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Erdogan's victory could be fateful for Turkey's democracy and role in the world

The longtime leader overcame dissatisfaction over high inflation and a slow earthquake response to secure another five-year term as president.

WEKU

Seven plead guilty over 2019 Hong Kong legislature storming

A closely watched trial involving 13 people who stormed Hong Kong's legislature during pro-democracy protests in 2019 has begun.

The New Daily

Bola Tinubu sworn in as Nigeria’s president, succeeds Buhari

Tinubu, Nigeria’s fifth president since the return of democracy in 1999, faces economic and security challenges.

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Seven plead guilty at start of Hong Kong legislature storming trial

A closely watched trial involving 13 people who stormed Hong Kong's legislature during pro-democracy protests in 2019 began on Monday with seven people pleading guilty to a rioting charge.

Reuters

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The National (Scotland)

‘Australia is an outlier’: sluggish FOI system sets secrecy as the default

‘I don’t know of any other liberal democracy that places such limitations on the press.’

Crikey

Far from undermining democracy, The Voice will pluralise and enrich Australia’s democratic conversation

Does the proposal for a Voice to Parliament prefigure a distinctive conception of democracy for Australia? A steady drumbeat of criticism to date has been that it will, instead, undermine our liberal democratic institutions.

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Parties which boycotted inauguration of new Parliament have disrespected democracy, Savarkar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde, who, along with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was present at the inauguration of the new building, later offered tributes to the Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar at the Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi on the occasion of his 140th birth anniversary.

The Hindu

Saving democracy from the ground up

Former Ohio Democratic chair says progressives are fighting the wrong battles the wrong way — but there's hope

Salon

Modi opens India’s new parliament as opposition boycotts

Opposition parties say the new four-storey building should have been inaugurated by the president not the PM.

Al Jazeera

Liz Cheney to give Colorado College graduation speech as GOP campaign speculation persists

Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney is scheduled to give a graduation speech at her alma mater, where she'll likely return to themes she's spoken on since leaving office about the threat she believes Donald Trump poses to democracy

The Independent UK

Hong Kong's 2nd largest pro-democracy party disbands amid political crackdown

One of the few remaining pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong has voted to dissolve itself, joining a growing list of organizations that have disbanded as authorities crack down on dissent

The Independent UK

Hong Kong pro-democracy party gives up

HONG KONG: One of Hong Kong’s biggest democratic parties said on Saturday it would disband after a vote by its party members, dealing another blow to the city’s already beleaguered democratic opposition under pressure from China.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong's pro-democracy Civic Party disbands amid Chinese security clampdown

The Civic Party, alongside the Democratic Party, was a major democratic force in Hong Kong until a number of its members were arrested following the imposition of a 2020 national security law.

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Timor-Leste election offers an extraordinary lesson in how to build a stable democracy

After a spirited election campaign, the people of Timor-Leste voted for a new parliament on May 21. The vote was free, fair and largely uneventful. The results were accepted. This is a remarkable accomplishment for democracy.

Chicago Sun-Times

What to know about the Biden administration’s first-ever national plan to combat antisemitism

Special antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt said antisemitism ‘threatens not just the safety of Jews, but the strength of our democracy.’

The Independent UK

Aukus ‘looks to drive AI into military capabilities after world firsts at trial’

The developments made by the pact will help ‘uphold the principles of freedom and democracy around the world’, the US said.

Salon

Oath Keepers founder gets 18 years

The judge describes Rhodes as a threat who "wants democracy in this country to devolve into violence"

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Noodle seller and democracy activist who went viral with Salt Bae parody jailed for five years in Vietnam

A Vietnamese court jails a noodle seller who went viral for a parody of celebrity chef Salt Bae, who had served a gold-leaf-covered steak to a powerful official, his lawyer said.

The Hindu

Lost opportunity: On the acrimony over the inauguration of the new Parliament building

What is more worrisome in the issue of the inauguration of the new Parliament building is the substantial damage that is happening to democracy

Zenger

Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To Accept Campaign Donations In Bitcoin

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy warns that artificial intelligence is a threat to democracy.

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for January 6 sedition

Judge’s damning rebuke of far-right ‘militia’ founder calls him ‘a threat and a peril’ to democracy

Salon

Violence is the next Republican grift

Republicans know more death enhances their power

Al Jazeera

India’s opposition to boycott new parliament inauguration by Modi

Nineteen opposition parties announce boycott, accusing PM of sidelining Droupadi Murmu, India’s first tribal president.

Tribune News Service

Eduardo Porter: Latin America’s best hope is european social democracy

Social democracy is the answer.

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