This initiative, which is being promoted by a commission of 17 Nobel Peace laureates, would insure that weapons are not sold to countries that violate human rights or suppress democracy.

Meanwhile, China, which savagely suppresses democracy, can buy mainframe computers 10 times more powerful than the computer Solidarity's newspaper can't have.

He stopped short of threatening military intervention against other dictators, but warned that they will inevitably face "judgment" for oppressing their people and suppressing democracy.

I can't recall a British PM criticizing a friendly regime for killing their people, suppressing democracy, starting a war or murdering civilians.

Such a system can theoretically be imposed "by Treaty", but if it is, then its backers must be prepared to do what it takes to suppress democracy.

They saw this as something that could potentially suppress "effective democracy".

We must not smother the expression of art anymore than we should suppress or annihilate protests and parades, all part of our unique and precious democracy.

As it was often awarded to the very policemen who suppressed Polish independence, democracy, and culture, the order became very unpopular in Poland.

It is dangerously close to suppressing freedom, democracy and solidarity with the weakest in society.

It points out that Britain's Hong Kong record is hardly spotless: Britain suppressed democracy there until the '80s.