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Chad's move to drop presidential term limits slammed as 'burial of democracy'

Chad is a step closer to allowing the president to serve an unlimited number of terms after the lower house of parliament signed off on major constitutional changes this week. Opposition figures told RFI that the move, which could help keep President Mahamat Idriss Déby in power, presents a fundamental…

Radio France Internationale

History teaches us that authoritarians use any excuse to seize power

Nazis used the 1933 Reichstag blaze to justify snuffing out civil liberties. In the US, the calls for a crackdown have already begun

The Guardian - US

Moldova will keep pro-EU course despite Russian threat, Popescu tells RFI

Under mounting pressure from Russian interference, Moldova faces a critical test of its democracy with parliamentary elections on 28 September. RFI spoke to Nicu Popescu, the country’s former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, who is running for parliament on the list of the pro-European Action and Solidarity Party.

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Civility can be your edge in this polarized time, when people have forgotten how to coexist

In a fractured world, the office has become an unexpected civic incubator. And civility is good for the bottom line, not just for democracy and work relationships.

Fortune

For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades

Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India

The Guardian - UK

Democracy under pressure amidst Egypt's growing food crisis {Business Africa}

A new report warns that Africa’s democracies are at risk as economic hardship, youth frustration, and a surge in coups while in Cairo’s Al-Wekala Market, leftover meals from luxury hotels are offering low-income families a lifeline amid Egypt’s deepening economic crisis

Euronews

Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

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Brazil's Democracy Is Not Safer After Bolsonaro's Conviction

The unprecedented conviction of the former president is reshaping Brazilian politics.

Reason

Trump’s suit against the New York Times is nonsense. Yet it poses a grave threat

The president won’t prevail in court. But his cases against media companies have a potential chilling effect on criticism of the government

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy

History’s path is never linear. But its turns can be very sharp.

The Conversation

Why the rise of ‘cartel parties’ in Australia threatens our democracy

Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the United States and Europe.

The Conversation

Arnold Schwarzenegger worried for US democracy following Charlie Kirk assassination

Arnold Schwarzenegger is concerned that democracy in the United States could disappear with a widening political divide exacerbated by the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last week.

BANG Premier

How a hopeful Scotland can tackle the march of intolerance

OVER the weekend, London saw an anti-immigration rally with (the media reporting) up to 150,000 demonstrators ...

The National (Scotland)

Yes, British democracy is under threat – from Musk and his billions, not desperate people on small boats

Tesla’s boss has already done his best to destabilise the US, Canada and Germany. Keir Starmer needs to push back, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

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The Independent UK

Voices: Coming to a big screen near you… Elon Musk is undermining Britain again

COMMENT: Calling for ‘revolutionary government change’ at Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally is a reminder that the tech billionaire is not best qualified to lecture anyone on free speech and democracy, says Sean O’Grady

Al Jazeera

‘More egalitarian’: How Nepal’s Gen Z used gaming app Discord to pick PM

It was a first for an electoral democracy. Backers say it’s more transparent than what politicians do. But it has risks.

Radio France Internationale

Europe at a crossroads as democratic erosion deepens, report warns

As the UN marks the International Day of Democracy on Monday, the global body called for renewed commitment to civic freedoms – but fresh data suggests Europe, long seen as democracy’s safe zone, is now one of the regions where those freedoms are most under strain.

Al Jazeera

Lula hails Bolsonaro verdict, tells Trump Brazil’s democracy not negotiable

In NYT op-ed, Lula praises ‘historic’ sentencing of Bolsonaro on coup charges, slams US levies on Brazil as misguided.

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The Independent UK

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights expands at a critical moment in U.S. history

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is expanding at a critical moment in the United States

The Conversation

50 years without coups or dictators: how PNG built a durable democracy based on dignity and fairness

On April 20 1972, 100 newly elected parliamentarians gathered in Port Moresby for the opening of the Third House of Assembly, Papua New Guinea’s legislative body.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Bolsonaro’s coup conviction: a landmark for Brazilian democracy – but this fight isn’t over

Editorial: Though the far-right former president has been held accountable for overseeing the plot, supporters at home and abroad still rally to his cause

The Conversation

Bolsonaro’s conviction marks a historic moment in Brazil’s political history

Four out of five members of Brazil’s supreme court have voted to convict the former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a military coup after losing the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, though his…

The Guardian - UK

Brazilians take to the streets to celebrate Bolsonaro conviction

Indigenous groups and other minorities praise ‘breath of justice’ while US officials issue warnings of possible sanctions

International Business Times UK

From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu: How World Leaders Respond to Charlie Kirk's Passing

World leaders, including Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu and Keir Starmer, expressed shock and condolences after Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA co-founder, was fatally shot. Messages emphasised free speech, democracy and the tragedy for his family.

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