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Penny Mordaunt says she took painkillers before sword-carrying role

Lord president of privy council says coronation was ‘humbling day’ and democracy ‘is about dissent’

The Guardian - UK

Brazil's crusading justice Moraes ratchets up fight with global tech giants

The head of Brazil's electoral authority, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, delivered a stern warning to the world's top tech companies on Wednesday, saying he would not let them undermine Brazil's democracy.

Reuters

'Humiliated' youngsters with voter ID stopped from casting ballots in Tory crackdown

Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed

Daily Mirror

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On its 75th birthday, Israel still can't agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy

As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine from Europe, the core tension behind the country’s establishment – whether a Jewish state could be a democratic state, whether Zionism could accommodate pluralism – is more…

The Conversation

Media freedom and democracy: Africans in four countries weigh up thorny questions about state control

In July 2022, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary on gang activity in northwestern Nigeria. The programme, The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara, examined the raids on villages, abductions and murders that have plagued swaths of the country. Notably, it included interviews with so-called bandits, who described their violent actions and…

The Conversation

Sudan's people toppled a dictator – despite the war they’re still working to bring about democratic change

While Sudan’s generals have unleashed indiscriminate destruction and occupation on wide swaths of the capital, Khartoum, neighbourhood resistance committees and pro-democracy activists have stepped up to respond to the needs of citizens.

The Conversation

Consider the coronation arrests – and witness Britain’s slide towards authoritarianism

The Public Order Act shows how this Tory government is hollowing out our democracy. Here’s how we must defend it, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

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Opposition should be respected, I think PM Modi will also move in this direction: Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on May 10 said the Opposition should be respected in democracy and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “will also move in this direction”.

The Hindu

Dear CNN, giving Trump a town-hall platform is the height of irresponsibility

No more town halls, interviews or rallies. Coverage should be driven by clear editorial choices that serve US democracy

The Guardian - US

Q&A: ‘The word Hindu is Arabic. Why don’t they throw it out?’

The historian tells Al Jazeera lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong security chief criticises WSJ opinion piece on 'Subversive' art

Hong Kong's Security Chief Chris Tang criticised an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on a seizure by authorities of a statue commemorating Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown on democracy protesters in 1989.

Reuters

Keep fighting for students’ right to learn the truth about our nation’s history

Students and teachers must have access to truthful history, diverse books and critical ideas, the goal of the Freedom to Learn Campaign National Day of Action. The so-called ‘War on Wokeness’ threatens our future as a multicultural democracy, Urban League President Marc Morial writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Coronation arrests were an attack on British democracy

Letters: Readers condemn the detention of anti-monarchy demonstrators at the coronation of King Charles III

The Guardian - UK

Trip of the week: fascinating, beautiful Taiwan

You’ll encounter few other Westerners on holiday in Taiwan – it receives only 3,000 British tourists each year, for instance – and yet it is among the most beautiful, fascinating and friendly places you could hope to visit, says Janice Turner in The Times. An island one-seventh the size of…

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The Guardian - UK

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: politician touted as future of Turkish democracy

Ex-accountant, 74, is Erdoğan’s key rival in 14 May election and tells the Guardian: ‘Despite it all, we will win’

The Guardian - UK

The hidden story of England’s local elections was voter ID – a new threat to democracy

Voters were turned away from the polls because they didn’t have the right ID – and the risks at a general election will be even greater, says Jess Garland of the Electoral Reform Society

The Independent UK

Head of anti-monarchy protesters says arrests ‘direct attack on our democracy’

Dozens of people were arrested by the Metropolitan Police on coronation day for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, affray and other offences.

The Guardian - UK

Strong bladders required for interminable faffing of King Charles’s coronation

It was hard to escape the sense of the absurd as a 21st-century democracy relived a medieval fantasy

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Vive la révolution! But is France ready to establish a Sixth Republic?

Raising the age to retire, in the face of public dissent, might be president Macron’s last stand in an outdated constitution

Reuters

Factbox-How Turkey's opposition plans to roll back Erdogan's policies

Turkey's opposition alliance has vowed to reverse many of President Tayyip Erdogan's policies if elected in a May 14 election, including a return to a parliamentary democracy and economic orthodoxy, and a major shift in foreign policy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Campaign finance reform can help keep democracy from crumbling

Current campaign financing drives corruption and ill-advised loyalties to political action committees, a reader from Merrionette Park writes. Politicians should be paying attention to the will of their constituents but instead are too often beholden to their heavy contributors.

Reason

How Does the British Monarchy Survive?

Britain’s parliamentary democracy still transcends its monarchy.

Birmingham Post

Derry firm ensures smooth running of English elections

Modern Democracy was founded in 2014 and is the market leader in digital transformation at the polling station

Reuters

Mali sets date for delayed vote, saying it's true to its word on democracy

Mali's military government on Friday set a new date for a delayed constitutional referendum meant to pave the way for presidential elections next year.

Belfast Live

Derry-based firm ensures smooth running of English elections

Modern Democracy was founded in 2014 and is the market leader in digital transformation at the polling station

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