Dictatorship

Art

Athens exhibition marks 50 years since Greece’s return to democracy

The show, simply entitled 'Democracy', brings together works by over 50 artists in a poignant reflection on the pursuit of civil liberties – in a year when nearly half the world is heading to the polls.

10/07/2024

Georgia

Protests after activist defaces icon of Stalin in Georgia

Controversy was sparked by an online video showing paint splattered on an icon of the former Soviet leader in Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral.

11/01/2024

Belarus

President of Belarus gives himself immunity from prosecution

Alexander Lukashenko has faced serious challenges to his authority and legitimacy in recent years.

05/01/2024

Russia

Russian presidential hopeful banned from running in election

Yekaterina Duntsova has lost her Supreme Court appeal against authorities' refusal to register her for the race.

27/12/2023

USA

Trump says he will only be a dictator 'on day one' if re-elected

Donald Trump has declined to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House.

06/12/2023

Italy

Italian priest to be extradited to Argentina on charges of murder

Argentina's military junta ruled with notorious brutality from 1976 to 1983, killing, torturing and disappearing thousands of people.

16/10/2023

Culture news

North Korea bans shorts - but only for women

The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.

15/08/2023

Belarus

'Catastrophic' human rights situation in Belarus - UN report

Children are reportedly threatened for expressing their own opinions, it found.

05/07/2023

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Watch: Thousands in Uruguay take to streets for 'March of Silence'

Thousands of people took to the streets in Uruguay in memory of people who have been missing for decades.

21/05/2023

Italy

Italy maps out 1,400 monuments honouring fascist regime

It is the first time the country has attempted to document symbols of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship.

23/11/2022

Culture news

Why are these Lithuanians raving for democracy?

The Vilnius-based music collective fighting back against the creeping forces of totalitarianism.

28/10/2022

Spain

Spain approves law banning praise of former dictator Francisco Franco

It is part of legislation aimed at bringing "justice, reparation and dignity" to victims of Spain's civil war and the subsequent dictatorship.

06/10/2022

Culture news

Ghetto President: singer Bobi Wine fights Uganda's political elite

A new documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival, titled ‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’, follows the life of Ugandan reggae star Bobi Wine and his attempt to oust Uganda’s authoritarian president, Yoweri Museveni.

09/08/2022

Spain

Spain's parliament backs law to entrench memory of Franco's victims

The new bill will make it a "state responsibility" to identify the thousands of missing victims of Spain's Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.

14/07/2022

South Korea

Chun Doo-hwan: South Korea’s former military dictator dies aged 90

Chun Doo-hwan took power in a 1979 coup and repressed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds in office.

23/11/2021

My Europe Series

Meet one of the last independent journalists forced out of Belarus

One journalist who recently left Belarus told Euronews that the situation for reporters is so dangerous in the country that very few remain.

11/11/2021

Spain

Spain mulls ban on expressions of support for dictator Franco

The draft bill is another milestone in the government's aim to heal divisions over Franco's place in Spanish history but is likely to re-ignite the debate over freedom of expression.

20/07/2021

Europe News

Argentine campaign to reunite families begins overseas search

The movement was started by the Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, whose pregnant daughters went missing or were killed by the dictatorship.

30/06/2021

Romania

Romania ex-dictator's plane sold for 120,000 euros

With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane belonging to Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet sold in an auction on Thursday.

28/05/2021

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Chileans celebrate on streets after voting for new constitution

Chileans celebrate on the streets after they voted overwhelmingly in a landmark referendum on Sunday to replace their dictator-era constitution, long seen as underpinning the nation's glaring economic and social inequalities.

26/10/2020