Staff members gather at the Apple Daily headquarters in Hong Kong, on June 23, 2021.... But Lai also portrayed the paper as an advocate of democratic values and said it should" shine a light on snakes, insects, mice and ants in the dark," according to the paper.... It grew into an outspoken voice for defending Hong Kong's freedoms not found in mainland China, and in recent years it often criticized the Chinese and Hong Kong governments for limiting those freedoms and reneging on a promise to p

By Sharon Abratique, Jessie Pang6 Min ReadHONG KONG( Reuters)-Hong Kong’s most vocal pro-democracy

Democrats will hold a high-stakes caucus meeting on Tuesday evening, but there is no sign they can convince holdout colleagues to support efforts to change Senate rules to pass the two bills with a simple majority.... Schumer could then hold a vote on changing those filibuster rules to pass the two bills with the votes of all 50 Democrats and a tie-breaker vote from Vice President Kamala Harris.... All it takes is one senator to stall an entire agenda....

make amends over a cut in transmission of Taiwan's speech during last week's democracy summit, in

Eastern European democracies that were once within its Cold War orbit.... He is accused by US

seen as the birthplace of democracy, on the second and last leg of a Mediterranean trip whose main

political freedoms is far from over.... Last week's new revelations about his efforts to pressure

.... Incited by then-President Donald Trump, the January 6 insurrectionists took aim not merely at democracy

HONG KONG — From her first protest at age 12, Jackie Chen believed she could help bring democracy

This year the International Day of Democracy almost coincided with the 20th anniversary of the