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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.36aaa1616b35

Right wing authoritarian government which has been in power for a long time and won big in 2013 in Malaysia was beaten by a coalition of left and center parties. As mentioned in the article there have been losses by long standing authoritarian parties in Mexico, Taiwan, and Paraguay. South Korea too I believe. Maybe the pendulum is swinging back globally.

05-29-2018 , 01:44 AM

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Habsfan09

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Anyone followed the events in Italy in recent weeks. Only their president stopped a minister of finance who is against Euro and EU. He said if Italy wants to leave the EU then parties should tell that to the people before elections. So now it's on to elections in autumn again.

08-22-2018 , 05:12 PM

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goofyballer

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Saudi Arabia seeking death penalty for five activists, including a woman accused of participating in protests and provoking others to join her

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Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are seeking the death penalty for five activists in the country’s Eastern Province, according to Saudi activists and Human Rights Watch. Among those being targeted is Israa al-Ghomgham, who Saudi groups say would be the first female human-rights activist to be put to death in the Saudi kingdom if the execution proceeds.

“Any execution is appalling, but seeking the death penalty for activists like Israa al-Ghomgham, who are not even accused of violent behavior, is monstrous,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. “Every day, the Saudi monarchy’s unrestrained despotism makes it harder for its public relations teams to spin the fairy tale of ‘reform’ to allies and international business.”

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Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty against five of the six suspects, according to an indictment obtained by The Washington Post. The allegations against Ghomgham included participating in protests and “provoking” young people to do the same; inciting what the authorities called a “soft revolution;” and traveling to Iran, where prosecutors said she received “theoretical lessons on how to create chaos.” The Saudi government did not immediately respond to questions about her case.

That Mohammed bin Salman, such a progressive reformer!

08-22-2018 , 05:24 PM

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ScreaminAsian

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01-25-2019 , 08:49 PM

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Louis Cyphre

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France, Germany and Great Britain are developing a system to facilitate payments to and from Iran circumventing the US and to shield their companies from US sanctions. gjge, America

01-25-2019 , 10:59 PM

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ChrisV

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

Saudi Arabia seeking death penalty for five activists, including a woman accused of participating in protests and provoking others to join her

That Mohammed bin Salman, such a progressive reformer!

I'm in the process of listening through old Chapos and a week or two ago I listened to one with a reading series of the Thomas Friedman piece from Nov 2017 entitled Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring, at Last. Opening paragraph:

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — I never thought I’d live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia. Yes, you read that right. Though I came here at the start of Saudi winter, I found the country going through its own Arab Spring, Saudi style.

What a complete ****ing rube. The best bit of the piece:

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After nearly four hours together, I surrendered at 1:15 a.m. to M.B.S.’s youth, pointing out that I was exactly twice his age. It’s been a long, long time, though, since any Arab leader wore me out with a fire hose of new ideas about transforming his country.

Friedman got totally worn out by the fire hose of a swarthy Arab half his age. You know, a fire hose of new ideas, that well known metaphor. Matt lost it at this point. Friedman is such a master of language, you can't imitate him.

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