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His arrest, and the House of Lords' later approval of it, legitimized the idea of prosecuting the former dictator.
In February 2000, at the request of victims, Senegal indicted and arrested Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre, who had taken refuge there.
And reports are beginning to surface of a galaxy of influences and interests that formed around him at that time for his benefit: a firmament of Gazprom directors, former lobbyists for Ukrainian dictator Viktor Yanukovych (including Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager for much of his run to the presidency), and prominent organized-crime figures.
While the president spent his first year in office trading insults with the dictator of North Korea, that country has moved steadily forward with its nuclear program, and the United States has moved steadily closer to a war that no one wants.
As judges and juries, the defendant’s compatriots could also bring greater sensitivity to the assessment of guilt because they appreciated the tough conditions under which a deposed dictator made his decisions.
A general's trialBUCHAREST: As Chile’s former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, under house arrest outside of London, awaits a final decision on whether he is to be extradited to Spain to face charges of having committed crimes against humanity, Romania has tried and convicted one of its own military leaders for his role in the massacre of civilians in the city of Timisoara ten years ago.
Summoned back to Bucharest two days later, Stanculescu apparently had second thoughts about his loyalty to the dictator.
The helicopter was taking the dictator and his wife to prison, not freedom.
It is this short-term approach that leads us to celebrate each overthrow of a dictator, rather than think about how to educate people to demand good government.
In one move, he reversed the Pakistani political dynamic: being farthest from the dictator became more valuable than being closest to him.
Perhaps a military dictator, like Chile's Pinochet, could suppress the social and political unrest that arises in such conditions.
When a would-be dictator – anywhere, any time, on the right or the left – wants to close an open society or initiate a crackdown against a democracy movement, he follows ten classic steps: invoke a threat, create secret prisons, develop a paramilitary force, establish a surveillance apparatus, arbitrarily detain citizens, infiltrate citizen groups, target key individuals, go after journalists, call criticism “treason,” and subvert the rule of law.
The Divine Right of DonaldWASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump may not seem to have much in common with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, but Trump’s autocratic tendencies are becoming more apparent by the day.
Syria powerfully demonstrates how a fight against a dictator can soon turn into a sectarian struggle for survival or mastery.
Devoid of histrionics, without pretension – "simply by telling people what the dictator has done to this country" – she touched the hearts of freedom-loving Filipinos everywhere, the pain of the traumatic murder by the regime of her husband evoking in them memories of their own suffering and thwarted hopes.
It was in her name that concerned Filipinos mobilized families and neighbors to confront the tanks, guns and barbed wire of the dictator's cohorts.
It also means that the challenge for the Trump administration extends far beyond outmaneuvering Russian air-defense systems and tactically punishing a brutal, petty dictator.
Legislating HistoryNEW YORK -- In October, the Spanish parliament passed a Law on Historical Memory, which bans rallies and memorials celebrating the late dictator Francisco Franco.
Xi is no dictator who can impose his will on China.
Kim was a brutal dictator, who pampered himself with the finest French brandies (allegedly $500,000 a year’s worth), fresh sushi flown in from Tokyo, and the best chefs money could buy, while millions of his subjects starved to death.
Whether the person who has died is a beloved princess, a popular singer, or a bloody dictator, is irrelevant.
Pinochet’s Trial, Chile’s DignityThe court battle on whether or not to punish former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is now over.
First, in September, at the congress of Putin’s political party, United Russia, Putin and “President” Dmitri Medvedev formalized what everyone anticipated, with Putin announcing his intention to return to the presidency in March – and thus virtually declaring himself Russia’s dictator for life.
Most controversial of all has been “Europe’s last dictator,” Belarusan President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
To protect European corporations’ profits from their Havana hotels, the Union will cease inviting open-minded people to EU embassies, and we will deduce who they are from the expression on the face of the dictator and his associates.
And, besides, the Catalonian players feel uncomfortable with the national anthem, which was much promoted under the late dictator Francisco Franco, who hated Catalan nationalism.
Is it time for this dictator to go?
In the early years after World War II, the Soviet dictator launched a campaign against Jewish intellectuals, scientists, and writers, who were accused of disloyalty to the Soviet Union and bias toward the West.
All allusions by the Putin regime to the Stalinist era must reinforce Putin’s own image as a modern benevolent dictator, capable of restoring Russia’s global influence and bringing it prosperity.
The only realistic policy would be to cultivate an “acceptable dictator.”
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