News headlines for “Democracy”, page 6
Hungary’s Long Road Back
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 8 (IPS) - When Péter Magyar took the stage in Budapest on the night of 12 April, he told the crowd they had ‘liberated Hungary’. The hyperbole seemed justified. His party, Tisza, had won a parliamentary supermajority on the highest turnout since Hungary’s first free election in 1990, ending 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule.
Before the Flood, Jannat Carried Books. After the Flood, She Carried Dirty Dishes
- Inter Press Service
SYLHET, Bangladesh, May 8 (IPS) - When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods.
Gaza’s Deepening Health Crisis Leaves Hospitals Overwhelmed
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - Despite the implementation of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel last October, Israeli forces continue to launch airstrikes into the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This has resulted in extensive destruction of infrastructure, loss of human life and exacerbating immense health needs amid an increasingly strained health system in Gaza.
Nuclear ‘Close-Calls’ Prove Deterrence No Guarantee for Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - The consequences of nuclear warfare would transcend borders and the impact would be felt across generations. Yet knowing this, member states, including nuclear-armed states, are increasingly flouting the nuclear taboo, while also relying heavily on deterrence to prevent fallout.
The Mideast Conflict Spreads—Beyond the Strait of Hormuz & towards the UN Cafeteria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - The 10-month-old Middle East conflict—which has triggered a rise in the cost of living worldwide, and an increase in the prices of food, groceries and gasoline—is likely to impose burdens on hundreds of UN staffers, delegates, journalists and civil society representatives and thousands more, during the General Assembly sessions beginning September.
Data Gaps are Hiding the Most Excluded Children
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, May 7 (IPS) - In 2024, 273 million children, adolescents, and youth were out of school globally as per the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. While that is a staggering number, the figure is incomplete. The 2026 Global Education Monitoring report warns that the global out of school population may be undercounted by at least 13 million once humanitarian sources are used to correct data gaps in conflict-affected contexts.
VENEZUELA: ‘The Credit Goes to Detainees’ Families, Human Rights Organisations and the International Community’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works for citizen empowerment, democracy and justice.
How Santa Marta Finally Made Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Politically Discussable
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, May 6 (IPS) - The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, may eventually be remembered as a defining moment in global climate politics, not because it produced a treaty or a formal negotiation outcome, but because it changed the tone, structure, and ambition of the conversation itself.
Speaking Up for Girls’ Education Carries Heavy Risks in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
HERAT, Afghanistan, May 5 (IPS) - Qadoos Khatibi, an Afghan university lecturer, and Fayaz Ghori, a civil society activist, also from Afghanistan, were detained by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. Their crime? Advocating for girls’ right to education.
100 Days, No Outcry – The Cost of Speaking Out
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 5 (IPS) - “We’ve abandoned this couple completely; we have not done even 1% of what they did for us all these years!” said journalist Asad Ali Toor.
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