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Democracy 3 – Lege et les Viewers #4 – La relection – Video


Democracy 3 - Lege et les Viewers #4 - La relection
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Threats dont work in democracy. We are a Nation that did not bend even during Emergency – PM – Video


Threats dont work in democracy. We are a Nation that did not bend even during Emergency - PM
An excerpt from Prime Minister Narendra Modi #39;s reply to discussion on motion of thanks in Rajya Sabha.

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Mehdi Jomaa, David Ellwood, Arab Spring, Middle East & North Africa, Democracy – Video


Mehdi Jomaa, David Ellwood, Arab Spring, Middle East North Africa, Democracy
The Honorable Mehdi Jomaa, Former Prime Minister of Tunisia, addressed the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on the process of transforming Tunisia into a democracy, after the events of the 2011 Arab...

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Beware of democracy trap Thai PM warns

Asia News Network Wednesday 4th March, 2015

The response came as Prayut tried to reassure the public that nothing in the draft charter is written in stone, including the article allowing for a non-MP to become prime minister and a fully selected Senate.

"If it's not accepted, then people cannot co-exist. It's up to them if they don't want to stay in their country," he said, adding that Thailand should not fall into what he calls a "democracy trap".

Prayut's remark came amid complaints that the new charter was not democratic.

"Don't forget that there's no such thing as a 100-per-cent democracy. We must look comprehensively when we talk about democracy. I see some institutions teaching people to be democratic, but what is democracy without notions like rights, liberty and duty? All these are necessary," the prime minister stressed.

Prayut said the draft charter would be reviewed again, adding that he was closely following the work of the Constitution Drafting Committee and hoped that some drafters would speak less in public so they did not stir up political divisions.

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Novelist Murakami says Hong Kong democracy protests were not in vain

WAKAYAMA Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami says he regrets that Hong Kongs democracy protests did not bring the changes demanded by demonstrators, but their actions were not in vain.

The writer made the remarks on Monday in his online agony uncle column, responding to a question from a 22-year-old woman who said she took part in last years street protests in the semiautonomous southern Chinese city.

I regret that a lot of things did not go as hoped, said Murakami, 65, one of Japans best known writers, who has repeatedly been tipped as a future Nobel laureate.

But I think what you did for democratization will never be in vain. It remains a fact, and no one can ignore that fact. Please keep trying to change the world, even just a little. I give my support, he added.

The protests, which began in September and lasted for more than two months, began after Beijing said that candidates for the 2017 vote for Hong Kongs next leader would be vetted by a loyalist committee.

Campaigners described the decision as fake democracy, but leaders in Hong Kong and China made no concessions despite the 79 days of protests.

In November Murakami sent a message of support to Hong Kongs pro-democracy protesters, likening their struggle to the fight to bring down the Berlin Wall as he collected a prize in the German capital.

When he received the 2009 Jerusalem Prize, Israels highest literary honor for foreign writers, he obliquely criticized authoritarian systems in the Middle East for claiming the lives of innocent civilians.

In a recent interview, he also chided his own country for shirking responsibility over its World War II aggression and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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