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Hong Kong Court Jails 45 Democracy Campaigners On Subversion Charges

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under its sweeping national security law, with "mastermind" Benny Tai receiving the longest sentence of 10 years.

International Business Times

Hong Kong To Sentence Dozens Of Democracy Campaigners

Hong Kong's largest national security trial will draw to a close on Tuesday, with dozens of the city's most prominent democracy campaigners set to be sentenced for subversion, a charge which can carry up to life imprisonment.

International Business Times

Helldivers 2 players endure sarcastic propaganda that commends their 'undeniable tactical brilliance' after the 'blob' abandons a nearly-won objective for basically no reason

Democracy in action.

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Keir Starmer raises 'deterioration' of jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai with Xi Jinping

The PM met the Chinese president at the G20 summit in Brazil where he also stressed he wants ‘respectful’ relations between the UK and Beijing

Evening Standard

How ethical are South Africa’s news media? We studied public complaints to the press council to find out

The news media in South Africa have a long and dark history of being used to oppress the majority during colonialism and apartheid. In the new context of societal transformation and constitutional democracy since 1994, media diversity is crucial. And the need for ethical journalism is paramount.

The Conversation

As Helldivers 2's new Democracy Space Station guns down the divers who helped build it, one dev says Arrowhead need to "own that and adapt" but warns that "things are rarely crap or fantastic" at first

"We need to own that and adapt"

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Thousands March Through Athens To Mark Student Uprising

Around 25,000 people marched through Athens on Sunday in closely watched demonstrations to mark the 51st anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising that helped topple military rule in Greece, police said.

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Russian Opposition Figures Lead Anti-Putin March In Berlin

Protest in Berlin led by Russian opposition figures demands democracy in Russia and criticizes Putin's actions in Ukraine.

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Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten presidential hopes

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.

Radio France Internationale

Helldivers 2's new Democracy Space Station is killing so many Helldivers that the devs are giving out free shields and extra lives in a "temporary" emergency fix

Update: Arrowhead agrees the DSS is a team-killing nightmare

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The "religious nostalgia" of Trump

The "religious nostalgia" that unites White Christians under Trump has propelled his rise since the beginning

Salon

"Dear Journalists: Stop Trying to Save Democracy"

A very good Substack post by Yascha Mounk; two short excerpts: The aspiration of many journalists to save democracy has… The post "Dear Journalists: Stop Trying to Save Democracy" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

At last, democracy has come to Helldivers 2: A new Democracy Space Station lets players vote on which planet gets bombarded for truth and justice every 24 hours

Your vote matters! For 24 hours.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station only just started working, but it's already "under imminent and significant threat of destruction" as a brigade of flying bots arrives on the scene

Nothing you can't handle

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Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station is finally operational, and the "Weapon of Mass Liberation" has already destroyed "a small moon"

"A new era of Galactic Freedom" is here

AAP

ABC chair worried about rise of fact-less AI news

The threat to editorial guardrails due to the rise of AI and what it means for truth and democracy is worrying, according to ABC chair Kim Williams.

The Independent UK

Democrats split after Biden shook hands with Trump — the man he spent years calling a threat to democracy

Biden resumed a tradition Trump broke four years ago, despite years of warnings about the president-elect’s agenda

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Lords shake-up: meaningful change goes beyond scrapping birthright

Editorial: MPs are right to abolish hereditary seats in the upper house. However, Britain needs a representative second chamber fit for modern democracy

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Salon

Dem governors pledge to resist Trump

"Governors Safeguarding Democracy" will seek to uphold free elections and challenge unlawful measures from Trump

The Conversation

Is South Africa one of the most politically polarised countries in the world? No, it’s not – sociologist

A number of reports have called South Africa a politically polarised society. This may seem uncontroversial, given the country’s history of dispossession and discrimination during colonialism and apartheid, and their continuing legacy after 30 years of democracy.

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2's Terminid Jurassic Park has, shockingly, backfired horrifically, all while Super Earth soldiers are busy trying to get the Democracy Space Station running

"Who could have predicted such an event?!"

Salon

Yes, it's dark — but don't give up hope

An expert panel on how we got here — and how we can survive the dark times and start to build anew

The Guardian - US

Tammy Duckworth criticizes choice of Pete Hegseth as defence secretary – as it happened

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Democratic Governors Form Group To Safeguard Democracy

Democratic Governors Pritzker and Polis establish nonpartisan coalition to protect democratic institutions from potential threats under the incoming Trump ...

International Business Times

Journalist Says His Detention Removed Guatemala's 'Mask Of Democracy'

A prominent Guatemalan journalist and corruption critic, declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, says that his time in prison allowed him to strip away his country's "mask of democracy."

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