[almogo]

No they didn't? There's protests every day, "they" haven't "cracked down" on anything. Occasional arrests here and there on both sides of the protests. It's a democratic country, people have rights to express themselves.

[ang_cire]

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-human-rights/inside...

[zelphirkalt]

Maybe still democratic, although surely dropped quite a few ranks in democracy ranking, moving ever closer to authoritarian dictator led state.