
2011-06-18

The United States Senate passes a motion supporting democracy in Egypt and calling on President Hosni Mubarak to begin transferring power.
2011-02-3

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
2011-01-29