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Why the 'social democratic' SNP needs some fresh thinking after 15 years in power

Despite growing evidence of disquiet and even discontent with the current Scottish government, the ruling Scottish Nationalist Party retains what many believe is an unassailable position of dominance after the local elections of May 2022.

The Conversation

Myanmar minister attends ASEAN defence meeting despite calls to exclude junta

Myanmar's military-appointed defence minister joined a meeting of his Southeast Asian counterparts on Wednesday, despite pressure from some countries in the regional bloc and pro-democracy groups to exclude the junta from such gatherings.

Reuters

Anti-protest laws are an affront to democracy. They have no place in Australia

We are unique among liberal democracies in lacking robust legal protection for human rights

The Guardian - AU

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Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

WEKU

Ecuador protests take increasingly violent turn in capital

Ecuador’s defense minister is warning that the country’s democracy is at risk as Indigenous protesters attack the prosecutor’s office and demonstrations against the government and rising fuel prices turn increasingly violent in Quito

The Independent UK

A few good Republicans stopped Trump – but his threat to democracy isn’t over

Three Republicans testified how they resisted a relentless campaign by Trump and his allies to overturn Biden’s 2020 win

The Guardian - US

Council fails to address six key questions about Ayrshire sports pitch application

The Local Democracy Reporting Service asked South Ayrshire Council about the lack of Scottish Water consultation and drainage assessment despite evidence of ongoing flooding.

Daily Record

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Town councillor steps down after failing to declare criminal conviction

The adjudication panel decided his actions went to the heart of public trust in democracy

Wales Online

Ecuador indigenous groups condition talks on pullback of security forces

Ecuadorean protesters who have held more than a week of marches and road blockades over President Guillermo Lasso's economic policies, will not meet the government until it withdraws security forces from some areas of the capital, an indigenous leader said Tuesday.

Reuters

‘A real crisis of democracy’: France enters a political deadlock

Macron seeks allies in the National Assembly after his party loses its absolute majority in the legislature.

Al Jazeera

Want to run for office in Kenya? Here's how much it'll cost you

Kenya’s constitution provides for election of the president and 47 governors to head the executive organs at national and county levels, respectively. Also to be elected are legislators: 47 senators, 290 MPs and 1,450 members of county assemblies. There is fierce competition for these posts, not just between parties but…

The Conversation

Commentary: The insurrection won’t end until Trump is prosecuted and disqualified from future office

In a powerful warning Thursday, the patron saint of the conservative legal movement, former federal appellate Judge J. Michael Luttig, testified before the Jan. 6 Committee and pronounced former President Donald Trump and his allies a “clear and present danger” to American constitutional democracy. As Luttig knows better than most,…

Los Angeles Times

UN: Myanmar Executions Could Be War Crimes

The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

India and Asean at 30: What's up?

On its own, India stands tall and fearless. It long and continued civilisational linkages in the Indo-Pacific are there for all to see. One of the most frequently asked questions today is: Will India lead the Indo-Pacific region? Or, one can turn the question around: Can India lead or does…

Bangkok Post

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The Conversation

Peer review: Can this critical step in the publication of science research be kinder?

Democracy has been called the least worst system of government. Peer review is the least worst system for assessing the merit of scientific work.

WEKU

Elise Stefanik's defense of Trump around Jan. 6 clouds her pro-democracy work abroad

Rep. Elise Stefanik's outspoken defense of Donald Trump after Jan. 6 has roiled a pro-democracy group funded by Congress where she's a board member. Some staff members are sharing their concerns.

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: How a Watergate punishment might have averted our Jan. 6 hell

On June 17, Americans found ourselves at the convergence of two crises of shattering assaults on our democracy.

Tribune News Service

Hong Kong lawyers are the next target of Xi’s national security law

Veteran human rights lawyer Michael Vidler decided it was too dangerous to work in Hong Kong the moment a judge designated to handle national security law cases implied offering legal support to democracy activists could be a crime.

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The Digital Republic by Jamie Susskind review – why the west was no match for the tech giants

The power of tech corporations is a threat to democracy, yet governments are reluctant to take action. This refreshing book picks apart the ideology that holds them back

WEKU

Former federal judge warns of danger to American democracy

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig about his testimony during a recent Jan. 6 committee hearing.

Salon

Hilary Clinton says democracy is at risk

Clinton weighs in on the current political climate, and what Margaret Atwood got right about the future for women

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: The plot darkens in the latest episode of Jan. 6 hearings

The most important comments from the third public hearing this month of the House Jan. 6 committee came right at the end. After the panel heard testimony detailing the efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to illegally try to overturn the election, former Judge J. Michael Luttig pointed out…

WEKU

In a time of national division, polarizing primaries are part of the problem

It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.

Reuters

Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions

The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar's ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throughout a life spent fighting dictatorship.

Al Jazeera

US removes relative of Venezuela’s Maduro from sanctions list

Carlos Erik Malpica Flores, an ex-national treasurer, was put on blacklist in 2017 on charges of undermining democracy.

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