In general, countries that do not persecute marchers are prosperous or are improving from their previous state of affairs, and those that do are declining.


More and more people realise that peaceful assemblies are no threat at all to the security of the nation, although they are a threat to the security of tenure of the ruling elite.


Politicians do not mean it when they say with a straight face or a smile that they are the servants and that the people are the masters. No servant would treat his master with tear gas, batons and handcuffs.