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Midterm elections are a fight against ‘extremist, so-called leaders,’ Vice President Kamala Harris tells NAACP members

Speaking to hundreds of civil rights activists gathered in Atlantic City, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday framed the November midterm elections as an existential fight for liberty and progress, saying “extremist so-called leaders (are) attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Global assault on democracy and freedom’: Prince Harry’s message to United Nations

Prince Harry has told the United Nations general assembly leaders must act against a "global assault on democracy and freedom" which he says has worsened a "painful year in a painful decade".

The New Daily

Prince Harry calls out ‘rolling back of constitutional rights in US’ in UN speech marking Nelson Mandela Day

The Duke of Sussex warned of ‘global assault on democracy and freedom’ in speech to mark Nelson Mandela International Day

Evening Standard

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Prince Harry condemns the ‘rolling back of constitutional rights’ in United Nations speech

‘We are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom,’ Duke of Sussex tells UN General Assembly

The Independent UK

Harry warns of ‘global assault on democracy and freedom’ in speech about Mandela

The Duke of Sussex also spoke about his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who met the former South African leader in March 1997.

The Independent UK

'The cancellation of Sky's Tory leadership debate shows what a joke our democracy has become'

Columnist Will Hayward argues that the fact that a party that has run the country for over a decade has decided that it is too risky for the person who is going to govern us to have a public debate shows how many underlying health conditions our country has

Wales Online

Joe Walsh warns of major MAGA violence

Outspoken Trump critic Joe Walsh tells Salon why the Democratic Party is outmatched in the fight for democracy

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‘It was opportunistic in the best sense’: how the US constitution inspired an exhibition

After a frenzied auction, a rare first printing of the US constitution was lent to a museum in Arkansas where it’s led to an exhibition on democracy

The Guardian - US

Crime files: Attack on a Belmont mum

A jury trial is one of the best examples of democracy at work.

Newcastle Herald

Independent MP tackles 'jobs for mates'

Australian politics has a growing "jobs for mates" culture but an independent MP says her proposed bill will put a stop to it.

AAP

Two messages from three photographs

These three images reveal far more than what the appellation ‘the world’s largest democracy’ does

The Hindu

Preserving democracy in India

The presence of a vigilant Opposition is necessary not just for a vibrant democracy but for its very survival

The Hindu

The ‘saint’ and the ‘sinner’

While the RSS pracharak has to live by a harsh moral code, the BJP politician is untethered to any such morality

The Hindu

Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates

Handing out a cushy job to a political mate might seem harmless – after all, everyone does it, right? – but the politicisation of public appointments has real, pervasive consequences for Australian democracy. Increasingly, many government boards, tribunals and independent agencies are stacked with people who have worked in politics.

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the upheaval in Sri Lanka

The country faces a long road to recovery, but there are hopeful signs that its democracy will survive the predatory rule of the Rajapaksas

The Times of India

Diminishing space for opposition a worry, says Chief Justice of India

JAIPUR: Chief Justice N V Ramana on Saturday said strengthening parliamentary democracy demands strengthening the opposition as well, and expressed concern over diminishing space for opposition in legislative bodies with laws being passed without detailed deliberation and political opposition turning into hostility.

The Hindu

Presidential poll | Democracy ruined in the country: Yashwant Sinha

Ranchi Democracy stands “ruined” in the country, Yashwant Sinha, the joint nominee of the opposi

Salon

Jan. 6 hearings: National civics lesson

What we heard from Jamie Raskin and Jason Van Tatenhove this week was crucial public education. Will it be enough?

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Meets with Iraqi PM in Saudi Arabia

US President Joe Biden began his final day in Saudi Arabia by meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Saturday. Biden said he wanted to support Iraq’s democracy. “I want the press and you to know we want to be (as) helpful as we can in doing that,” he…

Al Jazeera

Senegal protests poke holes in its longstanding image of stability

Senegal is often lauded abroad as a beacon of stability in West Africa, but its reputation is at risk of slipping.

Los Angeles Times

Watching Sri Lanka’s democracy teeter amid popular uprisings

The Hindu

India assures Sri Lanka continued support to democracy, stability and economic recovery

The assurance was given to Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena by India's High Commissioner Gopal Baglay when he called on the Sri Lankan leader.

The Times of India

Bihar: 'History of democracy in Bihar to be displayed at assembly museum'

PATNA: The 100-year journey of the state legislature, including some of the major decisions taken and speeches made by the great leaders, will be showcased at the upcoming museum on the assembly premises here.

The Independent UK

Peru military leader who oversaw return of democracy dies

Former Peruvian President Francisco Morales Bermudez has died at age 100

The Guardian - UK

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

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