Sentence examples for restrict democracy from inspiring English sources

A12 China Restricts Hong Kong Beijing barred the introduction of popular elections for Hong Kong's chief executive in 2007 and ruled out any expanded use of democratic voting for the legislature in 2008, in the latest in a series of moves to restrict democracy there.

The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.

He has cracked down on critics and restricted democracy.

Only in the twentieth century, as the United States became a complex modern society with mass media and professional journalism, did people begin to worry about the fake-news problem, and when they did they usually came down either on the side of restricting democracy or restricting the media.

These right-wing attacks on America won't create jobs or prosperity -- but they will restrict our democracy and redirect more wealth to those who need it least.

States should not be erecting obstacles that restrict our democracy's electorate, but follow laws that ensure voter registration is accessible to all eligible American voters".

Many totalitarian governments have used citizen monitoring to restrict rights and limit democracy.

Ever since General Pinochet was forced to relinquish power 16 years ago, he has cast a malignant shadow over Chile, restricting its democracy and corroding my country's institutions and dreams.

"In a world where some countries claim you can be a great economic success but bypass democracy, restrict the free press and go without the rule of law, we need to stand together, and show that – far from holding countries back – these things make us stronger".

All democracies restrict speech to some degree, and the forms of banned expression vary, ranging from child pornography (which is illegal virtually everywhere) to hate speech (banned in Europe and other places but not the United States) to country-specific expression (such as criticism of national heroes or monarchs).

Mr Turabi's charismatic leadership provided the ideology and politics.Fierce repression drove other political parties underground or into exile, until Mr Turabi felt sufficiently powerful to ease up, and allow a restricted form of democracy, including a national parliament.