07 / 10 / 2011
Emerging democracies pull up the ladder on Syria
"The UN Security Council‘s failure to condemn the Assad regime’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests is not only a reminder of authoritarian states’ veto power. Russia and China were backed by abstentions from Brazil, India, South Africa and Lebanon in the latest example of emerging democracies’ refusal to protect or promote the rights and institutions they themselves enjoy." Read more
By Democracy Digest, 6 October 2011