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Peru military leader who oversaw return of democracy dies

Former Peruvian President Francisco Morales Bermudez has died at age 100

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

We need a practical handbook to build a bottom-up democracy

Letters: Janet Bayford, Bill Dixon, Linda Rogers and Jonathan Harris respond to George Monbiot’s article on participatory democracy to take back control from power-mad governments

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022

Delhi court grants bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair

Court also holds that Mr. Zubair exercised due diligence to stop foreign contributions to his website Alt News

The Hindu · Jul 15, 2022

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‘Dissent is necessary’: Five takeaways from Delhi court’s bail order for Zubair

Granting bail to Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair on Friday, judge Devender Kumar Jangala held that dissent was necessary for a healthy democracy.

Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2022

Why the planned new electoral system for Wales is a threat to democracy

Economist Gerry Holtham said plans for an electoral closed party list system for increasing the number of Senedd members has to go

Birmingham Post · Jul 15, 2022

Melinda Henneberger: If Donald Trump walks while only Jan. 6 bit players are punished, our democracy is doomed

Jan. 6 rioter Stephen Ayres isn’t nearly as deserving of our sympathy as the U.S. Capitol police officers to whom he apologized this week.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

Commentary: Liz Cheney should be heralded for her Jan. 6 committee work

These days, many proud progressives find themselves doing the once-unthinkable: heralding the work of staunch conservative Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. Cheney’s bipartisan co-leadership of the House’s Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol illustrates the importance of a politically diverse alliance to protect future elections…

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 31

July 14, 2022

Ballotpedia · Jul 14, 2022

"Tories and their Labour allies do not believe in democracy" says Councillor Kenny MacLaren

Renfrewshire politicians rally round First Minister over independence by calling out Westminster's "Democracy Deficit"

Daily Record · Jul 14, 2022

Calls for public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham defeated at raucous meeting

One Conservative councillor described it as a ‘travesty’, adding it was ‘the night that democracy died in Oldham’

Manchester Evening News · Jul 14, 2022

What does the second indyref2 white paper say about 'renewing democracy'?

The FM launched a second indyref2 whitepaper comparing the two futures Scotland faces - under Westminster rule or as an independent country

The National (Scotland) · Jul 14, 2022

Boeing, GM, FedEx: these are as complicit as the far right in threatening US democracy

Corporations are underwriting the thuggery of Trump and his allies – all because they want to pay as little tax as possible

The Guardian - US · Jul 14, 2022

Editorial: Andy Harris, unrepentant Jan. 6 co-conspirator

As a House select committee continues its deep dive into the events of Jan. 6, 2021, there has been some consolation for Marylanders that the major figures in the assault on democracy were not from around these parts. Not Donald Trump, who has never won an election in this state;…

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Commentary: The Jan. 6 hearings identify the bad guy in the drama of democracy’s narrow escape — Trump

Measured by the number of times he was quoted, Donald Trump played a fairly small supporting role in the action described in the Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 14, 2022

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The Hindu · Jul 14, 2022

Clever tactic of judging others on specific parameters an exercise of soft power, says Jaishankar

If I had to take one obvious example, somebody would say that there is my version of democracy and by the way I feel you are short on five counts, says External Affairs Minister

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon to publish second paper in Scottish independence prospectus

The First Minister will detail a document titled Renewing Democracy Through Independence.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Joe Biden was a fierce critic of South African apartheid – now he’s accused of ignoring similar policies in Israel

Several of the world’s leading human rights groups have accused Israel of committing the crime of apartheid, writes Richard Hall

The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022

In Sri Lanka, no quiet after the storm

In the days ahead, new confrontations, with consequences for newly gained democratic freedom, are likely to spring up

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The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

What happened on 6 January 2021?

Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign

The Times of India · Jul 13, 2022

Our politicians have mismanaged country, democracy needs to return in Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya

NEW DELHI: Sanath Jayasuriya is both "angry" and "sad" to witness his beloved Sri Lanka grapple with enormous financial crisis and civil unrest but the former cricketer is expecting that democracy will soon be restored in the Island nation.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Veteran Hong Kong activist jailed for unlawful assembly

A Hong Kong court sentenced a 66-year-old activist known as "Grandma Wong" to eight months' imprisonment on Wednesday, in the second jailing of a veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner in as many days.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Protest MP Neale Hanvey: Westminster does not respect Scottish democracy

Boris Johnson this week rejected a request for Scotland to hold a fresh referendum on independence.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jul 13, 2022

Poll: 73% see Abe shooting as 'threat to democracy'

A nationwide poll by The Yomiuri Shimbun found that more than 70% of respondents were concerned that violence threatens Japan's democracy in the wake of the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Salon · Jul 13, 2022

Was this enough for Merrick Garland?

Donald Trump led a terrorist conspiracy that aimed to overthrow democracy. What more does Merrick Garland need?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Feeling the urge to take back control from power-mad governments? Here’s an idea

We are told governing systems like ours are inevitable and irreplaceable, but real, participatory democracy is possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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