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Indonesia to send general to Myanmar to highlight transition, says Widodo

JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to send a top general to Myanmar to talk to its junta leaders in the hope of showing Myanmar's military rulers how Indonesia made a successful transition to democracy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Exclusive-Indonesia to send general to Myanmar to highlight transition, president says

Indonesia plans to send a top general to Myanmar to talk to its junta leaders in the hope of showing Myanmar's military rulers how Indonesia made a successful transition to democracy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ten donors gave 77% of total political donations in lead-up to last Australian election

Record high spending ‘is putting our democracy at risk’, Centre for Public Integrity chair says

The Guardian - AU

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Myanmar resistance steadfast against army rule 2 years later

The prospects for peace in Myanmar, much less a return to democracy, seem dimmer than ever two years after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

Russian Propaganda Has Succeeded in Persuading Credulous Americans That It Poses a Grave Threat to Democracy

Alarmists are unfazed by the lack of evidence that "foreign influence campaigns" have affected public opinion or voting behavior.

Reason

Governments need to work with the private sector to solve their trust crisis

The general public trusts businesses more than they trust governments. Public officials should leverage that.

Fortune

Respect for refugees

On Feb 1, 2021, the world was shocked as the Myanmar military staged a coup, pushing the country formerly seen as a new poster-boy of democracy back to an Orwellian state.

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Asean and the Myanmar morass

Two years ago, on Feb 1, the day that Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy were set to sit in a new parliament, the Myanmar military shocked the world by staging a deeply unpopular coup.

Bangkok Post

George Santos: A democracy can't easily penalize lies by politicians

George Santos is not the first politician to have lied, but the fables he told to get elected to Congress may be in a class by themselves. Historian Sean Wilentz remarked that while embellishments happen, Santos’ lies are different – “there is no example like it” in American history, Wilentz…

The Conversation

The professor who wrote the book on digital surveillance says that Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means our political stability, health and sanity come down to one man: 'I regard this as fundamentally intolerable'

Shoshana Zuboff calls Musk and Zuckerberg "information oligarchs" and thinks decision-making power lying with a few top-ranked executives can threaten democracy.

Fortune

In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers

At a time when democracy has withered in Haiti and gang violence has spiraled out of control, armed men like Jimmy Cherizier – known by the nickname Barbecue - have filled the power vacuum left by a crumbling government

The Independent UK

Commentary: Gen Z women will save our democracy

Young people and women are the key to saving democracy. That’s the takeaway from the 2022 midterm elections and what we can expect looking toward the 2024 presidential race. These groups are demanding change on critical issues including reproductive choice, student debt, the climate crisis and more. While this is…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: A North Carolina case imperils the US electoral process. The Supreme Court can’t let that happen

Perhaps the first time you heard the phrase “checks and balances” was in middle school civics class. Not surprising, since it’s a cornerstone of American democracy. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government act as counterweights to each other, so that no single branch dominates.

Chicago Tribune

UN chief backs democracy for Myanmar 2 years after coup

Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is voicing support for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people

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Blinken urges calm, supports Palestinian state in meeting with Israel’s Netanyahu

JERUSALEM — Arriving in Israel at what he called a “pivotal moment,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Monday called on Israelis and Palestinians alike to step back from the brink of all-out conflict, condemning terrorism and vengeance killings that target innocent civilians.

Reason

COVID Made Us Sick, But Government Responses Crippled Our Liberty

Report author: “The COVID-19 pandemic was a catastrophe for human freedom.”

Los Angeles Times

Is Israel's new government destroying democracy? Blinken surveys situation on Middle East trip

As Israel in recent weeks put together its most right-wing, religiously conservative government in history, senior U.S. officials insisted on waiting and seeing just how radical things would get.

Salon

Democracy, fascism and the abyss

Admittedly, some of the "fascists" may actually be fascists. But the "democracy" we're defending: Where is it?

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The Independent UK

Elections shine spotlight on Tunisia's troubled democracy

Tunisia’s president and its shaky democracy are facing an important test Sunday as voters cast ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections

Manchester Evening News

'It's carnage': The streets where people are trapped inside their homes by 'football fans who won't walk'

"If someone rang an ambulance or the fire brigade you’d have no chance of getting them down here"

Los Angeles Times

High-level US diplomatic mission to Middle East overshadowed by violence

WASHINGTON — America's top diplomat heads out on a trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank on Saturday as a spiral of deadly violence grips the Middle East, with any plans to focus on democracy now overshadowed as the region braces for the no-holds-barred retaliation to Palestinian attacks that…

The Guardian - UK

Pro-western Petr Pavel sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency

Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country’s history

The Guardian - US

Biden and Pence documents reveal US crisis of ‘overclassification’, expert says

System whereby government classifies 50m documents a year threatens national security and democracy, says Jameel Jaffer

Al Jazeera

Maldives ruling party holds high-stakes presidential primary

Democracy icon Mohamed Nasheed’s political future in balance as governing party voters head to the polls.

The Texas Tribune

Texans pessimistic about the national economy and losing faith in democracy, poll says

More than 60% of Texans polled by Texas Lyceum said the country is on the wrong course, and the poll found steep drops in the number of people who think democracy is the best form of government.

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