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In the Central Europe and beyond
*Democracy and Civil Society
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CivilSociety…
… and typical act of
democracy.
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*What is today's civil society?
*Are we (really) the civil society ?*What is the key to this phenomenon ? Freedom, independence, religion, globalization ? *Is democracy necessary for its existence ?*How to explain the difference between us and for example the Islamic world ?
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*Which roads to democracy are better
- civil society in the U.S. or in Egypt ?
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*Civil society in U.S.
*Why the U.S. society has agreed to "Patriot Act", which restricts the individual liberty ??*What happened to American freedom ??*Does the war on terrorism in defense of democracy mean the end of the first question ??
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*Civil society in Eygipt
This is the civil
society
And this is the civil society too…
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*And this is the same
place … Tahrir
Square
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*„Bad” Central Europe
*Can you imagine the Patriot Act in the Czech Republic, Poland or Lithuania ??*Can you imagine the protests against the
restriction of freedom ?? And the government that will survive these protests ??*The protests of civil society have forced the
EU to withdraw from the ACTA. Where were the U.S. citizens in this moment?? *Where is a better civil society … in the U.S.
or in Central Europe ?
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*Civil society in Russia and
Belorus
VS
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The biggest protest against V. Putin Feb 4,
2012
Moscow population > 11,6 mln Number of protesters > 36k.
The biggest protest against A. Lukashenko
Dec 19, 2010
Population of Belarus > 9,4 mlnNumber of protesters > 40k.
Where is a stronger civil society
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*Civil society in Rwanda
*The Gacaca court was a part of a system of community justice inspired by tradition and established in 2001 in Rwanda * It was an answer
for activity of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
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*Summary of people prosecuted by ICTR – some 100 *Summary of people prosecuted for having
committed genocide by Gacaca Courts – some 820k.*Rwanda is not the heart of darkness, as it
was presented. It our community don't coped with the challenge.
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*Civil society
in Africa
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*Is this new model contemporary in
civil society ??