There have
continued to be protests in both the Russian Federation and Communist
China in favor of freedom, with both governments reacting with violence against
peaceful demonstrators.
Russians have been taking to the
streets to protest the lack of free and fair elections after tyrant and
kleptocrat Vladimir Putin’s regime barred many candidates from standing for
election, and to oppose corruption. As
the ex-KGB officer does not tolerate the freedom to assemble peacefully, force
has been used against Russians to break up the protests and there have been
massive arrests, including the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was also
poisoned, which happens commonly to regime critics. Protests have become more frequent in Russia since
last year as the opposition has exposed government corruption amidst economic
hardship for ordinary Russians as the regime has continued to become
increasingly authoritarian.
In the Chinese territory of Hong Kong ,
residents of the city-state have continued their protests against the
violations of their autonomy by Peking, which had promised self-rule and
liberty to the former British territory when it reverted to mainland China in
1997. Communist regime thugs violently attacked
protesteors, as police have used force to break up the demonstrations. The protesters have succeeded in blocking a
proposed law that would have allowed extradition to mainland China , which
could have been used as a tool against dissidents.
A peace
accord was signed last week between the Marxist government of Mozambique and
the rebels who have been fighting intermittently since the Cold War to share
political power.
An
agreement was reached late last week between the Sudanese military rulers and
the democratic opposition that established the details of the transition from
military rule to civilian rule over the next 39 months until democratic
elections. The agreement was necessary
after the military overthrew the longtime Islamist tyrant earlier this
year. An earlier deal had collapsed
after a violent response by the military against opposition protesters.
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