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Scots scientist in democracy warning after Elon Musk 'Prosecute Fauci' tweet

A BEHAVIOURAL science expert has said that Elon Musk’s tweet about the US’s top infectious disease official Anthony Fauci marks a step towards a…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2022

Critics of Tunisian leader see little democracy in coming election

For Tunisia's President Kais Saied, Saturday's parliamentary election caps the new political structure he built after seizing broad powers last year, but the opposition calls it undemocratic and the main parties will boycott the vote.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Trump is damaged, but very dangerous

When an abuse victim decides to break away, the abuser often turns to violence. That's where we are right now

Salon · Dec 12, 2022

Parties renew calls for democracy reforms, charter amendment

Opposition parties and the Democrat Party, a key coalition partner of the government, on Constitution Day on Saturday renewed their calls for a rewrite of the charter to ensure "full restoration" of democracy.

Bangkok Post · Dec 10, 2022

Kari Lake files suit to reverse loss

"This isn't how democracy works," said Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Salon · Dec 10, 2022

Commentary: The ominous way the Supreme Court could change our elections

Does a state supreme court have the power to find that an act of the state legislature violates the state constitution? The answer to that question should be clear and obvious, but the conservative justices of the Supreme Court expressed doubt about it at oral arguments in Moore v. Harper…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 10, 2022

Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai for fraud

A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city.

France 24 · Dec 10, 2022

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon jailed for 69 months over fraud

A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 10, 2022

Pro-democracy HK tycoon sentenced to jail

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violating a lease contract for the headquarters of a liberal newspaper he used to run.

Bangkok Post · Dec 10, 2022

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud charge

Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violating a lease contract for the headquarters of a liberal newspaper he used to run.

Reuters · Dec 10, 2022