The level of authoritarian disregard for the US Constitution and the very basics of due process and rule of law by the Trump Administration are on the level of 'banana republics' and tin-pot dictators.
🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸Chrystia Freeland: "The President of the United States sided with Vladimir Putin, one of the worst dictators in the world, over Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is defending his democracy. It's shameful."
One of the worst weeks for U.S.–Ukraine relations in recent memory. I'm outraged by the Trump administration's decisions and their potential consequences for Ukrainian lives. America should stand with democracies, not dictatorships.
"A raid on a television channel, appointing a trustee – only dictators would do something like this." Özgür Özel, the chairman of Yeni Parti, also responded to the attack on X: "A raid on a television channel, appointing a trustee – only dictators would do something like this." #Persvrijheid #Turkije #HalkTV (translated)
Turkse autoriteiten vallen binnen bij oppositiegezinde tv-zender en stellen bewindvoerder aan
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I say that storming a TV channel with a police raid at dawn and appointing a trustee is something only dictators do. #PressFreedom #Turkey #OppositionMedia
Turkish police raid opposition TV station, halting live broadcasts
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Storming into a television station in the early morning and appointing a director is something only dictators would do. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they have done to our country," Özel reacted on X. Turkey "must rebuild the democratic dikes," Özel argued in an opinion piece published by Volkskrant on Tuesday. #HalkTV #Persvrijheid #Turkije (translated)
Belangrijkste kritische Turkse tv-zender op zwart na politie-inval: ‘Iets wat alleen dictators zouden doen’
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The post’s author said they would support renaming Vienna’s Reisnerstraße to Alexei-Navalny-Straße if they became Austria’s president, describing it as a pledge to honour courage, remember resistance and oppose Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship. They said the renaming would signal solidarity. https://t.co/KGAhDazoui #Navalny #Solidarity #Austria #AT
DHS raid on Rep. Omar is a great example of very bad by rule-of-law democracy standards, pretty good by consolidated authoritarianism standards. Deeply wrong, with lies, bigotry, harassment, abuse of power. AND a sign of weakness, limited capacity, failure to make the dictatorship of their dreams.
This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off
The author wrote that the history of the Second World War showed how valuable, and how vulnerable, freedom, democracy and human rights could be when intolerance and dictatorship prevailed. They said such horrors must never happen again and that everyone had a responsibility to prevent them. https://t.co/z89dRAMLdz #Liberté #Démocratie #DroitsHumains #LU (translated)
The post said a prime minister had criticised a US-Russia diesel pact, describing deals with dictators as a “road to hell.” https://t.co/fJaje7kVTh #Politik #Diplomasi #IsuGlobal #US #RU
The author marked 9 October 1989 as Leipzig Freedom Day and said they remained deeply grateful to the tens of thousands of citizens who had peacefully opposed dictatorship. They wrote that their actions helped open the way to German unity and a free Europe, citing the slogans “Wir sind das Volk” and “Keine Gewalt.” https://t.co/6lrDtt0bve #Freiheit #Demokratie #Einheit #DE #EU
The author presented the offer as a 2028 presidential pledge, saying they would grant asylum in Austria to Russians who clearly broke with Putin, rejected Russia’s war against Ukraine and signed a public declaration against his regime. They argued that Putin needed people to sustain war, repression and dictatorship. https://t.co/Kw8FvYjtPb #Österreich #Asyl #Frieden #AT #RU #UA
The author called for remembering Anna Politkovskaya and other journalists, freedom fighters, human rights activists and democrats in Russia who, they wrote, had stood up to Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship and been imprisoned, tortured or murdered. https://t.co/bShGa0AKNI #AnnaPolitkovskaya #HumanRights #FreedomOfSpeech #RU
The author argued that dictators copied one another, citing the Reichstag fire on 27 February 1933 and writing that Hitler blamed his political enemies, suspended freedoms and accelerated his dictatorship. They also cited the murder of Sergei Kirov on 1 December 1934, saying Stalin immediately turned it to political ends. https://t.co/aL9gXit2ba #Dictatorship #History #Totalitarianism #DE #RU
The author described the Magyar government as a dictatorship and claimed it was so unstable that it was turning against potential allies and excluding liberal journalists from press conferences. They said this was damaging Hungary’s relations broadly and characterized the situation as a complete meltdown. #Hungary #PressFreedom #Dictatorship #HU
The author wrote that Germany marked Unity Day on 3 October by celebrating unity, freedom, and the peaceful overcoming of division, while also remembering its history. They said around a million people had risen against the SED dictatorship in East Germany on 17 June 1953 and that the uprising was met with violence. https://t.co/iWsYUJCaSC #TagDerDeutschenEinheit #Einheit #Geschichte #DE (translated)
The prime minister-designate said dictatorships cooperated and argued that democracies needed to work even more closely together, adding that security depended on strong alliances. They said they wanted Romania to be strong in the EU and NATO, protect its citizens and honour its commitments. #Romania #EU #NATO #RO #EU #NATO
The author said the comparison was deliberately stark, distinguishing Hamas from Palestinian civilians and likening Hamas to a dictatorship that dragged the population under its rule into a catastrophic war. They compared Palestinian civilians in Gaza with German civilians who suffered in Dresden.
